Is this normal?

I feel like I could have written this! Since my son turned one he is having daily tantrums (not necessarily only in high chair but at EVERYTHING) and they are constant! we are exhausted

What is your routine for feeding times? Do you have set feeding times? Our little one goes on like this if I put her in the highchair and don't have her food there immediately she has zero patience when hungry.. could it be your missing her hungry cues? Xx

@Sharon We try to keep it the same every day, sometimes she plays ball and sometimes she doesn't. Breakfast is 7:30/8am lunch is 12/12:15 and tea is 5/5:15pm. She does have an extra snack about half 6 too because she's not keen on milk so we have to get milk into her other ways. Just extremely stressful x

Mine sometimes cries during meals, so I either take a meal away, give her a toy 🧸 to distract her and try again. If this doesn’t work, I take her out of the chair and let her go and play and I feed her on the floor whilst she’s playing and crawling about. She almost always finishes her meal the with no tears

@Karolina Yeah we take her out the chair but most of the time it doesn't work. Also my daughter is extremely stubborn and refuses food if we feed her on the floor. She will turn her head away

Do you give dummy to your baby? If you do, give her while she's sat on her highchair, talk to her,cheer her up,play some music (avoid showing any type of screens) and while feeding,distract her with some toys (maybe ask your partner to get involved in the distractions) Mine was like that and I got my husband to get involved in distracting her while I feed her (I spoon feed mine).

@Son No, she's never had a dummy. Yes we do talk to her and sing to her, it doesn't work

@Parker maybe she's going through teething? Or could just be a phase. They are going through a lot of changes and it's difficult for them to balance their emotions. Can only have patience 🫶🏽

She might just not want to be there in the chair because either she’s not hungry or she wants to be more mobile. We use the toddler tower to feed baby sometimes

@Parker try giving her a snack between the meal times. We do similar times as you for meals and offer some fruit or a yoghurt between meals. I agree with Sharon that my little one gets like this when she’s hungry, I don’t think they understand why their tummy hurts and that food helps it. I’m also finding that she is becoming more independent and wants to practise doing it herself. Maybe put some finger foods down, or give her a spoon to use alongside you.

@Rosie Yes we do all of that already. She is massively independent and even when we do give her a spoon, she wants the one we've got and not her own and then kicks up another fuss!

No suggestions here but my daughter is having major tantrums at the moment! Changing her nappy is just awful. She'll literally roll around we have to pin her down when shes pooped 🙈 sometimes she's screaming and rolling around on the floor and we can't help just end up distracting her some how 😫

This stage is so tough! I don't remember my first born being like this so it's come as a real shock 😂🫣 is she tired here, I don't know her but she looks tired because of the way she's sitting back in the chair, if it was a tantrum, I could imagine she'd be doing anything to get out of the chair. How's her napping during the day?

@Emily yes my daughter's the same, full on back arching 😫

@Janelle Her naps are currently awful, she used to have two but now she only has one. She only had an hour nap all day yesterday despite yesterday morning I tried to get her to sleep for 2 hours but she wasn't having any of it 🙃

@Parker bless her, this age is so tricky, they're doing their best to understand this world and it's difficult for them to navigate, as well as being aware of their own feelings. It sounds like she's over tired by this point. When she's over tired like this, could you bring her dinner forward by 30-45 minutes? And then give her more of a snack later on? All you can do is reassure her, be there for cuddles but also give her space when she needs it