tantrums at 11 months old!!!

[happygolucky22]

my d.d is 11 months old and is already throwing herself on the floor hitting me,pulling her own hair when she is in a stress and once even started banging her head against the wall! is this normal and how do i stop it? she will go of at the slightest thing, such as not being able to close the door, was this moringings first one, i am a single mum so some advice would be great. my health visiter just told me to ignore her but am worried she may really hurt herself.

Ignore her. I do with my ds (14months) and so far it works.

i don't know if this helps but i heard once that pulling hair is actually a thing babies do to try to calm themselves down, they are trying to mimic the feeling they get when you pat or stoke them. Apparently they can do it to the point of pulling hair but this is all just a calming method. When my DS was doing it i thought he was so stressed it was leading to want to pull his hair out in frustration but it was just his way of trying to calm himself down. unfortunately he always seemed to do it when he had a handful of food so i was constantly having to wash his hair.

maybe when she does it you could find something else that calms her down like music she likes.

poor you. My DS1 started tantrums at that age and they heated up brilliantly by the time he was 18 months/ 2 years. They will probably get worse before they get better. He used to bite himself and others, head butt walls and floors etc.

Ignore is the best. But when she has calmed down give her lots of cuddles. Toddlers sometimes scare themselves when they get out of control and need reassurance that all is ok afterwards.

My DS1 was over all his tantrums by the time he was 2 1/2 while his peers were in full swing. Hopefully your DD is just going to get them over with early

my dd started tantrums at about 9 months old....it is hard but honestly they seem to grow out of it, dd is now 2 and doesnt have anywhere near as many tantrums. i think a lot of it is they are trying to express a feeling they have no way of expressing.

when my dd is upset now she tells me shes crying, when shes angry she says shes angry and everyone knows when shes happy......its probably frustration, maybe look into baby signing, this might help your dd get her emotions across to you without the need for these tantrums!

hey thanks everyone for all the helpful tips,i did think it could be down to frustration, as she is on the brink of walking and starting to say a few words clearly,annoyingly dad beiong one of them!! staceym11. what is this baby signing?? sounds intresting.

cheers for the link has anyone used baby siging? do they know if it is any good?? i am going to read up about it on the net later.