tantrum is now at 55 mins long...

[hermykne]

and it aint stoppping
what thew f* do i do?

make yourself a coffee and ride it out

do that laying on the floor thing banging your hands like the woman on the advert!!

2 and half hours was the record stuck her in her cot after a bit until she shut up!

tried that with my dd (in the living room) she looked at me like i was mad and shut up and walked off in disgust!

Ignore, ignore, ignore.

Ds2 had a belter of a tantrum the other day - he was tired and refused to go in his buggy so we could go out (the only way he will sleep in the day now). I strapped him in his pushchair (with him kicking and screaming and being a dead weight all the time), parked it in the middle of the kitchen floor, and left him - came upstairs on MN 'til he stopped (this plaintive little voice came up the stairs "Mummy...I've got a headache now." Yeah, me too.)

posted stuff on this thread stopping tantrums
hope it helps
x

Yes, ignore, ignore.. However hard and earsplitting and headache inducing and infuriating. No reaction until they stop of their own accord.. And they will!

earplugs help as well!

actually she reduced me to tears the other day wiht the millionth tantrum of the day she stopped so quickly and gave me a cuddle so if she looks like she is going to start i tell her im going to cry and i get cuddled instead!

Wasn't the famous solution a jug of water poured over their head?

oh jesus ajug of water, thats awful

well its stopped and shes f knackered
put her jammies on straight away
gave me a big hug said sorry
got her teddy bear back - took her off her
and collapsed

it was coming all afternoon as she was getting more and more tired, no day nap anymore and some evenings are fine others a disaster

thanks for the link shrub

phew!