15 month old having the Mother of all tantrums!!!!

[Zephyrcat]

Literally. As I type! He is in the kitchen, on the floor screaming. But not crying screaming (well crying a bit too) he is screaming in temper because I took a pot of olives away from him. I'm starting to feel guilty and want to pick him up but is it best to leave him there to get it out of his system and completely ignore him?!

Leave him to get over it, ignoring it is best

Try rolling a ball or a toy car past his line of sight. Or sit down near him and start playing with one of his toys he might come and join you.

I go for ignoring. When he starts to settle, then try seeing if he'll come and play.

I have the same with Jess who is 14 months.... she is a real pain at times and i leave her to get it out of her system.

Once she has calmed down, i go over to her and ask her for a cuddle and kiss and then she is fine again.

HTH

I often have to confiscate something DD has acquired she shouldn't have, I find having another distration in your hand ready works, my DD only goes off into one if I go up the stairs and leave her for a moment at the stair gate.

I had to go and get him. I brought him threough and changed his nappy and he's got a rash all over his belly so I'll feel guilty now if he's poorly!!

His tantrums are getting quite fierce at the moment. Mind you so are DD's!! Being in the crappy stage of pregnancy where I haven't got the energy I think I'm losing control of them!!!!

Mine is doing the same because I objected to being pinched! Oh, and I am mumsnetting and not playing with him.... Best to ignore (and turn pc off [bad mummy icon])

Is it normal for temper tantrums like this at 15 months? I'm sure dd wasn't like this. DS is just a monster and I'm not sure what to do with him!!!

Distraction is best IMO. At 15months they are babies and IMO don't really know how to handle strong emotions.

ZC: you may recall my 3rd baby is same age as yours... and he also throws tantrums like I cannot believe. Especially compared to my last one/middle child, she was positively docile by comparison. So... maybe it's just normal for our little June '04 crop!

Its so reassuring when you read a thread that sounds as though you've written it!
My DS is also 15 ms and having a few "wobblies" as his big sister (5yrs) calls them -usually over us having to take something off him (like the jar of olives ZC!) or if I leave the room or even think about leaving the room (I'm sure he's developing telepathic powers ).
I try to ignore but it is difficult when he looks as if he could keep it up for eternity and I start to feel guilty.

Glad to see it's not just me then QZ I was going to add it to our june thread just how horrid he's being at the mo!!

He's certainly showing no signs of stopping them anytime soon!!

Oh no - as I'm typing this dd has just brought to my attention that he's tipped a 1kg bag of sultanas all over the floor!!!!!!!!!

AAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!