DD1 didn't really have many tantrums when she was younger, but in the last few weeks, she has started having major meltdowns. It is generally when she is tired or hungry, but we get the whole stamping feet, screaming, hysterical crying etc. It is normally prompted by not being able to do something. Today, one was when she couldn't do a somersault round one particular bar on a climbing frame, mainly because she isn't tall enough to reach it, and another because she couldn't make a drawing of a tree look the way she wanted......Is this normal? And how would you deal with it?
I've try reasoning with her, but she is too hysterical to listen, getting cross normally just makes it worse, time out in her room works sometimes... but I'm at a bit of a loss. She gets so wound up that, when you tell her to stop crying, she just says she can't and gets worse.....
Any suggestions?
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5 year old meltdowns...
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sjcmum · 20/08/2011 20:09
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