Well, it's started....my beautiful little angel is turning into a tantum thrower, just like I was. My little darling is 13 months old and I'm weaning him from 4 breast feeds a day to 2 and hopefully 0 soon enough. I never imagined the tantrums would come now, I always figured that it would start at 2yrs+. He throws tantrums when he wants a feed, or wants to be picked up and although he is yet to do the tantrum in public thing I know it is inevitable. Problem being I don't know what to do when these tantrums arise. I don't want to and won't give in to what he's throwing the tantrum about, but I don't know how to teach him this is not friendly behaviour. I don't want to smack him (after all he's not hurting anyone or himself), walking away to another room increases the intensity of the tantrum, and telling him no doesn't work either. My genius MIL tried screaming back at him - which I totally disagree with - and not to my surprise it didn't work. Here's the catch 22 : I don't want to put him in his cot & associate his bed, the place he has to go every night, with punishment. I think he's too young to put in his room & leave him alone for a few minutes. The bathroom is his favourite room and far too dangerous. What can I do that won't compromise any of the things we've set up? Can anyone help me?
CJ, SJ 3/03, AJ 11/05, PJ 4/08