I posted a couple of days ago about my 2.5 year old having an hour and a half long tantrum. They've escalated and are now becoming absolutely impossible. I think the fact that he's on steroids for a bad chest might be the cause. But am not sure how to handle them.
For example, he refused to get dressed for bed - this was after refusing most other things all day (had to go to nursery in his pjs because he refused to get dressed this morning). Because he wouldn't get dressed, he missed story time. He is now dressed after much fighting but now he is screaming 'I want a book to read, I want a book to read'. Past experience shows that he just keeps saying the same thing over and over and over. And it can last hours. It is now 30 mins past his bedtime. His screaming is not only keeping his brother up and making him cry, but I don't see it ending unless I read him a fucking book.
But that to me goes against all parenting rules that say if you give into a tantrum, it just spurs him on the next time. What do I do - read him a book? Stick with it and let him get even more overtired until he collapses with exhaustion.
At this point distraction isn't an option. Help. from a very tired mother who is absolutely sick of these tantrums and is dreaming of him outgrowing this phase