Why is my toddler hitting her head?

I have a 2 year old daughter and over the last year when she gets mad she hits her head on the floor or on a table..I am so confused and don’t know what to do. I’ve tried telling her not to do it but she still does it. She has been throwing so many temper tantrums lately. It’s WWII trying to wash her hair or for her to get dressed. And if she gets her hands on something, if you try to take it away SHE SCREAMS FOR FOREVER!

Please help i don’t know what to do

8 year old having a temper tantrum? is this usual?

my daughter and her younger sister were playing outside with their friend, well the friend gave my younger daughter a pencil sharpener (it was pink and pretty) my older daughter (she’s got extremely upset by this because she felt left out, she has tons of pencil sharpeners but she wanted this particular one she started screaming like she’d been hurt, refusing to come indoors to talk to me, a completely out of control temper tantrum followed which lasted for a good hour, she’s usually quite mature for her age and i can’t understand why she reacted like this over something so trivial? I’ve tried speaking to her to see if she has anything she’s worried about or if she has anything she’d like to talk to me about and she just said she was angry because she wanted the sharpener, does it sound like she has other issues i need to get to the bottom of or could it just be that she lost her temper and didn’t know how to control herself? how should i deal with it if it happens again? she used to do this sort of thing when he was a toddler but hasn’t for years it was totally out of the blue.

Seriously parents, why in the world would you bring a little kid to Disneyland?

So last month my family and I went to Disneyland. Most of the trip was fun except for the extreme nuisance of little children (about 5 and under). Sure, there was the few families of children who were quite, and the very rare who were actually giggling and having a good time, but the majority of children from 5 years to infancy threw the most incredible tempertantrums, screamed on top of their lungs, nonstop crying, and overall were on anything but good behavior.

I’ve only gone to Disneyland twice, once when I was 9 and my brother was 7, and last month when I was 16 and my brother was 14.

But my family and I do not understand why families couldn’t wait until:
1. Their child was past the screaming, crying, temper-tantrum stage
2. Their child was tall enough to go on most if not all the rides
3. Their child was old enough to enjoy the rides, shows, parades, and people in costume without being too scared.
And most importantly:
4. They were old enough to remember going on a trip to Disneyland.

Even when I was 9 I could only remember the most funnest rides, but I couldn’t imagine how a baby or a toddler could remember going to Disneyland. I think to make disneyland the most special vacation you’d want to go without being stressed out about taking care of your kids when they’re throwing temper tantrums or too scared on the rides or have to wait outside the lines with them because they’re not old enough or tall enough to go on the rides.

To me it was a lot funner going as a teenager because I can remember everything and I was a lot more appreciative of going to Disneyland and spending time with my family. So why would you take your little kid to Disneyland?
PetMom: I’m not saying all the children their were horrible, but everywhere we went their were kids throwing temper-tantrums and crying all day.
No, my brother and I don’t ask for much. We’re pretty well-mannered for teenagers. It was the only vacation we could go on before senior year, and my parents didn’t want to take us out of school while I was a senior.

aren’t toddlers temper tantrums so irritating?

I know they’re supposed to be cute and all, but I think that it’s the most irritating age of children, and I sometimes turn and walk the other way when I see one coming. I despise the temper tantrums and the way the parents let them do whatever they want or maybe the parents just don’t know what to do in this day and age. or they seem to think that no one in the vicinity minds when their toddler screeches.

The saddest thing I ever saw was a woman who was trying to discipline her 3 year old daughter who was hitting her (?) and the poor mother got reprimanded by 2 complete strangers in the grocery store for being too harsh! What the…?!
Let parents reprimand their toddlers for their temper tantrums, otherwise they will grow up to think the world owes them something.
I don’t want to parent toddlers ever if I can help it. But I have been a foster parent to older children (over and teenagers. This works for me. I enjoy it very much and have a gift with kids that I can reason with. My weakness is toddlers. I just don’t get them. Sorry if my question was harsh. Nowadays no one is really supposed to say anything negative about children, and I should have remembered to keep my mouth shut. haha

Do you expect your toddlers to have temper tantrums?

