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Tantrums come about because a child wants attention and can only get it by screaming/throwing/being angry etc. If she gets your reaction that way, she'll keep doing it because she thinks it's right. Unfortunately, best thing to do is ignore it. Don't look at her or acknowledge the behaviour. If she wants something, wait for a quiet moment or when she stops to get it for her... it can take sometime, but she has to learn that tantrums are not the answer. You need absolute patience and maybe some earplugs. Of course if she is about to hurt herself, get her away from the situation.
It's hard, and sometimes mothers have to be extremely tough... but better to try and stop this home before she starts doing it at supermarkets. -Oh if she does do it when your out, don't feel bad!! EVERY child does it, and everyone will always look. Other mothers look because they know it's hard, they want to help but they know they can't. Everyone else are just nosey parkers and you shouldn't care about them! =P
~ Ezza
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The way I delt with my daughters tantrums was to just walk away. As agravating as it is.. just ignore it.. and eventually they come to realise that all that effort isnt helping them get what they want...It worked for me.
~ Belle
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Hey, My son is 2 1/2 so he knows how to chuck woppers. I normally just ignore him or put him to bed until he calms down. He eventually gets over it. Hope it all works out :)
~ Tara |
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Hi Antia, My daughter's 16 months also as she throws a lot of tantrums! What we usually do is ignore her, if she's throwing one right in front of you, step over her and walk into another room, don't offer cuddles as they'll continuosly throw them. If she starts to throw one while we're holding her i gently lay her on the ground so she doesnt throw her head back and cause herself pain.
Once she's realised that we arent giving her the attention she wants she stops, comes over and starts sucking up to us. Only when all the sniffling and sobbing has finished do we pick her up and return to whatever we were doing before the tantrum happened. Hope this helps
~ Katrina
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ignoring them works wonders for me i just look the other way or walk off and do something pretend i didnt even see him do it or u can do what the mother in that ad does throw a tantrum as well i have done it a few time just thrown my self on the floor and screamed and he stops straight away its hallerious
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My son is 16 &1/2 months so i feel your pain! When my little man did it i ignored it. If we were out i chucked him under one arm and continued with what i was doing... held him so he couldnt hurt himself or me... If he did it at home i just ignored it. He only ever had three or four big ones and hasn't done it since, so it worked for him! Good luck!! They do get over it!
~ Nissa |
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