My two year old has such fits!! He will kick and scream and yesterday he even tried to bite me!! I was holding him at the time and the only thing I could do was slap him away from my shoulder. Then he tried to bite my shirt and I slapped his had (he had grabbed the shirt and was pulling it toward his mouth). After that he bit his own finger and I had to stop him from doing that.. :wall: Whta the heck is this?!?!? Does anyone have any suggestions for when he starts throwing tantrums like this?? And what about the self injury stuff? That was the first time he did that and I hope it doesn't happen again... :sigh:

Oh, and in case you suggest it, I have no duct tape and my stun gun is broken :(

Okay now that you've shot down my humorous suggestion...

Spank him... he wants somethign to throw a fit over.. a sore ass does the trick....

Worked for my parents.. got us to stop throwing tantrums REAL quick.....

When Andie tried to bite me (only once did THAT happen), I told her that if she wanted to bite somebody, bite herself. So she did, and that took care of that. B)

As for the tantrums, put him in his crib (still in that?) or just his room, shut the door, and go on with your business. Tantrums are fed by our response, whether it's trying to talk calmly or giving them a swat or two. Without an audience, the tantrums will taper off and not last as long.

The first couple three/four/five/....... times you try it, it may even escalate his tantrum. But if you stick to your guns, letting him know that it's not acceptable and when he's done with the tantrum you'll come get him, then put him in his room and don't go back until he's quiet, he'll eventually get the message.

That's how we handled it, anyways, and what worked for us...... :dunno:

Spanked him this morning for throwing his cereal on the floor and having a fit when I tried to make him clean it up...(Fortunately it was dry cereal--He wanted it just like big sister who likes it dry)..He kicked the cereal and refused to pick it up..Crawled through it running away from me spreading it further..So he got a spanking. When he calmed down from the spanking I tried to get him to clean it up again..He started kicking and throwing a tantrum again! So apparently the spanking didn't work, at least coming from me it didn't.... :wall:

still in diapers? if it's hand on diaper... sometimes it's not enough of a sting to let them know your serious at the two stage.... sometimes you need a little oomph to get throught he diaper padding.... then go back to hand when it's just undies and clothes seperating.....

yes in diapers....But...Umm...When Elijah told me that "it doesn't hurt when you spank me" I looked for an alternate method--had been using a wooden spoon. Looked around the garage and found a scrap piece of 1 X 2...That's my "paddle" and it works!

well leave the mess where he made it and tell him until he cleans it up he gets nothing else to eat. And stick to it. If it's there when he goes to bed leave it there come morning and no breakfast until it's cleaned up... when he's hungry he'll start to do as he's told....

then again I am kind of a prick so.....

We do that with meals he refuses to eat, just serve them to him again when the next meal comes..He does eventually eat....With the mess, I have to live and move in that area all through the day. I can't let cheerios sit on the floor all day...I need to find his currency...

:agree:

Why did he throw the cereal on the floor in the first place?

I don't know. He was in a bad mood, and he didn't want to eat breakfast. Big sister was trying to get him to eat and he just kep pushing the bowl away and finally just threw it on the floor....
I wasn't in the room, so I didn't see the entire sequence of events..


He is often crabby in the mornings to the point of tantrums and crying at breakfast time...

Maybe he's not ready to eat breakfast, yet and just needs some time to chill. I think it's better to prevent a tantrum than punish for a tantrum.

He usually has plenty of time before breakfast...Some days are fine, others he has a meltdown...totally illogical..makes absolutely no sense. I haven't figured out a pattern or cause yet...Sometimes he is just so stubborn and willful..

:hug:

He's 2, he doesn't have logic, yet. Keep watching and I hope you'll find the trigger and get to the bottom of it.

Thanks...Breakfast was fine today, by the way...I just don't get him..:nono: