There's been a lot going on in the past few days. LO has missed his naps the last couple of days and putting him to bed has been torturous. He was completely historical last night when we brought him into the bathroom for a bath. The back and forth, screaming and wrestling last for a good 2 hours before we finally got him to sleep. It was clearly because he's been overtired. My husband was really losing his temper at some point and wanted to discipline him. I was very firm with what I wanted LO one to do and it did made him angry but I just didn't see further disciplining being effective at the state LO was in. He also just recovered from a bad stomach flu so he's been having more mood swings in general.
Do you discipline when your toddler is throwing a major tantrum because he is overtired?
When my son throws one of his epic tantrums because of being overtired we just let him be. We just try to get him into bed ASAP, even if it means skipping bath. But if he's being naughty during his tantrums (like kicking us or pushing us) then we'll discipline him because we want him to know that it's NEVER ok to hit us, tired or not. Usually he just tantrums on the floor so we'll let him act it out and once he's calmed down a bit, we'll put him to sleep.
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