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How do you deal with tantrums? Just that really.

I'm a first time mum to an almost two year old and we've had an ALMIGHTY meltdown this evening.

Over the last month or so, his temperament has changed. He's huffy, whiny, hates being told "no", does the opposite to what's asked.

But tonight was a record tantrum! We finished dinner where he was beautifully behaved. He then wanted paw patrol on and as we said no, he started screaming and kicking. I tried to divert his attention with books, calming voice, then stern voice etc. He wouldn't calm down.

Then when we got him upstairs he went HYSTERICAL as we tried to brush his teeth and get him ready for bed. I was starting to think something was wrong with him!

How do you handle this?

@WhiteDust Yep! The first time he had one, we weren't really sure what was happening, so we tried to reassure him and cuddle him and distract him - and it got much worse! We only realised it was his first tantrum, because he actually started stamping his tiny little feet. (Didn't know they did that in real life!)

Ignoring seems to bring the whole thing down much more quickly.

We ignore them too, even though it's hard sometimes. The tricky bit is if he's trashing the place and won't stay in one place and by restraining him we make it worse. Our 2.5-year old is being an utter terror at the moment and it is rather challenging!