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What happened to my angel?

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It seems like as soon as DS hit 18 months, my little angel was replaced by a headstrong, self directed, strong willed, independent, goal oriented, nipple biting, tantrum throwiing toddler. Oh my, I guess he's becoming his own little person. I have to admit, I'm feeling sad that he's no longer my cuddly baby. Looks like weaning is going to happen very soon as he has been biting a lot! Anyone else notice changes in your LO?
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  • michelle04usmichelle04us member
    Yep! James started the temper tantrums at about 16 months. He also thinks that when he wants or needs something he can come over to me and smack me on the knee to get me to get it. I'm really going to have to figure out a way to stop that. 
    I will say though he has become very protective of his little brother. If Alexander is crying he will go over and try to soothe him by rubbing his head or giving him a pacifier. Also, if big brother(7) is playing with him and Alexander starts to cry James goes over and gives DS1 a dirty(but cute) look before trying to soothe him. 
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  • jess9802jess9802 member
    Yeah, we've been dealing with temper tantrums since his birthday. We joke that he hit the terrible twos a year early.

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  • JessieCupcakeJessieCupcake member
    Yes!! He's been saying "no" a lot. He's also started giving me a hard time about getting dressed for daycare in the morning. This morning he ran away from me when tried to get him dressed.

    He also has temper tantrums. Except my son does this fun thing where he holds his breath and starts turning blue when he throws a tantrum. The pedi says it's normal. I just hope he grows out of that soon.
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  • BumbleBee9311BumbleBee9311 member
    Tantrums are definitely a part f our days also! I have curbed them a little by spending extra time with her before getting dressed, and walking away from the tantrum and saying "I can't help you like that" I am teaching her to say "help" before she gets mad. I think a lot is she is smarter than her language.
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  • acbfreireacbfreire member
    DD was biting too, but she is teething big time now. I don't think biting has a direct relationship with weaning, Just make sure you correct him when he does it (take a look at kellymom for nursing manners).
    Yes, our little babies are turning into little people very fast!
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  • henrytviiihenrytviii member
    I complained a month or two ago on the toddler board about how frustrated DS seemed about not being able to express himself.  At the time we were having a lot of tantrums and he didn't say any words.  Lots of people recommended we try sign language again.  That has made a HUGE difference and we just started at 14 months or so. Food, milk, thirsty, sleep, wait, outside, diaper, gentle and help are the ones we use the most but now we can tell him what we have to do and he can tell us a little about what he needs. We sign sleep to him and he'll return it if he's tired, if he doesn't we stay up.  Same with diaper.   So far he's very honest with his signing even if he doesn't want a nap or diaper change he'll tell us he needs it.  That and taking him to the rec center to run laps or anything to burn a lot of energy. Not to say we aren't still dealing and with tantrums and hitting but its a lot better.  I'm lucky though as my kid doesn't know how to say "no" yet.  At his age it only took a day or two for the signing to start working and a week or two to see a huge difference
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  • khill86khill86 member
    DS is definitely testing boundaries! He'll repeat something over and over until I just take him somewhere else, then he tantrums.

    No issues with biting while nursing, though. Luckily!!

    I was just thinking this time next year, we'll be signing DS up for preschool for the next September. Booooo! I always had in my head that DS would be a "baby" until 3, and it's just occurring to me that we're halfway there. These last 18 months have passed so quickly, and in the same amount of time that DS will be a child. It's really throwing me! He'll have his own little life with his own schedule and things to do. I feel his babyhood slipping by. I'm excited at the same time, though!

    DS is definitely very strong willed, but at the same time so gentle and affectionate and is always surprising me. I love watching him grow, but it makes me miss my tiny baby!
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