Nov 18 2008
HER TANTRUMS
My youngest is already a year old and with that comes new challenges. Its fun having a toddler around the house we never lack on the humor department. Kaitlyn was a good baby, she would sleep a lot but only in your arms or if someone was beside her. When she got sick she would sleep all the time and still be a happy baby. Lately she has not been very good at all. She as been so needy and so clingy to everyone she see. If she sees her grandma or her daddy she would go to them and play with them but as soon as she know they are leaving she starts to follow them and starts to cry. I know its only natural for a toddler to be like this but i wanted her to be a good baby and not cry. Hah! as if i could tell a toddler what to do and feel. She has changed not just physically but mentally and emotionally. Basically she is a happy baby but she has been showing bad temper tantrums. Just yesterday she had her first full pledge temper tantrum. I took something from her and she just cried, screamed, sat on the floor, pull on her hair and finally rocking back and forth in a way that the back of her head was hitting the couch. I try to comfort her and go near her but it just makes it worse and escalate more and more. So, i just sat across from her and kept asking her to come to me and in my arms. I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing by just standing by and just letting her get over her tantrums. She was also very tired yesterday so that added to the tantrum. Usually she doesn’t get like this, she would whine, scream and cry out in frustration if she couldn’t get something to do what she wants. I feel like a bad parent, how did she become like this? I read that its natural for kids to have tantrums as its there way of expressing anger, frustration and way of communicating. I try to be a good parent and i think i am. I cant give her anything she wants, i spank her sometimes but very very minor and doesn’t even hurt. Am i a bad mother for wanting her youngest disciplined at such an early stage? Moms out there please help me out, I’m totally stumped!
