to think a 1 year old CAN tantrum?

[LittleLisa78]

My dd has just turned 1 and is usually very happy but is currently desperate to be able to walk. She wants me to hold her hands so she can walk all day. I am an attachment parenting type parent so never let dd cry etc. However yesterday I was making dinner for elder dd and holding younger dd - she's extremely clingy. She was raising her knees and arching her back so I couldn't hold her onmy hip so I put her feet on the floor so she could stand but she threw herself back because I couldn't hold two hands. Itried ssitting her down with toys but she wouldn't sit so I placed her on the soft rug in front room on her back and continued serving dds dinner. Dd told dp about it later and he said she's too young to be able to tantrum and too young for me to 'implement discipline.' Aibu to say a one year old can tantrum and there's no sense holding down a screaming cross toddler?

OMG, thank goodness I found you all.....DS is 1 and he throws the biggest dear christ on a bike what the hell is that boy doing tantrums one has ever seen. He's been doing it since he was about 8 months old. Man alive, he can really go for it too......

My DS started tantrums just after his first birthday. He would bang his head on the wall or on the floor in frustration!

I was so worried I called the health visitor who was brilliant and told me to avoid the trigger points and ignore the head banging as he would soon stop once he realised it wasn't getting my attention.

hey lovely. Have you thought about back wrapping/ carrying her? ...and yes...ive seen my 1yo tantrum..they are just super frustrated. Tis tough when you have jobs and others to attend to xx

I think they can start at any age as you can be frustrated at things not going right, or lack of understanding at any age. This is what tantrums are.

My 16 month old DD definitely tantrums!

I have two approaches depending on the situation. Either distract her with something if I think it's going to work or ignore her. She's going through a pinching stage where she thinks it's a funny game when you take her hands away, I ignore her in this instance (while standing away so she can't pinch me!). It's so hard when you can't reason with them

Oh yes DD was tantrumming from 10 months when things didn't go her own way - you just have to back wrap and get on with it :)

DD's funniest one was at 10 months. She had been standing for six wekks and had worked out how to get round downstairs by holding on to furniture.

However the only way she could manage the hall was by traversing the radiator. It was too hot for little fingers, so she dragged over her toy hammer and bashed the crap out while shrieking something that sounded quite a lot like "bastard!".