This thread may sound odd because my lo is 8 months old, but her tantrums are just not normal for a 8 month old baby. I know some may say she shouldn't be having them but with what she does you will understand. She will kick and scream and bite and hit if she is put down, told no or not given her own way. If she wants to be held all the time and we put her down to either play with her toys or have her food or bottle either she will scream, throw herself back and kick off until you pick her up again. if she isn't getting attention (which she gets quite a lot of) she will either hit you, bite you or bite herself or anything around her or even sometimes throw anything and everything that is by her. When she is put down at night and is fighting her sleep she will bite her arm, the cot or even sometimes headbutt the bars of the cot while crying and screaming. If she doesn't go to Daddy on the night to sleep on she will throw herself about and kick and scream until she goes to daddy. This has never happened before but it has been new for the past 2 weeks. Her Dad doesnt usually allow her to fall asleep on his chest, normally we give her; her bed time bottle to go sleep with on our bed then when she is asleep give her; her dummy and put her in the cot and she will sleep, but lately she has become very clingy. If she is told no if she is throw things, or hitting people or pulling hair or doing some she shouldn't i.e trying to play with wires we tell her no and move her and she will kick and scream and shout, she doesn't really cry she just growls loudly and screams and starts attacking whoever or whatever is near her, or bites herself. the past few days we have had to raise our voice a little so she knows she is doing wrong and she still fights us, I even last night because of her tantrums put her in her cot as a 5 minute time out and she still kicked off. I know she is 8 months old and shouldnt be told off or given time outs but she is becoming very naughty and I do not know how to stop it. About an hour ago my sister phoned me and because my lo wanted the phone to babble to her I put the phone on loudspeaker and let her have the phone and she was happy and smiling etc, and when my sister was saying goodbye and i took away the phone my lo started throwing herself back screaming and shouting and when I hung up the phone and put it down and picked her up to comfort her as soon as i picked her up she lunged forward and started slapping and grabbing my face and glasses, I had to shout no that is naughty and she continued so I put her in her walker to cool off. Any advice please? Is this normal behaviour for a 8 month old?? she is 9 months in 4 days time. I need help, it isn't like she is ignored or anything we attend to her needs and play with her all day, but like i said this tantrum she is having started 2 weeks ago and nothing has changed in what we do with her, we still feed her her 3 meals a day with her milk etc still bathe and change her nappy and her bedtime routine is still the same. just do not understand why she is like this and how to stop it or atleast how to cope with it. Please help me someone. I love my daughter to pieces even when she is being a psycho lol.