9 mth dd throwing tantrums and daytime sleeps become a 2hr fight

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can anyone give advice please my dd was a real angel never cried squeaked etc even when teething she has 5 teeth and they are popping out like popcorn but they are not the problem how do I stop the tantrums when she has to get out the bath or when I take away something she cant have ( T.V. remote control) and in her morning and afternoon nap she wont go to sleep throws tantrums and screams and so on but you can see she is dog tired

My DS has always been a good daytime napper but just recently (he's 9.5 months) he's been a little sod. Today, he fell asleep on the way back from school and slept for an hour and a half but this afternoon, he was dog tired but really kicked off when I put him down. He eventually slept for half an hour then woke up crying and nothing I could do would re-settle him.

I think it's a mixture of not wanting to stop playing (which is such fun), not wanting to be apart from mum and starting to make the transistion to one nap a day.

Not much help I'm afraid but wanted to post so you didn't feel you were on your own with this 'phase'

thanks now I dont feel so alone Ive heard of the terrible 2's but never the test run (9mth tantrum throwing) she is not at school but with me all day so it gets rather trying for my patients and tireing for me, sometimes I just think "I want my life back" but I would never change my dd for the world

My number 2 ds is/was like that he's now 2.5. Found the only way to stop it was to distract ie. look teddy's waiting for a nap, or book to read. Lying with them, cuddling/swaddling helped a great deal when he was little. They just get over tired and then don't know how to stop anything. The americans I'm getting to know here, tell me such activity is a sign of high intelligence

I have been told by paediatricians that DD2 who is 20 months has the intelligence of a 3 year old and that is why she is so dominent. Also she has an unusually high pain threshold so I can't even warn her with a smack.

Hi. I've got 9 month DD who is similar with her tantrums. Everytime I take something off her/stop her going in the kitchen cupboards etc. she holds major crying tantrum. I've found that for me the best way to deal with it is to walk off. There's nothing wrong with her, she's just exercising her right to show disapproval at my actions. There's no point in pampering or pandering to her needs otherwise she gets used to it. If she crawls after me wanting a hug, i'll give her one, otherwise it just fizzles out. With regard to the sleeping, that too is a phase they seem to go through. Mine learnt to crawl at 5 months so as she got better at that, she didn't want to sleep. She doesn't want to nap if she's feeling under the weather either (which only becomes apparent after a week or so of fighting). Again, for me I found that the best thing was that we should know when they're ready for a nap. I would put her down and if she cried, well so be it, after 10 mins or so i'd go in again and either put her back in her bed (if she was up) or just stroke her head so she'd know i was there etc. Eventually she realised that mum wasn't putting up with her moods and it stopped. If I wasn't sure whether i should put her to bed, I tried to distract her and keep her going for another 15-30 mins until I was really sure.

yesterday my dd threw a tantrum when I put her down for her daytime nap I was so fed up with her tantrums that I just left her in the room after about 10 min I think she realized that she was not gonna get her own way and went to sleep either that or the tiredness got the better of her. So mahbe I will keep doing that you know if she still crying after 1o min go in and let her know mommy is still her you are not alone at leats now I know that there are alot of 9 mth olds all doing the same thing.