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early tantrums

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jollytot · 10/08/2004 12:25

Hi all

My youngest is 15 months and has recently turned into a 2 year old, complete with temper tantrums and refusing to eat! Surely she's a bit young to be starting this? Any ideas on what may be up?

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aloha · 10/08/2004 12:47

She may well be asking for more independence, probably because she has older siblings. If she won't eat, don't force it or make a fuss (lots of children have lost their appetite in this heat), and let her do her own thing as much as is compatible with your life. What sort of thing provoke her? Do you give her plenty of warning when you are about to move her from one activity to another, for example?

MeanBean · 10/08/2004 22:31

TBH, she sounds normal to me. My DD started tantruming at about 14-15 months as well, and is still doing it nine months down the line. Someone told me it stops at around thirteen. And then she'll be a teenager.

Hang on in there!

unicorn · 10/08/2004 22:34

[GRIN]lol meanbean.. oh so true.!
How lucky are you lucky people never to have witnessed a fully blown tantrum.?!! (apparently there ARE children who don't tantrum...not mine however!)

strangerthanfiction · 11/08/2004 11:40

My dd is 22 months and hasn't yet tantrummed though I keep expecting it! She is developing her temper though and getting very cross and frustrated at not being able to things she wants to. Some of the things are infuriatingly impossible like wanting to carry a bag without using her hands ... sigh ...

spikeycat · 11/08/2004 11:56

ds1 is having full tantrums at the mo, and has been since about 15 months, he head bangs as well, anyone got any experience of this?

larlylou · 11/08/2004 20:28

spikeycat, my ds is 16 months and he too is becoming a pro at tantrums accompanied by some headbanging when it suits him (if he hasn't got his own way or has been told off he will bang his head on anything that's closest too him) - not all that often I have to say but he is known to go for it. He also has a great knack of just arching himself and slipping right out of my arms...such monkeys! I am just riding the wave and hoping that it won't go on forever and ever (I'm hoping that if the terrible two's starts that early then he will be a dream when he's two...or am I just kidding myself!).

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jollytot · 19/08/2004 21:56

Generally, it's her older sister who seems to provoke her, funny that! Actually, the last two days have been much better with her, and she's even eaten a morsel or two. I'm not getting too excited just yet though, these little munchkins like to keep you on your toes! Larlylou, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but my eldest continued until nearly 3! Don't you just hate that boneless chicken thing they do! Where do they learn how to do that? I really couldn't imagine a life without tantrums in it, a year ago, but it really is just a developmental thing and they do grow out of it! Just didn't remember it starting this early, thought I would have another 3 months of relative peace!

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phatcat · 19/08/2004 22:05

big laffs at 'boneless chicken' jollytot - ds learned this one recently. Tantrums here from 14 months.

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jollytot · 20/08/2004 16:24

How do you all discipline your little ones, eg 15 months? DD does understand "no" in my firm, uber-nanny voice (hee hee hee) but how do you punish them for pinching, scratching, etc, generally getting back at her older sister for the past year's injustices?

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