Baby with temper

I am hoping someone has experienced the same or has multiple children and can give some reassurance with no judgemeny as its something im really wuite worried about. My little one is 7 months and has always been on the grumpier side, had colic the first two months, shown a fiesty side when due a feed/sleepy etc, at 4 months old I was starting to think we had a little boy who was never going to be happy and then it was like he snapped out of it a little and we were getting calmer moments, however lately he has been unbelievably grumpy, everytime he doesnt get his own way (tried to grab something he shouldn't have/have a toy but need to get dressed etc) he throws himself backwards and screams to the high heavens. Tonight we have had an almighty fuss where he screamed himself to the point where he was bright red and throwing himself about that we were convinced he was in pain and something was seriously wrong, my partner was about to phone 111 when he just stopped and was happier again, even played with a toy. We have had family member notice his moods and make comments about temper tantrums and how it's quite early to see these types behaviours and jokes about how he "takes after his dad", who is a little more on the stubborn side too. It's putting the fear in me that these moments will become more regular and we will have a really challenging child (which i hate describing him as). Has anyone else experienced behaviour like this and seen it stop before they get any older? I'm praying it's just a phase. He's also teething at the moment too, with his two bottom teeth about to cut through, could this be the reason for this? I've had experience with babies and work in a nursery in my early 20s amd I've never experienced anything like this from a baby so young.

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I'm am going through exactly this!! With my 6 month old daughter. She has tantrums like you wouldn't believe! She is my second and I never had anything like this with my 1st and no one In my family has ever experienced it either . I'm sorry I can't advise what to do or help to much atm as we are too trying to find a way to stop them but I'm messaging just to say your not alone and your child isn't different because mine is going through it too

Not me, but my cousins youngest was exactly like this. Turned out he was just a very grumpy and dramatic baby. We think that a lot of the tantrums were due to teething, and he was in pain (obviously, we can't read minds, so it's just a presumption) He would hardly ever smile, would throw himself around, we were all worried he'd end up snapping his neck with the force he'd throw it back. The only person he'd be good for was our nan, his grandmother. He was like this from about 4 months until around the year mark. Can't tell you exactly when it stopped, but it stopped. We joke now that when he was a baby, he'd wake up and choose violence, and now he chooses love. Still extremely stubborn, but the violent screaming, throwing himself, hitting himself has completely stopped

It could be because of teething. My little boy is always so smiley and happy, hardly ever cries. Last couple of days he's been a little diva, throwing himself about and it's because he's teething. But if your worried speak to your gp or health adviser x

Not always the case but my niece was like this and she has autism

It’s because they are getting older and getting more upset when something is taken away, my daughter gets mad if I take my phone or the tv remote away, I’m like girl you can’t have it you’ll just have to cry if you don’t want the toy instead. These kids be getting mad and trying to get their own way!

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Hi girls, I am really sorry you're going through this hard time. I have a 2 tear old toddler and he was always super hard since the birth. Had the worst colic quite literally, never slept, was extremely irritable and started scratching and punching from around 5 months old. I know it can make you feel rejected and failed as a mother but please know it's not you, it's the child's temper. Now that my son is 2 years old he already acts very different and actually as I see his peers he sticks out with his clever personality and even morals! He became a gentle little man because of how we taught him by example and educated him. And now the former horrible grumpiness and aggressiveness transformed into a super strong character and resilience.

That being said, I hope my example can give you some light at the end of tunnel. I wish people would have sat down with me to talk about what it means to raise a strong tempered child and given me hope. I was traumatized, felt isolated and it was super hard for me to build a healthy relationship with him at first. My second child which is a July baby is the opposite and super happy and gentle from the birth so I know that comparing these two it was definitely not me who caused my first child to be the way he was but it was always his personality

Thank you all for your comments, it's incredibly comforting to know i am not alone! Being a mum is hard but I'm 1000% confident that we will all figure out how to navigate all stages and phases, its just sometimes hard to see the light when you are in the thick of it x

@Daria thank you for comments, it's nice to read that someone is out the other side! How did you manage your little ones temper? It sounds like my little boy is awfully similar, very strong willed already and strong tempered also 🥴

My boy is definitely a grumpy baby when he doesn't get something he wants and would just scream constantly for the first 3/4 months due to reflux. He's definitely abit happier now but does get periods of grumpiness and I wouldn't say has tantrums but gets upset when he can't reach/do something xx

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