Has anyone any advice on how to handle this? I am not sure what the best course of action is.
Couple of examples
She wants to go for a walk. Great, fantastic.
I always tell her shoes on/coat on. So we can do it. But i would say 6 times out of 10 she would start to tantrum because she wants out the door now.
Today she wanted to do some painting and it descended into a major tantrum where she tried to bite me. I was just strapping her into her booster seat at the table. But she wanted to start painting straight away and could not wait while i did it.
I know it takes a while for children to develop patience and understanding. But how do you navigate this? Do you push on trying to get things ready? While they whinge and work against you. Are do you stop and wait til the tantrum is over?
I did stop today with the bite attempt.
But trying to wrangle her with getting shoes on so we can get out is frustrating but once she is out happy as larry.
Her language is coming on ok i think and she surprises us at times. But a lot of the time she is just whingeing at us despite knowing the words. She would ask for a cup of milk or more milk. But then for 3 or 4 days after she will whinge instead until we figure what she wants. We keep trying to encourage her to use her words and really praise her.
She even says please and thank you sometimes. She knows how to ask for things. She isnt great at listening at present. Only seems to be when she wants to. You have to get her in the right mood. But when she is playing you hear her saying shoes on etc
Any insight would be appreciated