My DD is only 7 months and I think has the beginnings of tantrums going on. Which is not a great sign.
Like if she doesn't want to get into her car seat, she sticks her elbows out (so they catch on the outside), pulls her chin into her neck like Chris Farley and literally growls at me. Lol!
Yes my 9 month old had tantrums too. If you take something from (like paper he found on the ground and is about to eat) he does this high pitched scream thing. And if his sister takes a toy from him he yells at her. Trying to copy the way she yells at him. Haha but he's so happy and mild mannered other times..
DS started at about 15m old but they were nothing compared to what we started seeing at age 3.
I can't hear you LALALA
The good thing is now I can put him in his room and tell him when he's ready to be done to come find me. They're still irrational, but at least me walking off doesn't get him more pissed off
Post by Queen Mamadala on May 22, 2015 10:23:12 GMT -5
My older two weren't much for throwing conniptions. I think dd1 was 2 when we were at the movies and she was NOT having it and we had to leave. Now, dd2, she was/is extremely sensitive/emotional and had SPD. She's had meltdowns, still does, but not in the "I'm pissed off and this sucks" all-out rage. More like her feelings get hurt or she gets disappointed about something.
I can think of one situation in particular when she was 2.5-3 and we were leaving the mall. She had a sucker that she was almost finished with and gave it to me. I *thought* she was giving it to me because she was done with it. I through it in the trash on the way out the mall doors and when she asked for it back I explained that I threw it away, and holy hell, she flipped her shit, screamed and wailed all the way to the car. It was like her whole world was crumbling.
Neither of them have been defiant, and they weren't the back-talking type, and aren't now at this point. However, my son, now 5, holy fuck, he became a handful, ornery, persistent, intense, strong-willed, right around 20/21 months. Yeah...
We made it to like 2.5 before he really started thrashing around and screaming.
And ever since then he can go straight to hellion devil's spawn in 2.5 seconds.
He'll be the worst Threenager, I can just tell. He's defiant and bratty at times.
We checked with Northside Hospital, already. They don't have a retrun policy. :^) Such a bummer.
It probably sounds awful, but three was unbelievably rough with my son. I had so many "WTF is wrong!?" moments, lots of crying in my room/bathroom and general frustration and anxiety. I wasn't a huge yeller until he hit that stage, and I hated that. Three was awful, and four was a smidge better. Five has been better, but he still has moments, a lot of them, but just not as many or bad as before. He seems to focus on annoying his sisters like it's his life's mission.
I think they started getting really rough around 20 months. That was when he just started getting really arbitrary about a lot of stuff and everything had to be done his way or he'd start pitching a fit. We've only had a couple of real throw himself on the floor tantrums, but we get a lot of minor meltdowns over food, toys, transitions, bedtime, bathtime, etc.
Not trying to brag, I promise. I'm scared. Yesterday she climbed up a bookcase at daycare and they told her no, so she proceeded to go do 5 other things they'd told her no about before, including trying to tip jumperoos over (with babies in them). Telling her no doesn't phase her yet- so I think she doesn't really understand yet, so she can't tantrum.
My DD is 16 months and meal times are by far the most challenging. The throwing/dropping food doesn't surprise or bother me in and of itself. But after I've told her no, her little eyes burn right through mine as she does it again without even blinking. She's like: Bitch I WILL fling my french toast sticks. What are you gonna do about it? So my clueless FTM question: what do I do about it? Ignore? End the meal? I seriously don't know.
My DD is 16 months and meal times are by far the most challenging. The throwing/dropping food doesn't surprise or bother me in and of itself. But after I've told her no, her little eyes burn right through mine as she does it again without even blinking. She's like: Bitch I WILL fling my french toast sticks. What are you gonna do about it? So my clueless FTM question: what do I do about it? Ignore? End the meal? I seriously don't know.
My DDs tantrums consisted of her lying on the floor and signing "help me". She had her first crying in public fit at age five so don't get too cocky yet lol.
Around 2 weeks ago he started flinging himself to the floor and whining a bit. Yesterday he got ahold of an apple and I took it away so I could wash it and give it to him and he stomped away screaming and slammed his face into the couch. At this point his tantrums are cute, but frustrating. Never in public yet, thank god.
DD1 was never really much of a tantrum-er. She was a pretty verbal kid, and so we could talk things through pretty darn early. This is not to say she didn't get frustrated or in trouble or anything, but none of the flailing or screaming.
Turns out, 4 years old is when she decided to pay me back for all of that time. Not with tantrums, but with sass and fire in her eyes. Woooooo boy.
Idk. He gets pissed if he doesn't get what he wants but usually that only lasts a few minutes. We've had a few throw himself on floor incidents but I chalk those up to overtired/overstimulated meltdowns.