Tantrum phase

At the moment it’s pretty much constant and I won’t lie, it’s been really hard and I’m exhausted but I’ve found making sure we’re getting out the house makes it easier

Distraction is the only thing helping but my god… the constant scream/moan… goes right through me. Even my nursery brought it up and said she been challenging. Yeah.. she’s at that age! Like you should know that

Sometimes i have to just leave the room for a few minutes🙈🥲

@Roisin this is what i do! I put baby in safe place/make sure he is safe and i walk in next room for a couple minutes. Its the only way to deal with it especially towards end of the day when I'm just over it!

We are full force tantrums! Tonight I put on a swim vest I had delivered ready for holiday, he was walking around the living room in it, I then took it off because it was time for his bedtime bottle and he got so upset, threw himself on the floor 3 times, kicking his legs and screaming, my 3 year old was looking at him and was then looking at me like mum what’s his problem 😂😂😂 Said 3 year old was/is never like that!

Yes in full force. We had a tantrum yesterday because I didn’t want her to wipe paint on my white tshirt so just wanted to baby wipe her hands but obviously that was absolutely unacceptable 😂

@Kate so funny about the swim vest. My daughter had frequent tantrums about taking it off on holiday. She was obsessed . I had to hide it from her!!

Last week on the hottest day of the year so far my little girl wanted her puffer coat on and when I said no it’s too warm for that today she threw herself on the floor, we compromised and I put it on her 🙈😂 easier than listening to the screaming

we’re currently testing boundaries, having tantrums and hitting, i try to avoid using “dont” “stop” and things like that as i feel it goes in one ear and out the other so it if you’re saying “stop hitting” or “don’t hit” all they’re really hearing and subconsciously reinforcing is the “hitting” so that’s in the fore front of their mind, if you think if you held out an apple and banana and you told her “don’t pick the banana” subconsciously she’s more than likely going to pick the banana as that’s what she mainly heard this is what i do, i do a sharp “AH AH” and redirect to what she can do, “kind hands please” demonstrate kind hands my stroking and things, if it carries on then i remove myself and i play with on of her toys and she then comes over and wants to play with it, tantrum over is quicker if i don’t feed into it ive found xx

@Amy yeah I do similar where I say ‘na na, that’s not for us’ or something similar. I saw it twice and if she doesn’t stop, I will pick her up and move her away from it and distract her. If she has a proper meltdown, cuddles, distraction and explain I understand but we can’t do that because….. I’ve found they don’t last that long and I just try to be consistent and never give in if I’ve decided a boundary as I don’t want to confuse her. I give lots of praise when she does something right, like putting something back when I’ve said na na, lots of cuddles during the rest of time too.

@Roisin what do you do when they just follow you 😂😂😂

So glad to know it's not just my child!

@Claire you’re doing amazing mama🫶🏼x

@Amy right back at you ☺️

@Claire 😂 oh god I didn’t think about when we actually go on holiday and get it off him 😂 that is going to be interesting

@Kate it was both funny and tragic watching her bereft at being removed from it. Bear in mind we were in Barbados in 30 degree heat which didn’t exactly scream extra layers!!

@Terri Smyth close the door😭😂🙈