Hi,
Im looking for some friendly advice on how to manage my 19 month old. To set the scene he isnt yet understanding of many things i say and a little delayed with speech (yes I'm handling this )
DS has started having awful tantrums at any slight inconvenience to him.
The main ones are when toys are taken from him, he wants to take non water suitable toys into the bath with him, when i take it away nicely & explain the toy cannot go in the water. He screams and screams and screams the whole bedtime routine. It's as awful. He cant understand why id take things from him. No distraction technique works.
Another daily example - he smashes toys against my radiators very roughly, i asked him to stop and redirect him, he continues to go back and repeat it, i try to distract him. Does not work. So i take the toy and explain why iv taken it. He will have a screaming fit for 20 mins and counting. I try to calm him during this time.
He is still very young and he must be frustrated that he cant explain what he wants to say.
Any advice would be welcome, id like to know if theres a better way to address such behaviour and boundaries. I don't want him to become a spoilt child getting his own way when he is older.