Hi all,
Sorry if you've had this question too many times but I just need to be sure this behavior is normal.
My 2 yr old daughter has her normal tantrums as expected.. Dropping to the floor, hitting her head and screaming when she doesn't get her own way. On Friday things got a lot worse, she started having these tantrums over everything. On Saturday we went in the car to mothercare and smyths toy store to start on her Christmas shopping. Normally she loves being in the car but every time I had to stop at the lights, in traffic or pulling up, she would just scream so loud. Fortunately she fell asleep so we had some peace. Later on that day at home, she continued these tantrums but she's now doing it over things that she would normally get excited about e.g..
During certain times of the day she has her tablet to watch Cbeebies on (it's also on the TV) but once one of the programs finish she has 15 seconds to wait until the next one plays, at this point she will throw herself to the floor and hit her head. She will then get up and throw herself at anything.. Fish tank.. Wall.. Table she doesn't care what it is. Other examples:
Microwave is on (she normally smiles and gets excited)
Bath time (same again)
Giving her favorite chocolate (same again)
Giving her a drink..
These kind of things she always smiles at and shakes her hands in excitement but now she's throwing herself.
Sunday we had it all day again, and at 5pm we put her in the bath, she tried to throw herself backwards but I managed to catch her before she went under the water. After about 15 mins of screaming while getting her dry and dressed she continued to hit her head off the floor, walls and radiator so I put her in time out in her bedroom. As I put her down she threw herself backwards landing head first in the floor, got up and threw herself sideways into the corner of the wall hitting her face.
She's got bruises on her bum, back, legs where she throws herself. Today I came in from work, she had already had loads of tantrums over all the things above and more.. I came in to find my gf with her head in her hands, not knowing what to do because our precious little girl is beating herself silly. As my daughter seen me, again she threw herself backwards into the wall, got up and threw herself into the wood at the end of her bed. She bruised her nose and her eyebrow and made her nose bleed.
Is this normal behavior? Is she frustrated?
Unfortunately she isn't talking yet, but we aren't too worried we just think she's a little behind and she shows 0 signs of autism. Could she be getting frustrated because she can't tell us what she wants? Is it for attention?
We feel like we're fighting a losing battle and it's heart breaking to witness what she's doing to herself 😢
Thanks for reading
Ryan