Both at home and publically? Do you think you can raise children in such a way that they never have temper tantrums?

What do you think is the best way to handle a toddler’s temper tantrums?

My daughter is only 10 months old, so I haven’t had to deal with the tantrums just yet…lucky me My sister has a 3 year old son. His tantrums can get so bad that no amount of consoling, negotiations, or discipline can make it better. He’s not autistic or anything…he’s just a very stubborn child (he takes after me sister). Usually when he has a tantrum, my sister just puts him in his room and ignores him until he’s found some way to distract himself or forgets why he’s even having a tantrum. That way, she isn’t acknowledging the behavior and my nephew is safe in his room. How she deals with it in public is a different story I’ve never had to deal with temper tantrums before so I’m looking to get idea before mine hits the terrible 1-5′s

My mother loses her nerve way too quickly over petty things?

To put in context, I’ll write the incident that sparked me running to Y!A for advice:

We have a chest of drawers in the hallway that is supposed to be in my room, but before it can be in my room, my dad needs to put the coffee table that’s in my room into storage. There’s just no room for the chest of drawers if the table is not removed. My mother is vacuuming the hallway the chest is in and dumped it in the middle of my room. I jokingly asked her it was going to stay in my room–there’s just no room for is and it’s literally been dumped in the middle, and then she started getting overly emotional about it and saying how it’s mine so it should go in my room, how we have guests coming over (in two weeks, btw), and lame excuses like that while getting herself way too worked up and raising he voice unnecessarily higher when I try to tell her about how the chest can’t be moved into my room until the table is placed into storage. And then THAT opens a whole new storm. My parents are divorced, so naturally, despite having gotten her approval for this, she doesn’t want my father taking the table because “it’s an antique and it’s mine, do he can’t have it.” It’s like toddler‘s temper tantrum, really.

I’ve noticed that if I let her screech on and speak to her in a calm voice, that helps, but don’t see why I have to deal with this anyway since she’s just being immature.

So, what can I do to prevent situations like this from arising again?
My parents didn’t recently divorce. They did that over a decade ago and everyone in the family was a lot happier when they did. It was just in the moment she was feeling grudgy.

An extension of my last question…?

(Sorry to be a little repetitive).

Would you say that the main methods of dealing with temper tantrums and disobedience in toddlers are:
Spanking
Time Out
Distraction
Redirection
Ignoring
Verbal Warning
Raised Voices/Shouting
?

Anyone who didn’t answer my previous question, which of those (or what else) did/do you use with your toddler?

And anyone… Is there anything that is not included in that list (and isn’t basically the same thing as one of those things but with a different name) that has given any parents a breakthrough or even short term success with a difficult toddler?

I’m a burnt out single mother of one with no parenting experience before my 2 year old son and I’m really feeling out of my depth at the moment. I’ve tried everything on that list, researched and practiced all the options (bar the last one – on the occasions I’ve raised my voice that isn’t a ‘technique’ but rather me getting to the end of my tether), tried to keep it consistent over time, nothing works. I’ve already read lots of links and had lots of advice concerning the above options, so I don’t need any more information on that. I’m just wondering if there is anything *else* I haven’t thought of yet? By the way this is for a 2 year old who is not talking yet and only understands a limited amount of what I say – so the verbal discipline option is fairly limited at the moment.
I forgot to add cuddling. I ALWAYS try to cuddle my son when he is upset, talk to him soothingly and show him love, even if he’s just been very naughty. It’s the first thing I do. But for the last few months I just get hit, scratched or headbutted until I’m forced to move away.

Need help getting toddlers to nap?

I’m a new nanny for two little girls. They are 21 months and 3 years old. They both throw major temper tantrums when I try to lay them down for nap time (around 2:30). I can tell they are exhausted, but they just won’t go to sleep. Should I just shut the door and let them cry for a while, or stay in the room with them? Any advice will be very much appreciated.

Bringing home a newborn with a toddler?

