Tantrums lead to vomitting

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My 23mnth old daughter has developed a habit of getting herself very worked up in a tantrum and will vomit very quickly after starting a tantrum. She is generally very easy going and not prone to tantrums, but this has happened on a few occasions. Tonight when I put her to bed, she started to get upset when I left and before I had even got back through the door, she was so worked up that when lifted her out, she vomitted all over the carpet.

I have been used to toddler tantrums before as she has 2 older brothers at 6 and 5, but I have never experienced this before.

Can anyone help? Also, would really appreciate any tips on how to remove blueberry stains from a light coloured carpet .

I think the best thing to do is ignore her. Clean the vomit up with no communication to her.

our son has done this for years or at least seem like it. he's justed turned 4. he is getting better and we reconise the signs so most of time able to get him to toilet. we got a carpet cleaner. great investment!! but it time being pour white wine on the stain(the cheaaper the better).

Dd2 used to do this (from the age of 9 months), it got to the point where she was doing it 2-3 times a week, as she got older i would just sit her on the stairs with a bucket and leave her to it (if we were at home). I agree its best to ignore as much as you can, clean it up with out making eye contact with her and don't make an issue of it. She will grow out of it, dd1 is almost 6 and hasn't done it since she was 4 (although she comes close to it at times).

Ben5- i'm sure he will grow out of it soon.

I agree that carrying on calmly is the key. The thing is, once she's vomited, she has not got that in her arsenal of weapons any more

I'm not saying she is doing it deliberately - my ds was the same, and just had a very easily 'tripped' vomit reflex.

Many thanks for your responses, cant understand why this happens when as I said, she is generally really good natured. But like the little rhyme says, when she is good, she is very very good, and when she is bad, she is horrid . She really screams like a banshee when she gets going - boys were never like that!

Her room is about 7ft square and the only visible piece of carpet between her cot and wardrobe/changing station is ruined already!Thanks for the advice re the stain Ben5, will it still work this morning having rubbed and soaked in Oxy last night? Carpet was only replaced 11 months ago due to a leaking radiator - would rather try to clean it than replace it. Going to get a rug which I can whip into the washing machine if this is going to be an ongoing problem.

Will persevere with it - and try prevention sstrategies to avoid at all costs. Thanks once again for all your help.

Another thing that I need to ask regarding how to deal with tantrums. I have always gone along with ignoring bad behaviour and tantrums when my 2 boys were at this stage - even walking away from them whilst they display tantrum behaviour. However, I realise that this may lead to the vomitting as dd becomes frustrated and ignoring might be the wrong tactic?

Would appreciate advice from your experiences on this.

Thanks

Help! My 5 1/2 year old son still throws tantrums over the smallest things - this doesn't seem normal. We try to ignore them and they definitely don't get him whatever he's having the tantrum about but nothing seems to work. What should I do? Thanks.

My 2 and a half year old ds had an hour long tantrum last night. Everything I did seemed to make him worse. He was screaming for juice so I gave him his cup. He threw it at me and then screamed for juice again. Repeat ad infinitum. He was even hitting himself and at one stage his eyes rolled back in his head like he was about to fit. HC456 - I feel your pain!