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Help Severe Tantrums 20 month old
Please shed light on your experiences or tips navigating this difficult time. My son is 20 months and the tantrums he's experienced I would say are quite severe and im now thinking it's not normal. He's perfectly healthy, talking alot and meeting all milestones. He struggles with no when he doesn't get his way which is normal but will almost have a meltdown everytime. I think childcare is exhausting for him, once we got home I gave him a bath and he didn't want the washer I was using he took it and I took it back and then he had a meltdown for like 40 minutes screaming, repition of one word, trying to scratch and crawl around trying to bite me if he got his hands on me. Throwing things ect. He's only not even 2 yet wtf! He screama and roars so loud you wouldn't even be able to hear my voice saying that's ok, talking to him, shhh him, screaming stop ect. I've tried it all. It's like he's posssed like a demon and not himself. What else can I do? I started crying and he was receptive to that and started to stop.
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@Sabra thats a good idea I will tru this. We don't own an ipad, and limited tv time sometimes a little bit of wiggles. Definitely he is frustrated and being tired enhances that. They don't watch any screens at childcare, food seems ok, predominantly carbs though.
Are you able to make him his own lunch? See if that makes a difference? Just because a lot of carbs will give him heaps of energy, maybe try one week of your own lunches? Boiled eggs,fruit maybe a chicken wrap carrots.
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Whenever my daughter used to have a meltdown I used to crawl under the table and read a book out loud and she would stop and come near me, The hitting part maybe frustration tiredness, does he have an iPad or some sort of technology? Do you know what he is eating at childcare and what does he watch there ?