My son is two weeks old now, so I guess we’ve been home about a week and a half. My daughter, who is 18 months, has been absolutely wonderful. She pats him on the head (gently, of course) and gives him kisses on the forehead, and I swear I’ve heard her say “brother” a few times. She even goes over to his pack-n-play to check on him when he starts crying. She’s even been behaving better in other respects; she’s attempting more words, she’s acting better at mealtimes (although she was never really bad, and she is starting to get to the “picky eater” stage). She’s suddenly (like, overnight) trying to be more independant, wanting to drink from adult cups and wanting to feed herself all the time, which she never really was interested in.

What has happened to my daugher?? Where is my little hellion with the temper tantrums and the screaming fits? I expected unbridled jealousy, and instead I get this little angel. I’ve got to admit, I’m not sure how to take it.

Kidding! I’m glad she’s taking it better than I expected.

Anyway, all joking aside, there’s one thing I’ve noticed that is kind of weird to me. All of a sudden she’s carrying her “lovey” around all the time. She used to just hug it when she went to sleep, but now she carries it all around the house. She asks for it (usually just by pointing, granted) at the strangest times, like when she’s eating or sitting on the couch with us, or playing with another toy. Is this normal? Do you think it’s her way of comforting herself with all the changes that have been going on around here? Should I encourage her to keep carrying it around, or try to keep her from becoming too dependant on it? There’s no harm in her being attatched to a stuffed toy… Right?

What’s wrong with my toddler? Is it my fault?

My son will be two next month and he is out of control. He hits and throws dozens of temper tantrums each day. He does not talk, though I know he understands me because he follows directions very well. He seems to be very hyper. He will run in circles for a half hour or more at a time, screaming, run up and down stairs and back and forth. This is non stop for hours. I have no choice but to keep him pinned up in the house all day because my husband has the car at work and our neighborhood is not safe to walk through, nor could I control my toddler while holding his three week old brother after just having had a c-section. I try to involve him with the new baby but he just hits the baby or runs away crying. I try to have 1-on-1 time with my toddler but he runs to the corner and screams as if I’m the most horrible person on the planet. He can’t talk so he doesn’t say he hates me but I’m pretty sure that’s what his squawking translates to. I’ve tried time outs, I’ve tried taking away every single toy and book he owns. He just gets increasingly violent. Even if I put him in time out away from everyone in a confined area, he starts hitting himself!
I’m very concerned and all I want to do is take away whatever is making my 2 year old so miserable.
My husband trys to help when he is here but he works all the time and when he is home he is exhausted. Neither of us has family in the state and because our jobs and children are so demanding we don’t even have friends to help us. We are very poor and cannot afford a nanny.

What can I do to help my toddler? What could be wrong with him and is it my fault? What should I do?
He will be seeing a doctor soon but we are chaging doctors becuase of the new baby so it will be about a month or so. His pediatrician’s office couldn’t see the new baby and we wanted to keep them together.
But we will be discussing his behavior very thoroghly.
Taking him to public places is usually out of the question. We have been told multiple times we have to leave the library because of his behavior and due to my recent surgery I can’t really watch him at the park too well. We have been asked to leave multiple places because he was throwing and breaking things.

How do I teach ‘Inside voice’ to a 2 y/o?

My 2 y/o screams in happiness. And he’s ALWAYS happy. He has always been a happy baby/toddler…He is not throwing a temper tantrum. We have tried whispering to him, simply telling him ‘no we need to use our inside voice’, screaming louder than him, and even tried a light pop after telling him no…. He thinks its a game and laughs and screams louder…

husband and toddler help?

Really after some help – i have a 3 year old who scream all the time when he doesen’t get what he want and won’t accept no as an answer. When he’s naughty he goes on the naughty chair and screams thee entire 3 minutes hes on there and then carries on missbehaving when he comes off… I keep being told to stand my ground and make him realise that what he is doing is naughty but he just drives me nuts till i give in. Does anyone else have this too???

Also when the little one kicks off so does my husband he’s not as tolerant as i am and can’t ignore his incessent screaming,crying and temper tantrums so this puts him in a bad mood too it’s like having 2 toddlets sometimes and its driving me nuts. i’ve tried speak to him about it but he just point blank won’t listen and won’t even try and deal with it.

