Too young to tantrum?

[Mads123]

My 16 month old LB will tantrum if I stop him from killing himself doing something. I thought this was normal behaviour but my DM says he shouldn't be doing this. I'm trying to not be too neurotic as a mother but she is slowly making me doubt myself. By tantrum I mean crying on the floor until I can either distract him or he calms down. Is this normal?

Er yes. Completely. Tell your mother to bugger off undermining you.

Thank you, was what I thought but was starting to get to me.

People seem to believe that the "terrible twos" starts the second the turn two... But in reality, that glorious tantrum phase starts long before they turn two :) totally normal OP :)

Mine's been throwing tantrums since she's about 10months old... Throws herself to the floor and all. It's perfectly normal (even a therapist seeing kids that age daily in her profession reassured me so...). If I have the energy I try to distract her, if I'm stressed out I ignore it and she usually stops as sudden as she started after a minute or so.

She's 15months now btw

Totally normal, your mum has probably just forgotten!

Goodness yes, totally normal. We were having tantrums from 10 months. But looking back they were a lot easier to deal with than the ones at 2.5 🙈

They also don’t magically stop tantruming at a certain age either! I watched a 4 year old have a total meltdown at a hospital appointment yesterday!

It's his way of communicating his frustration, due to not understanding why you are stopping him. See it as less of a tantrum and more as a developmental characteristic. Tell your DM to butt out.

Yes. One of mine would do this from about 8 months. By the time he was 2,(perhaps even 18 months) he had completely finished the tantrum stage.

Totally normal, DS had horrendous tantrums between 1 and 2. Now at 2.5 they've really calmed down

Thanks everyone, I think she has forgotten and rather than admit that she tells me "you three never did that" it's very helpful of her . Thankfully unless he's really tired or ill they are usually short but not looking forward to longer ones when he's older.