Tantrums and Anger

Yep, mine has major temper issues and tantrums.  I give her to the count of 5 to calm down or she goes into time out for 2 minutes (1 minute per year of life).  I also remove her from the situation or distract her with something else depending what the issue is really.

I'm not much help. But I can relate. We have a big problem with not listening and tantrums. Not too much hitting cuz his daddy got really upset over that one, but we don't wanna be monsters on every issue either. It's hard at this age. I have tactics for my 5 yr old but she's not as stubborn and she's just older.

Yea my ds will be 2 august 15th and he has a temper...he doesn't really hit too much unless he gets mad at his sister which I'm trying to stop but he willl scream throw himself on the ground and whine super loud sometimes stomp his feet too!!!we put him in his room and shut the door...we try timeouts....swatts on the butt and verbal nos very stern but he still has fits!!I think its the age but to help it as much as u can keep constant with ur dicipline!!what's worked the most is when we put him in his room and shut the door we leave him in there for at least 10 min until he calms down we open the door and ask him if he's calmes down and if he's going to act better..I also tell him he's going back in if he keeps it up....if he does it again he's back in!!!that's what's worked for us :)

My son can tend to get violent with me when he's angry (his favorite thing to do is punch my crotch. It's freaking awful.) but he seems to usually respond pretty well to time-outs and serious face and to face talks where I tell him that it hurts me and he's slowly getting the message, but he stops right away in the moment.

He does also scream a lot and it drives me crazy. The second something doesn't go his way I have to hear SCREECHING and I tell him to use a soft voice. He listens to me when I say that about.... 50-70% of the time.

He's 19 months.

ugh i need advice on this too.  DS tests me to no end. we do timeouts(hes 2 1/2) he will just scream as loud as he can and then just sit there until he can get down, and its like nothing ever happened. He kicks and hits when he gets mad. nothing phases him. ive resorted to a pop on the hand and the butt and he litereally laughs. im going nutty. he will not listen to anything! even simple commands like stop that, dont touch, go go from there. he tests everytime he gets an oppurtunity.

 At 13 months old timeout dont really work. I just tell my babies "No you dont hit" and if I had been holding them I would put them down. Or if we were out and about and I was holding them I would grab there hand and tell them No. My kids didnt have many tantrums at that age. It wasnt until about 20 months that they really had a big tantrum. I dont start real time outs until about 2. If I do a timeout before that its just sitting beside me on the couch.

 Thats right he is testing you. He wants to see how far he can push the limits. Its annoying and drives us parents nuts but staying calm and not letting them know they are annoying us is best. Just keep with the timeouts. At my house timeout doesnt start until you stop screaming. It gets better.

Quoting rjsmommy214:

ugh i need advice on this too.  DS tests me to no end. we do timeouts(hes 2 1/2) he will just scream as loud as he can and then just sit there until he can get down, and its like nothing ever happened. He kicks and hits when he gets mad. nothing phases him. ive resorted to a pop on the hand and the butt and he litereally laughs. im going nutty. he will not listen to anything! even simple commands like stop that, dont touch, go go from there. he tests everytime he gets an oppurtunity.

 

My son will be two in August and he will throw himself on the floor when he gets really mad. He will also scream really loud or bite his hand. He has yet to hit me so Im hoping it will stay that way. But I sternly tell him no and if he still doesnt listen, I put him in his room for timeout. 

 I take their hands in mine and kiss them and say "be nice" if they are freaking out, I tell them to be "calm and talk to them in a soothing voice. If a situation is bothering them, I try to remove them from the situation. I can't say the same for all kid's but my kid's really only act when hungry or tired so I try to keep that in mind.

Nice to know I'm not alone, just hope we find something soon that works because I'm running out of ideas.