Advice please?
Good idea Jenn i might try that one… and maybe buy some ear muffs haha

As for the spanking idea well i used to slap his wrist when he missbehaved but it doesen’t work and i’m not going to be a victim of child protective services just for his missbehaving. Battering and hitting your children is not an acceptable way to be a parent no matter what there behaviour is. Children are brought into this world to be looked after and cared for not hit!!

help with my abusive toddler?

My son is 16 1/2 months old. He is currently enrolled in daycare, and is one of the youngest and smallest in his classroom.

At daycare, If he gets mad at another child at daycare, he will react usually by biting, and somtimes by smacking or scratching. I have also been told that he has tried to smack one of the teachers in his class.

At home, he does the same but worse. If he gets mad at me for any reason, he will react by smacking, scratching, pinching, kicking, biting, and any other way he can think of.

I dont spank/hit him, but my other options are very limited since he doesnt talk yet. Ive been told to be very firm and consistant with my ways of teaching him not to do things like that. I have tried telling him ‘no’ very firmly the first time he does it, and then if he does it again i have been putting him in his crib to sit by himself for a could minutes. Hitting and biting is usually followed by him throwing his temper tantrums, and when he does this, I usually set him down on the ground, tell him ‘no’, and wont pick him up or give him any attention again until after he is done screaming kicking and crying.

This has been going on for a while now and he has not bee letting up. I am a new mom with my first child, so any advice from anyone who has delt with a child going through this stage would be very much appreciated.

Thankyou all so much!

I need some unbiased advice…?

I have a two year old son, and my now boyfriend is the guy who has been there on and off for him since birth. He does not think of him as daddy, he is not his biological father, and he has not set a good example for my son at all. My son’s biological father is my high school sweetheart. I did not let him know that it was his baby until recently, only because I was trying not to ruin his life that he had with his girlfriend and their daughter, who isn’t anything but a year old. They are not dating now, so I let him know, and that’s when he tells me he kinda knew all along. My boyfriend hates my son’s father. My son’s father is just getting to know his son, and it’s quite touching. He met his grandmother for the first time today. But I find that my boyfriend is getting jealous…I explain to him that no one is going to take the baby away from him, and I feel that it is nice that my son can have two father figures to look up to. Even though my boyfriend has not set a good example, his family loves my son and I would be heartless to take him away from them. I am not asking my boyfriend or baby daddy to hold hands and kiss each others ass, but I would like it if they could both be a part of his life. Now every time my baby’s daddy name comes up, my boyfriend throws a fit like he is a toddler. I haven’t even mentioned that my baby daddy makes passes at me all the time. I just blow it off because I’m focusing on what is best for the baby. But now it makes me question what is really right for the baby. Cut my boyfriend out of his life or have them both? How do I keep my boyfriend from throwing a temper tantrum every time my son’s father comes to pick him up? I have been getting the urge to tell him to f*** off because the crying bits are getting old, but I’m trying to hold the peace. Any advice on how to deal with this situation before I become an alcoholic?

Temper Tantrums early!?

My 13 month old toddler is “testing his limits” I think with me – however he doesn’t understand consequence (i don’t think anyway!) Here’s an example: we went to a playgroup today and when I told him it was time to go, I grabbed his jacket and I put him on my knee to put it on him he squeeled & screamed & kicked and tried to slide down off me – needless to say it was quite the scene! I tried so hard to get him to stop – but I couldn’t get him to understand without using force to pin him down to get his coat on!! I had no idea what to do – I ended up carrying him under my arm with no coat on and he was kicking & screaming…….WHAT SHOULD I HAVE DONE?!!!! if he was older and could understand what I was saying to him I KNOW for a fact he would have listened – but I just have no idea what he was thinking – what I should have done differently? HELP!!!

Does anyone have a toddler with an uncontrollable temper?

