Tantrums

[sunnyfields25]

Hi

I'm just wondering how other people deal/have dealt with tantrums? DS is only 18mo but it feels like the terrible twos are beginning to set in. We tell him 'no' if he does something he's not supposed to, but it either makes him think it's a game and he does it all the more, or he gets annoyed and has started lashing out and hitting or biting. He's a lovely little boy most of the time, so when we have these tantrums I'm just clueless on how to deal with it.

Thanks

Ignore and or distract! It's hellish

Thanks @thinkingcapon, that's where I've been struggling, not knowing whether to ignore and let him think something's ok when it's not, or make a big deal out of it and then he thinks it's funny to carry on. The tantrums tend to happen while he's still attempting to do the thing I'm trying to stop him doing.

There's been a lot of distraction going on lately, although frustratingly when DS decides he wants to pull the heavy wall-mounted mirror away from the wall, nothing else I offer seems to be as appealing.

Definitely ignore and distract. Also try to concentrate on telling him what you do want him to do, instead of saying no. E.g. 'kind hands' instead of 'no hitting', 'hold it carefully' instead of 'don't drop it'.

Good idea @nuttyknitter, I've been trying to focus more on the positives rather than 'no, no, no' since reading your post and it definitely seems to be helping a bit