I have a 14 month old. Whilst he was a very difficult baby, he has mellowed somewhat and is very happy a lot of the time, laughing and smiling frequently, and very curious. However, he has been having temper tantrums for months, and they've ramped up massively (didn't even realise it was possible for them to get worse!) over the past week!
He throws a huge tantrum pretty much every time I try to change his nappy or clothes, or when I try to put him into the car seat, or if there's anything else hew not happy with (like if I take something dangerous away from him). Until recently he got over it pretty quickly, but in the past week I've really struggled to get him to snap out of a few of these tantrums and they've lasted for minutes lobger than the event he was protesting about. He gets SO angry! He has always been what is described as a 'high needs' baby but has improved as he's got older.... mostly!
I know tantrums are a normal part of being a toddler, but after googling it, it seems that tantrums in excessive frequency is not normal? He throws multiple tantrums a day, as it's pretty much every nappy change as a minimum. He doesn't hit me or anything but he goes bright red, screams like the world is ending (sometimes takes ages to take a breath!), arches his back, kicks his legs, and has tears streaming down his face. It's pretty distressing.
He's also very temperamental and can go from very happy to crying in seconds.
He's a lovely little boy in so many ways, but the tantrums are really wearing me down and worrying me. I just want to check whether or not this sounds like normal toddler behaviour to be tantrumming so violently and so frequently!!
Also, when he tantrums, what is best to do... ignore, comfort until it's over (though it's tricky as he arches his back screaming), or try to distract?
Don't know if it's relevant but apparently I used to hold my breath when I was a baby throwing tantrums and passed out once 😳
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14 month old temper tantrums every day
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surreygirl1987 · 05/12/2019 20:44
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