My son is 3, he’ll be 4 in June. I’m currently pregnant with baby number 2. My son throws fits whenever he can’t have his way. I let him cry or scream or whatever he has to do, so that he knows I’m not going to give in to his tantrums. I spank him, I take his toys, but nothing works. Help?????????? It’s driving me coo coo!!!
Just putting him to bed doesn’t work. He’ll keep getting out of bed, like nothing ever happened.

What should I do about my sons temper?

My sons going to be 2 in december and e throws temper tantrums really bad. He gets to the point he hits and bites himself with anything. He screams at the top of his lungs and another ?…..Hes not talking like others toddlers his ager either. HELP

Toddler temper?

I’m so confused with my daughter she doesn’t have temper tantrums that last very long but she doesn’t listen, she talks back, if i tap her hand it doesn’t even phase her, time outs don’t phase her either. And I must admit my husband and I are full of empty promises. She doesn’t eat her meals, and she use to have access to all the food in the house I just recently put a lock on the pantry but she still can get into the fridge which mostly has healthy food. It is getting a little ridiculous. When she gets angry I don’t think she knows what to do how to get rid of the feeling. She is only 3 and I’m scared cause it is only going to get worse. PLEASE HELP
My dad suggest something as simple as putting her to bed earlier which we are going to try. My dad also said he pitty’s the kids she goes to school with we have had no bad comments from her teacher but who knows it may only be a matter of time. I’m also thinking she may have picked up some of these bad habits from school

Can you get evicted for crying babies and toddlers throwing temper tantrums?

We live in an apartment with very thin walls. Could we get evicted if our baby cries a lot (like if he is sick in the middle of the night or something)? What if our 2 year old throws temper tantrums at 7:30am or some such hour?
Yes, I did read the rental agreement, thank you.
No, the toddler does no damage…just to eardrums Thank you for your answers, I appreciate it

which one of the following repsonses is the best way to handle a toddler’s temper tantrum?

a. firmly but gently tell the child to settle down, and offer a favorite food as a reward if he or she will stop crying.
b. isolate the child to keep other children safe, and make it clear to the child that only babies have temper tantrums.
c. tantrums are unacceptable behavior in a group care setting; call the parents to pick the child up immediately.
d. keep the child from hurting himself or herself and others, stay close, and talk to the child about strong feelings when tantrum is over.

My brother smokes weed and drinks a lot. My parents are turning a blind eye, what can I do?

My brother and I are not close and never have been. He has extreme anger issues and I’m afraid to confront him because I am afraid that he will hurt me. He has terrible mood swings and randomly verbally attacks my parents and 1 year old sister. He barely managed to graduate high school, and is not going to college. He was fired from all 3 jobs he’s ever had because of his anger issues.
He doesn’t bathe anymore, or wash his clothes. He acts depressed all around and was even on antidepressants for a while.
My mom has caught him smoking weed multiple times, and he drinks a lot. I have reason to believe that he is an alcoholic, since he drinks so much despite being underage and it does affect his life. Alcoholism runs in both sides of my family and has claimed several family members before they even hit 30.
He refuses to sleep at night so he goes to bed at 8am and wakes up at 3, then does whatever he wants and refuses to pull his weight around the house. He has a horrible potty mouth and calls my toddler sister the N-word, and every other word either begins with ni, cu, or fu, if you catch my drift. If anyone in the family asks him to just tone it down a little bit, he has a temper tantrum.
I was at a friend’s house the other day, and it turns out my brother was in the neighborhood selling weed, but my parents don’t believe me. They want to believe he isn’t all bad.
I have some concerns that he is using heroin as well.

As it is I have no control over the monster in my house. Everyone is too afraid of him to do anything.
What can I do without confronting him?
My only idea right now is to maybe talk to the policeman stationed at my school and see if maybe they would find him and demand a drug test, or stake out where he gets smashed. Is this feasible? Do you think this is just too low?

Leaving husband with our son for the first time, how can I set them up for success in my absence?

I’ll be going out of town later this month for 3 days.
I will also be going out of town again two months from now for two weeks.
This will be my first night away from my son.
(He’s about a year and a half old, and I’ve been a stay-at-home mother this entire time.)
This will be my husband’s first time acting as the primary care-giver to our son.

