For the last week or so... DS1 has had tantrums on a scale unknown to me.... He is two in November.
Not sure if this is the "terrible two's" or something more serious
example:
he was playing nicely with a toy train while having his hair cut and as we had to leave he had a meltdown because he didnt want to leave the train, even though the hairdresser gave him a baloon and a sweet. So ive got to hold him (and it is difficult bc he wants to escape + i have DS2 in the pushchair) to get out of the shop and he screams, screams scream and stop because he sees a bus. so we watch the bus and he wants to go on it. no sorry, you cant. cue more screaming/rolling on the pavement. I manage to calm him a little bit and we arrive at the car. i try to put him in the car seat but he screams SCREAMS SCREAMS. I try to tell him to stop but he probably cant hear what im saying. I manage to fastened the belt and put DS2 in his car seat. Then DS1 still howling, bending over his car seat slaps DS2, i tell him not too. Still screaming. He does it again. I slap his lap. Still screaming. I take him out of the car, onto the pavement - tell him off. he calms down. As soon as we are in the car the battles start again. I tell him he will get another slap if he doesnt stop. Somehow he calms down a little bit, still crying loudly but at least no screaming. when we arrive home (10 mins later) he still cries a bit but he has calmed down. I tell him to say sorry to DS2 and to me, and to kiss us to make up. he does after 15 mins, still crying. and then he really looks very sorry and we have a cuddle and i tell him that when he has a tantrum, he makes everybody sad around him and when he is happy evereybody is happy and the rest of the day is ok (only because i confiscated all his toy cars and reminded him about it everytime he was about to throw a tantrum)
so what do u think... normal for an almost 2 years old???