tanty terror!

[jessica]

Hi,

DD has always been very clingy and overly emotional - like mother like daughter so I can't complain - lately her constant (and I mean CONSTANT!:banghead: ) whining and screaming is driving me insane! I know it's a communication thing - it must be hard to want something and not be able to ask for it! And it seems the best place in the world is mummy's arms - 95% of the time this is fine and I love it - but that other 5% of the time mummy needs sanity time - anyway.... point is.. when she is screaming for no reason just having a tanty what do you do? how do you stop it? I don't want to smack and I try not to raise my voice so that she dosen't think mummy screams so so will I, I'm trying time out on her lounge - this seems to work sometimes - she calms down and then walks over for a cuddle.

What do others do to deal with tantrums?:confused:

[natasha]

My DD is 14 months old and has been throwing tantrums for a while now. It's sometimes tough to know what to do. If she is throwing a tantrum because of something she wants but is not allowed to have, i try and distract her with toys or making funny faces or something like that.

If she is throwing a full blown screaming fit, I put her in her room and close the safety gate ( for safety, so I can see her ). She could scream for about half an hour sometimes:eek: , but the minute she calms down ans stops crying and looks as though she is over it, i bring her out and give her a cuddle. Because the way I see it is she gets herself all worked up so I need to be able to give her no attention until she calms down. That's why I put her in her room, because she does things (like banging her head on the floor) for effect, because she knows I don't like her doing it.

God that makes no sense does it. Sorry....I never wa good at english!:o

[caro224]

Hi!
My daughter is the same, very clinging and she has been throwing tantrums for while now too. I just stay with her, but let her scream and cry, I believe they sometimes need to let it all out. That way I can prevent her from hurting herself and she is not on her own. I don't think tantrums are just a naughty behaviour, it's also the way to let their frustration out. After a while she stops and needs a huge cuddle then. :hugs:
Well, this works for us, but you seem to have found a good way to deal with it, too. :thumbsup: