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The other morning, because Dh was getting her dressed instead of me. Full on screaming, but she is still a little young for the long lasting tantrums. Usually she screams and carries on for a few minutes but can be distracted in not too long. They are getting worse as she gets older (2.5 now) so I know more is coming....

But mostly it's the frequency of little tantrums that get me.

Yesterday DS threw a huge tantrum because DH took him downstairs in the morning and I stayed upstairs to sleep in a bit. He had gotten up at 4:45, nursed for half an hour in bed with us, but kept biting me so I cut him off. Apparently that was a bad choice! He screamed for about 30 min while DH tried to figure out something to help him. It turns out playing with stickers was he only thing to pull him out of the tantrum. He's 21 months.

DD freaked out last week because I told her we had to turn off the water and stop brushing her teeth. I said she could take her toothbrush downstairs with her, but we had to stop playing in the water. She just lost her mind over that. She's also 21 months.

2 nights ago, hitting, kicking, screaming, the works all because her show was over and I would not let her watch another one. I sent her to her room and she kicked and threw stuff and I told her she had to sit in there until she was ready to come out and not cry and apologize. and eventually she did.

Not even sure what the cause was. I wanted him to go to his room, that is a difficult thing to do if he doesn't want to. I finally gave up trying to put him in his room/asking him, calmly, to stay. Was going to lose my cool so I walked away to get space. He chased me around the house screaming and hitting and then he actually BIT me on the ribs. He has never done that before, I was totally shocked.

Last night we had a 30 minute tantrum. She said she wanted a bath but then wouldn't get in the tub. She didn't really need the bath so I didn't force it, but I gave her periodic warnings that it was getting late and she'd have to go to bed without a bath if she didn't get in. Finally, it got too late so I drained the tub...oh boy. I'm really trying to be better about following through and doing what I say, since I find myself caving in to avoid tantrums way too often, but if last night was any indication, we're in for a rough ride. She's 26 months.

Last night because I'm a horrible mom and wouldn't allow him to play outside while it was storming. He yelled "outside" for about 15 minutes and sobbed on the floor next to the door. This was our first big tantrum and I was fairly shocked.

Two weeks ago. DS hadn't napped for a week so he was sleep deprived, and I should have seen it coming. He went over to a neighbor's where he gets unlimited TV and cookies. I usually put my foot down about him not staying too long, but I was tired of setting limits all week and let him go. I figured it's Friday night so what's the harm? Bad idea. He wouldn't come home for dinner, I barely got him to come back at bedtime, and he was sobbing that he wants to live over there the whole time. He looked like he'd quite lost his mind... barely calmed him down enough for bed. I think I told the neighbor, a little old lady, that her cookies aren't doing him any favors and that she should stop asking him over if she's going to plop him on the couch. I haven't talked to her since, but I'm too traumatized and scared of a repeat performance to go over and apologize