Hi all....my DS2 has just started throwing truly horrifying tantrums. Most days he's doing 5/6 of them. Yesterday and today have involved massive public fits of screaming and thrashing and kicking and hitting and lashing out at other kids. I had to get off the bus early today because this woman just kept shouting at me to do something to stop him. I've read all the advice about calmly ignoring it and holding them to feel safe, but I'm massively struggling to live like this! I'm quite terrified to go anywhere with him, and break out into a cold sweat at the usual trigger points (which are hard to avoid as they're tied to school run for older sibling). I walked home today just sobbing myself along with him, so we made a sad picture. Has anyone got any advice about how to minimise these tantrums, but also about how to cultivate the required calm mum zen type attitude? I'm starting to think that despite having planned my life to be able to work flexibly from home, I'm going to have to find an office job to get away from the hideous stress this is causing me! I've booked appointments with the GP and Health Visitor, as I want to rule out anything like ear problems that might be causing him physical discomfort.
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