One of my boys is throwing a bit of an epic tantrum this evening and I'm not sure where to go from here.....
We were about to come upstairs for stories when he stubbed his toe fairly badly. I was holding the baby and he wanted to be picked up. I can sometimes carry both, but didn't feel safe trying to pick him up while already on the stairs, so I said I'd put the baby down upstairs and come back for him. This has triggered a massive screaming fit....
Carried him up to his room (lots of thrashing and asked him to pick a story (usually the boys pick one each). He just kept screaming "no stories". His brother chose one so I tried to start reading, but he just kept trying to pull the book off me. I suggested he should lie down and not listen. In the end I told him he would have to wait in his big sister's room (she's away withDH at the moment). He wouldn't stop screaming and fighting so I popped him into his sister's bed with some toys and shut the door (not locked, he knows this). Read a 5 minute story to his brother and came to get him and tell him the story was finished.
He won't stop screaming. I tried to continue routine and ignore the screams, so I ticked him into bed and sang his favourite lullaby. I asked him if there's anything he'd like. No sign of calming down so I've said I'll come back and give him a cuddle if has quiet once the baby is asleep. I'm rocking her as I type. He's still screaming,but a bit less.
Options? Suggestions? He shares a room with his brother, who has been good and really wants to go to sleep. It's getting late.