Extreme tantrums

My toddler used to just have big feelings from time to time but nothing to major. In the last month EVERYTHING sets him off. Even if I don't answer his question quick enough. He covers his mouth and screams and stamps and kicks and shakes his head. Is that normal ? They seem to last sometimes 30 min-40 min and he goes between calming down to escalating again. Everything is "no" and nothing seems to help like it used to. We try to keep saying "it's okay to feel such a big emotions" and let him cry it out while we cuddle him and keep reassuring. But having a little baby makes it harder to give him 100% during these times. Also he's become very clingy and instead of "everything myself" now we need to do everything with him. Is it a normal developmental thing or maybe new baby ? Baby is 8 months now he has been acting like his only for the last month

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My daughter is the same so I’d say it’s normal for this age x

This sounds very similar to my som who's more or less the same age. No advice as such but hopefully it's just a phase as it seem quite common at this age from what I've seen and read. It's so hard, but hoping for a shift x

I would say in general is very normal. Lasting 30-40 mins is a bit much I think but maybe take a step back and see how you are approaching him and based on what need. My son has realized he can put on a cry and get a reaction so I assess what hes whining about before I react. Sometimes hes just frustrated his cars wont line up. I wont look at him, ill just let him sort it and he normally does. I find if you micromanage the emotions constantly they wont figure it out. My son knows when hes having a hard time he comes up to me and says hug lol its quite cute and we have a good hug and kiss and usually hes off again. If we was carrying on for 15+ minutes about every little inconvenience it usually is hes tired and or sick so we go to bed early. Last night he was just cry at absolutely everything and nothing would really make it better so we just kept everything calm and positive. I got him to “help me” put our baby doll to bed (currently pregnant) he was very proud and went to bed early.

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