Toddler behaviour
Our daughter has meltdowns and seems to get really emotional for no apparent reason. When she calms down and I ask what is wrong she tells me she doesn't know. Now I think it's all normal (I grew up with lots of kids around me so have seen it) but my husband thinks it's not right.
I think she just struggling to know how she is feeling or where her feeling have come from. If she doesn't get her own way she still scream, pull her hair and have a tantrum, which again I think is normal. I stay with her and once she's ready we cuddle it out and chat about it.
I'm just wondering if there's any other way I could be helping her
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My son is going through the same and once he’s calmed down he can never tell me what was wrong. I was concerned until nursery said he’s never like that there. I had a zoom call the other day about emotions and they said they don’t have the ability to regulate their emotions at this age
No advice, but in the same boat although there’s a few other things at hand which is making us question whether something else might be going on in the background. We’re still trying to find the key to meltdowns, we try to distract if possible and then come back to it when she’s calm and ready to talk. Certain behaviours we ignore and she just stops, others I need to be with her to keep her safe and just let her get it out and then be there to cuddle her when she’s ready. It’s hard. It’s like having a teenager going through puberty honestly! 😂