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Three year old tantrums

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alittlehelp · 05/01/2018 18:06

My three year old had always been quite tantrummy but he's having some epic ones which I'm struggling to manage, particularly while dealing with a baby at the same time. I know all the strategies to avoid them in the first place (making sure not hungry/tired, giving him lots to of warning about what we're doing etc), and I also know that he's probably having them partly due to stress of new sibling (although he treats his younger brother very well). What I'm struggling with is how to deal with it once the tantrum has started. He will not be reasoned with or distracted. He gets incredibly upset, crying and shouting, and it's usually about something impossible to solve (today he realised as we arrived at playgroup that it wasn't the one he thought he was going to - cue horrendous meltdown, refusing to either go in or go home, and I couldn't pick him up as had buggy with baby). I end up shouting which I hate as he's upset and not doing it on purpose of course. Any tips? Thanks.

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Situp · 05/01/2018 18:10

dd was like this. It is a nightmare. I once had a woman and her husband accost me in the street accusing me of all sorts of things because she was going nuts about having to go in the pushchair (I was walking alone with her and older DS along a busy road so couldn't let her walk)

no real advice, except that she is now very different and although her meltdowns are still epic they are still very few and far between Wink

alittlehelp · 05/01/2018 18:58

Glad it's not just me! I was thinking to myself this morning that he might be starting to grow out of them. But then today happened.

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RefuseTheLies · 05/01/2018 19:03

My DD regularly throws almighty shit fits in public.

I tell her to let me know when she’s finished and I just wait it out. It’s excrutiating, but if I touch her or try to reason with her, she just dials it up a notch.

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