Temper tantrums at 13 months????

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Hello, I wanted to check with the more experienced mums on here - as my username says, a first time mum here.

DS has learnt to walk last month and can now open doors, he loves opening and closing doors and draws and putting things in the washing machine or the draws, taking it out, pressing buttons etc.

He's almost obsessed, so if we're playing in the living room/kitchen and he is not allowed to open to door or the washing machine or dishwasher, he throws himself on the floor and cries his eyes out, this also happens it he had the remote or mobile phone in his hand and you take it away. I do distract him straight away as I do not believe in letting him cry & imo he will have no understanding of it (I don't let him go to where he wanted to go or give the item back but distract him with something different).

He is not yet talking, lots of babble and maybe the odd word but if I hold him and there is multiple things on the table, he cannot tell me what he wants and then gets frustrated very quickly and it ends up in a little tantrum.

Is this normal????

Completely normal in my experience - it's just frustration. I found it got a bit easier after 18 months. At 2yo DS' tantrums are longer but less frequent!

Completely normal. They cant voice it so they scream roar and tantrum. . Imagine something you love doing and someone comes over and stops you - it's just like that. They do grow out of it. Eventually ! Hang in there

Tantrums at any age are completely normal.

www.ahaparenting.com/ages-stages/toddlers/toddler-tantrums

Mine did it from 12 months until she was 5

They understand 100 words inside their head for every 10 they can say, thats why its frustrating.

Yup.

DD threw herself on the floor in Tesco and cried and beat her fists because I wouldn't buy her a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse pull along wagon, the day before her 1st birthday. And thus it began.

My DS is almost 1 and tantrums all of the time, in pure frustration I think. He can’t walk or crawl so I think he just can’t do what he wants to do!!

Completely normal, my 11 mth old is exactly the same 🤪🤓

I remember horrendous tantrums at that age. Awful. Don’t miss that age one bit

Yes, it's completely normal, from his point of view you keep stopping from doing what he wants to do, as he can't explain yet what he wants a tantrum is his way of expressing his feelings. This will get better as he learns to speak and can let you know what's wrong.
Just imagine if you were in a place where everyone is at least 4/5 feet taller than you and nobody can understand you. You'd get frustrated too, it's definitely normal.

Thanks everyone - this is going to be interesting. He used to be the most chilled little man which scared me at first thinking something is wrong with him (serious PND as well) and now he's found his character i suppose.