Tantrums?

MarSamWhitney

W is obsessed with cords, and also the dvd player and ps3. I generally would tell her no, and she would stop.  This is not working anymore, so I have been picking her up and removing her from the situation.  She will then fling herself backwards and start screaming.

 

This is normal? Also, diaper changes have been a nightmare for quite some time still. She will flip over onto her stomach. If I try to restrain her, she just gets more p!ssed. What am I doing wrong?

mikah.george

My baby likes cords too. When there is no way to hide the cords, I usually put something in front of them. I have my toddler's big ball in front of some cords so she plays with that instead.

As far as diaper changes, have special "diaper changing" toys by your changing table.Tell her no. Mine likes to do random stuff too & I tell her no. She cries, of course, but gets over it. 

If you can, get a long mirror & set it up to where it lines up with the changing table. This will give her something to do while getting the diaper off. 

MarSamWhitney

The mirror sounds like a very good idea, thank you! I never thought of that. She is generally fixated by her beauty when she looks in the bathroom mirror. lol. This may work, thanks!

bethyla

No help with the tantrums.  But, we have handheld mirror toy that we give DS during diaper changes.  That usually helps.  Usually.

mikah.george

MarSamWhitney:

The mirror sounds like a very good idea, thank you! I never thought of that. She is generally fixated by her beauty when she looks in the bathroom mirror. lol. This may work, thanks!

 That's what we did for my first(can't now since table is by a window). She loved looking at herself & seeing what I was doing all at once!  

MarSamWhitney

mikah.george:

MarSamWhitney:

The mirror sounds like a very good idea, thank you! I never thought of that. She is generally fixated by her beauty when she looks in the bathroom mirror. lol. This may work, thanks!

 That's what we did for my first(can't now since table is by a window). She loved looking at herself & seeing what I was doing all at once!  

Where you on this board before w/ a different screen name?  Just wondered because I recently switched mine.  We'd love to see a pic of your LO!!

mikah.george

haha not that I recall. But I'm pregnant so my memory is like an 90 year old woman.

I just added some pics of my girls. Hopefully they come through! 

MarSamWhitney

They are adorable!! thanks for sharing!

mikah.george

I think they are too. 

Yours is pretty cute too!! 

MarSamWhitney

Number 3 coming, are you petrified, or super excited?

mikah.george

Petrified!! lol It was VERY unplanned, but I'm happy about it. I will always welcome a baby. But I'm SO tired all the time!

Plus I'm sick all the time! Major Pain!! 

3 under 3!! Woohoo!! I'll never be able to go anywhere again!! lol

MarSamWhitney

LOL, my mom had 3 girls under 3, I dont know how she survived!!

Good luck, im sure you will do great!

RouensDream

We have the same problem here. Tantrum city. I will try the mirror idea. That is genius!

pixieprincss

You are not alone! My 10 month old just started with the protest tantrums in the past two weeks when he doesn't get his way.

freeatlast2014

I'm so over the tantrums...and yet - they've only just begun!