He is a GREAT daddy.
Very involved, very doting.
He wakes with our son once a week and makes a big family breakfast.
Occassionally he joins us for one of our toddler classes.
They play together alot on my husband’s days off. He’s just a great daddy.

However there is a big difference between playing with our son for a few hours a day, changing a few diapers a week, and being the primary care-giver.
I know my husband will do fantastically- I have no worries about his abilities to care for our son in my absence.
I merely want to make sure I give them every available opportunity to be stress-free and to have fun

I don’t want to make my husband feel as if I don’t trust in his abilties because I do
I just also know how demanding a toddler can be
Would I be over-stepping my bounds if I made them a few dinners and put them in the fridge before I left?
What about leaving my son’s schedule for toddler classes?

I thought about leaving directions for how I do time-outs and how I handle it when our son has the rare temper-tantrum but I decided against telling my husband anything like that unless he asks me; I figure that moms and dads handle situations differently and how can my husband ever find his own groove if I make him do things my way?

What can I do to set them up for success in my absense WITHOUT my husband feeling as if I don’t trust his abilities to be the wonderful father that he is?
Any possible information that he should know will have to be told to him before I leave, as where I am going there may not be any cell-phone signal so I maybe out of contact most of the time that I am gone.
Once again, I will most likely not be available by phone so to everyone who says (pharaphrasing) “don’t worry, he’ll call if he has any questions…”
Thats the only reason I am worried, he won’t be able to reach me by phone.

What do you think of this?

“That’s it,Julie!You’re going to your uncle’s!” Diane screamed.I shrugged,keeping my expression carefree.So she finally snapped.Now I have to pack up and move ALL OVER AGAIN.It gets on my nerves,but it’s better than living here with this freaky madwoman.

She doesn’t love me one bit and I’ve stopped loving her too.Hard to call us mother and daughter.We’re the exact opposites.I wondered which uncle I’d have to stay with.We had so many relatives.Boo.I said goodbye to my brother Duncan,the obedient angel son.

That’s why he’s her favourite.He’s handsome and smart and quick to take action and he doesn’t answer her back with poisonous remarks.In other words,he lets her slavedrive him.He has a scar on his wrist where she knifed him when we were little.Duncan was seven,I was six.

We were both throwing temper tantrums.She was going to get at me first but I pushed her away.So she put the blame on Duncan and drew a bloody heart on his wrist.I’ll never forget his screams that night.I’ll never forgive HER for becoming the monster she is.Everytime I look at that heart-shaped scar on my brother’s wrist…

I just wish he’d be more defensive of himself.He’s desperate for her approval,bla-di-bla,though it’s obvious she’ll never return his love.Not anymore.Diane wasn’t always like what she is now.She was just like any other loving,fussy parent.I even used to call her ‘mom’ back then,when I wasn’t ashamed of being related to her.

She cuddled and kissed us and sang to us…And then daddy’s death – it changed her into this CREATURE.She loved daddy more than anyone else in the world,even more than Duncan and I.It was December,around Christmastime.Duncan had found a box of matches from the kitchen drawer.As toddlers,we were just plain curious.And stupid.

We lit up the matches and admired the beautiful flames licking towards our fingers.Then the housekeeper called us for dinner so we very dumbly left the burning matches on the hall table,neatly arranged in a row.We were still helping to set the table when we heard a scream from the housekeeper.

The tiny,pretty flames had caught onto the wooden hall table and were reaching up the walls.The nearest room to the hall was the master bedroom – where daddy was taking a nap.The fire blocked the doorway so he couldn’t escape.Plus he’d always had trouble prying the windows open.Mom leapt through the flames to save him.

But it was too late.By the time he’d been rushed to the hospital,the doctor confirmed that daddy had suffocated from all the heat and smoke.He’d never even woken up from his nap.So he remained asleep forever while mom became Diane and made it her purpose in life to ensure that Duncan and I burned in hell while we were still living as well as when we were dead.She punished us for daddy’s death and those lifelong scars she’s inherited from the fire.Burn marks.

tantrums in a 12 month old?

