Thread: Tell me how you handle this!

Okay, maybe my post wasn't clear. I have no problems dealing with her tantrums. I could care less if she's crying and screaming because the dog walked by her, or she put her shoes on the wrong feet, or she wants to go down to the basement. All I was asking was if any other moms sympathized with me I guess about their happy go lucky babies turning into screaming little monsters.

My ds is the same way.? He is so sensitive and dramatic.? He's been this way from day one.? One of the nurses even said something in the hospital about it.? Unfortunately, he hasn't gotten any better.? He's throwing a tantrum right now because he wants downstairs.? You would think he fell on his head by the way he's screaming and crying.? I try to redirect him like I have my other two boys, but he's different.? Once...

I ignore DD's outbursts.? If something is actually wrong she will come to me and if she is crying she knows she gets no attention.? She has to use her words.? Without words she gets nothing.? Also, let her hurt herself, then just listen for a bit.? Then you will learn the slight difference between I am hurt crys and I am frustrated crys.? I'm a though love kind of person.? It worked so well with my son and is a bit harder with the...

My DD does the same thing.? And I agree with the PP, I make her use her words when this happens.? If she is throwing a fit about it, I usually don't help her until she says "help please".? Once she does, she usually calms down because she realizes that that's all she needs to do to solve the problem.? It took several tries though to get her to do this! HTH and good luck!

I read a good book on the subject and now this is how I deal... Quality time and attention. Lots of it. Redirect, play, play and then?play some more with her. It didn't stop all of it but I swear, it's cut down on her upsets by more than half. Try it and see if that doesn't ease things a bit. ?

After a particularly difficult weekend with my daughter, I called my mom.. she noted a common mistake people make is to focus on and work to correct bad behavior, but because "good" behavior is "expected" it doesn't get noticed enough. She encouraged me that rather than focus on this difficult behavior, to focus on lavishing her with praise for the "good" and "expected" behavior... my daughter...

I hear you. Jack used to be so sweet and now he throws things and hits and just generally gets bent out of shape over the smallest things. And he has a terrible time transitioning....I have to pick him up kicking and screaming anytime we have to leave any public place. I know it will pass but I sure miss my cuddly little guy. I try not to be too negative but it is hard at times. And my five year old has been acting out at school. His teacher...

I agree 100% with PP.? Quality time and attention.? Now, dont' get me whong I'm not trying to say you don't spend enough time with your kids.? I'm not saying that at all. I have a 3 year old and an almost 2 year old.? I have come to find that almost any behavioral problem from tantrums, hiting, biting, general freaking out can be solved in a matter of days by just spending more quality time with my kids.? 2 is my all time...

I ignore her tantrums or put her in time out until she calms down. Usually after a couple of minutes in her bedroom, she realizes it's not working and will just start playing with toys. DD has a lot of tantrums so this happens a lot but it seems to work the best.

My friend and I were talking about this... we both have a 5 yo and a 18 mo (her) and 21 mo (me).? It was so much easier when our older one was at this stage because yes, that lots of quality time helped and reduced the tantrums... but what to do now when I just bring my 5 yo home from school and she wants to show me everything she did at school and tell me about this and that... of course I HAVE to pay attention to her... in my logical mind...