Tantrums

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Im a FTM and have no experience of this at all. I have a 10 month old who had his first tantrum today. He got hold of my phone and I took it off him. He screamed and screamed, it was like he'd been seriously hurt. It went on for about 20 mins. At the end im pretty sure he didnt even know what he was screaming about. Is this normal?!

Yes.

Yup. He's experiencing disappointment/frustration/anger for the first time, and he (understandably) doesn't like it.

With toddler tantrums, the best thing to do is sympathise and distract - ie "i see that you're sad i took the phone away. It can be very sad when you can't play with something you want! But my phone isn't a toy. Come and show me which of your other toys you like to play with" etc

Obviously that's pointless with a baby, but tbh i do it anyway because i reckon it's good practice and who knows how much they take in... and to distract her i pick her up and show her out the window or something, changing the scene often changes the mood.

Sounds normal to me. You might have a bit of an early starter though, I'm sure mine had turned 1 when the tantrums started. Ds had them all over and done with in six month or so. Dd was three. Best of luck op!

Hello, mum of a nearly 2 year old girl over here and going grey! 😂 My little girl has started to have the worst hysterical tantrums and cannot be calmed down or reasurred. Lockdown has not helped this and she has possibly started the 2 year sleep regression. Long story short, she seems to be so unhappy both day and night and yet she has the most loving home life and family around her.
It's so sad to see because I don't know what else to do. Anybody else experiencing this with their little one?