My daughter has started throwing temper tantrums frequently. She is great for my parents – I’m a teacher and she is with them while I’m at school. However, on Christmas break and whenever I am home with her she really lets loose with them! It’s over little things (like diaper changes) and bigger (not touching things that would hurt her). She thrashes around and screams until she gets red. Then a minute later she is her normal, happy and bubbly self!
I don’t know if I’m reacting correctly or how to handle this. I firmly tell her no, I try to use distraction and be patient, and if I feel she is going to hurt herself or myself I hold her in a hug until she’s finished, then I try to explain things to her in simple toddler terms. I’m scared of the terrible twos if she’s like this at one!!
What else can I do? I know much of it is that she’s starting to talk but can’t always convey what she wants. Please give me some advice! I hate that my precious time with my baby is this way.
I spend as much time with her as possible – I limit her exposure to tv, we read many books and I give her 110% of my time when I am with her. I do chores when she is in bed and I resent the “I am her parent not my parents” remark.

Stay at home mom advice Please?!?

I am a stay at home mom of a 16 month old boy. I love him to death and I love staying home with him (most times) It was always my dream to be able to stay home and focus 100% on raising my children. Lately though, I think he may be going through early terrible 2′s. He was always such a happy, content baby, but lately he’s being soooo difficult. He throws a full blown temper tantrum if he doesn’t get what he wants when he wants it. I put him in time out (sit him in his crib for a couple minutes) and he understands what that means, he will come out and be better for awhile until something else makes him mad.
On top of that I have 3 dogs. 3 large, demanding dogs. I feel like I am being pulled in so many directions. Like someone has taken my happy, sweet baby boy and replaced him with a crazy toddler overnight. Will this stage go away soon? Any advice would be greatly appreciated before I pull my hair out, thanks ladies!

my toddler is driving me nuts HELP!!!?

My daughter is 19 months old and is sending me bonkers. I have no idea what has gotten into her she has been having the worst temper tantrums where she hits me and kicks me and even bites me. How have other mums handled this behaviour? i have been using time out consistently but its so hard to stay focused and not just give in to her. I find the only peace i get is when i lock myself in the bathroom for a few minutes to stay sane. is this just a faze she will out grow? or does my daughter hate me? how can i make her listen? any advice would be great

Why is my toddler acting like this?

My daughter turns 2 very soon. Recently she has stopped eating everything except for milk. She also has stopped sleeping and just sits in the crib screaming and throwing a temper tantrum. I have tried everything to get her to eat(favorite foods, new silverware, ect). I have tried everything to get her to sleep(warm baths, messages, rocking, books, music) nothing is working. Is something medically wrong with her or am I doing somethin wrong?

How do I handle my 11mth old’s horrible temper?

He has recently started to scream bloody murder when he doesn’t get what he wants, or gets mad. He throws his head back and buckles at the knees or tries to dive out of my hands. I was wondering what the best way to handle his temper tantrums at this young of an age would be? I don’t think that time outs would be comprehensible yet since he doesn’t talk and I feel so embarressed like I can’t control my child and he isn’t even a toddler yet??!! Any suggestion would help….

what we can do for disciplining an adopted toddler?

My wife and I have inherited/adopted an ethopian toddler (long story) What can we do to discipline the child and still build some attachment? Its been a little over eight weeks now and things seem to be getting worse, 3 to 5 temper tantrums daily. We do time outs but seem to have no effect? She will randomly go up and Hit and kick our animals (we tell her this is bad and give her time outs… does not seem to be helping) If she does not get her way she will hit, kick, headbutt…. Scream at the top of her lungs… everyone tells me this is normal toddler behavior… I do not believe it… I know about testing limits but this repeats everyday and seems to be getting worse. If anyone has any suggestions that we might be able to see immediate results please respond… if you have any other questions please respond as well and I will try and give answers… (we do not know the Childs entire history) Her mom calls her weekly and lately she does not want to talk to her?