Does your 3yr old get angry over nothing?

[happyhorse]

DS is 3.8 and in the last couple of weeks has gone from being good most of the time to being a complete brat. A lot of the time he's fine but several times a day he'll totally overreact to something and will get himself into a complete howling rage. I've just never seen him so angry and any little thing will set it off. A minute or two later he'll be his normal happy self.

Please tell me this is what kids of this age do and I'm not going to end up on Supernanny in a couple of years.

I'm sure he's not a brat. He's frustrated, and you can never tell what's going to be important to a toddler - they have no perspective. Roll with it - as long as your discipline is sensitive, middle-of-the-road and consistent, I'm sure he'll be fine.

Mines the same, I've assumed it's normal and chalked it up to 'it's a phase' . I just try to not let it wind me up and stay calm knowing it'll pass very quickly. It's not easy but as I say I try...

Totally normal... the smallest inexplicable (in my view) thing can anger him and sometimes I feel like I have to walk on egg shells to side step these moments. There's a good thread here (very long) that helps make you realise your child's seemingly crazy behaviour is like any other:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/behaviour_development/1187102-I-think-there-should-be-a-bloody-support-group-for-parents-of-3-year-olds

Thanks for the replies and the link. I had a feeling most small children were like this but it's nice to have confirmation :)

Oh god yes. Mine had a 10 minute screaming hissy fit because he accidentally put his finger in his cereal this morning. Closely followed by another one when he dropped a shreddie on his pyjamas.