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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
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I feel like all she does is scream :(
DD has this high-pitched, loud, urgent scream that she does pretty much all day long. It's her way of pointing out what she wants (even though she can point). Or what she doesn't want. Or to ask for more food at the table. Or to express her displeasure b/c her brother has taken something away from her or otherwise upset her.
She also has a temper that won't quit. I've never seen anything like it in a kid so little. She bites her brother and scratches/claws at me when I tell her no 
Seriously, it's all day and it's really wearing on me. That coupled with a 4 yo who does his fair share of screaming and the move and everything else, I am beyond stressed out. And DH is too and we're so beat at the end of the day, it's getting really pitiful. I can't wait until at least we're moved.
Anyone else with a tantrum thrower this young?
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Re: I feel like all she does is scream :(
Oh yes! He has no patience to boot. He'll thrust his empty snack cup in my face and whine and then whine some more when I take it to refill it in his his sight. Um, isn't this what you wanted, geez!
Today is was b/c he wanted to play with the big kids. I thought having a popsicle would be a nice distraction. But he had to hold it. And then wanted to walk around with it. The final straw when when he was trying to get away from me he dropped the popsicle and stepped on it by accident rendering it mush on the sidewalk. Ohhh the tears, back arching, screaming, the whole nine. Needless to say we had to leave.
The last week or two, Ben's temper has started getting really out of control.
Tonight, he grabbed Jordan's belt and was started running around the dining room with it. She didn't want him to trip on it, so she tried to take it away from him. He let out this high pitched scream for like 15 seconds that I thought was going to shatter every glass in the house. He's starting to do that -- a lot. I keep telling him to stop. Well, you can imagine how well that works.
Would it be so wrong to duct tape his mouth shut?
Oh, and I forgot to add that if he's in his high chair and wants something, he's started doing this motion sort of wave in the general direction of whatever it is and screams until you can figure out what it is he wants. Tonight we were eating dinner and he was doing his wave thing and screaming for 2 bottles of salad dressing. I told him no and put them back in the fridge. I refuse to cave in to the demands of a screaming 14 month old. He needs to learn that some things are off limits.
And I hear you on the pinching and biting. Did I tell you that his new thing is to pinch my nipples? I could see if I was still nursing him and they were out a couple times a day, but he sticks his hand in my shirt and bra and gives them a nice squeeze. It hurts!
I forsee many, many timeouts in little Benjamin's future.
We're moving quickly in that direction...althoug she hasn't figured out how to bite anything other than my nipples yet. lol
She's getting really frustrated because she's on the verge of walking, but I think that the screaming and tantrums will be sticking around even after she figures out how to walk.
I am sorry, we're working on the same thing.
I asked our pedi about it and she basically said that is how they communicate and express frustration and just try to be patient.
It's so hard! I totally feel your pain!!