At what age do tantrums start?

[Scootergrrrl]

And what on earth do you do?? DS, 16 months, is rolling around on the floor screeching because I took the remote control off him. I tried to pick him up and he just arcges his back and wriggles back onto the floor to continue screaming!
Is he too small for the ignore, ignore, ignore thing? Help!

My DS does this - he's also 16 months.. i've been told its just a phase. He literally throws himself backwards and even bangs his head on the floor.
I've tried to ignore too, but he just works himself into a huge snotty mess. So i try and divert his attention with something else "oh who is at the door", "where is that cat", "lets get a drink". This usually calms him down and then he's fine.

HTH

The only thing which distracts mine out of it is the blinking Teletubbies video... I'm beginning to fantasise about bludgeoning Tinky Winky to death with his own sodding handbag

10months

Ignore him as long as he isn't doing anything harmful.

It is all frustration because they can't tell us what they want or their bodies won't let them do what they want.

That's exactly it - it's always when he gets frustrated. Does it last long?

More importantly, at what age do tantrums finish?

Distract with raisins, or (me) biscuits.

Try and distract otherwise ignore for a couple of minutes. My ds usually lets me pick him up after a couple of minutes rolling and wailing!