Firstly, please be gentle with me, I am feeling quite fragile about this at the moment.
DD (3.2) has taken to having screaming, violent, meltdown tantrums if she doesn't get her own way or if she is being told off for her behaviour. I try to stay very calm, tell her it's not acceptable but she doesn't stop, she just screams at the top her lungs. I try to put her in timeout but won't stay there, and I don't want to physically restrain her/shut her in.
The threat of toy/privilege removal doesn't make any difference and generally you can't get a word in between the screaming.
I just literally had to carry her out of soft play because she wouldn't stop screaming, wouldn't go in time out and just planked on the floor when I tried to get her to walk (she didn't want to go home and had just tried to bite her friend for pulling her jumper)
I am also concerned that the level of anger in her might not be normal, none of her friends seem to do this.
Helpfully, my DH thinks it's my fault because she doesn't behave like this with anyone else, but I think that is because of the very stringent routine at her childminders, and the fact that he gives in to her on the once in a blue moon occasion he has her on his own. My Mum who also looks after her had a tendency to give in, but I can't let her call the shots all time.
Any advice?
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Violent Tantrums from 3 year old - end of my tether
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QueenSconetta · 07/01/2013 14:00
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