its like over night someone replaced that sweet cooing lil baby with the devil child. hes into everything and when you tell him no he screams NO NO NO and hits. he started throwing things too. if you tell him no he will pick up whatever is closest and throw it at you. i feel like i am loosing control because i have no idea what to do. when he doesn't get what he wants he throws a fit screaming and crying, hitting and throwing. i'm at the end of my rope because i don't know how to control him. i've been trying time out but it doesn't seem to work.
HELP!!!
ha, your at one and a half right??? i rememberthat , but in hindsight, its rather cute. i have to say, be prepared it could get worse
We had a screaming chair about that time, where we would put Zoe and let her scream all she wanted there. She would try and get out and we'd pick her up and put her back in there. (This takes time). The whole time we'd tell her "You can scream all you want, but screaming isn't going to get what you want. When you want to calm down, we can talk about it" And, we would stand or sit next to it until her tantrum is over. Eventually (months and months) she began going there by herself when she wanted to scream.
It gave me a way that I felt that I was sort-of doing something about it, and gave her the ok that her feelings were ok, but that she wasn't going to be able to get what she wanted by screaming.
But, there were times when I was putting her on over and over and over and over, crying myself because I just felt so helpless. It does pass, they do grow out of that stage.
I dont think Dakota ever got that bad.He is now!LOL
Aria is at that age now and it sucks big time. Especially out in public. She's used to getting what she wants (mostly my fault), but I found not giving in helps in the long run. If she wants to throw a tantrum, be my guest, but that doesn't mean she is going to get what she wants. I've started putting her on the "naughty step". Everytime she throws a fit, she gets put on the step until she can relax. Then I hold her hands, look her in the eye and talk to her about what she can have rather than what she can't. I find that works for me, but every child is different. Good luck!