2 year old sick when having a tantrum

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My 2 year old dd is quite an emotional little girl and when she gets upset she is sometimes sick. I put her in time out earlier and she got so upset she was sick. I was going to leave her for the 2 minutes regardless of this but my husband said I was being heartless. Was I being heartless? How should I deal with this?

I posted on here with a similar problem although my DD was actually making herself sick. I got some really good advice including distracting her before she got to the point of being sick, etc.

I have found the distraction technique works really well and she hasn't actually got to the point of being sick in a tantrum since I started it. I know it sounds easier than it is but it did work.

Oh, and I don't think you're heartless. If she gets the idea that being sick will get her own way she may force it. I'm slightly ashamed to say that I have also threatened her with "if you make yourself sick on purpose again I'll put your racing car in the bin." That, sadly, worked very well which does prove it was deliberate but is probably not great parenting!

Thank you for that. She gets herself so upset when she is told off or we say no. I never give into her but it's as if she gets to a point of no return and I just have to leave her to calm down. This usual works but occasional she gets so upset that she starts gagging and being sick. I just feel like a bad Mum as all my instincts say to cuddle her but I know I should carry through with the time out that I put in place in the first place.

It's so hard... Mine (2.3) was clearly determined to have a tantrum this evening because I changed her nappy and then she decided she didn't want her trousers on. I said "ok then, don't wear them" so she then decided it was ok to have them on. She then started to have meltdown because I wouldn't let her have, firstly, a dishwaster tablet (why did she even want one?) and, secondly, I wouldn't let her carry around a sachet of cat food with a pink stripe on it.

The distraction and cuddling thing worked but I was sooo tempted to give in.