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Dealing with Tantrums in 1-3 year olds |
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by Juzzy  (April 21st) (rank 218th) |
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All children throw tantrums. Hopefully this advice will help with dealing with and preventing tantrums.
Tantrums- what are they?
Tantrums are a childs way of expressing emotions. Children have feelings and emotions they can't communicate with words so they find if they scream, yell and 
throw themselves around people will listen to them and they feel better.
A way with dealing with tantrums-
Prevent tantrums- Children that are overstimulated, hungry or tired are most likely to throw a tantrum. If you can see that a tantrum is brewing try to talk to your child and get them onto something else.
Identify tantrum triggers-If things like shopping, visiting people or meal times frequently involve temper tantrums, think of ways to minimise putting the child into the situation. For example, don't take the child out if it is around the time they should be sleeping or eating. Or if you have to then try to minimise the time you are in this situation.
When a tantrum occures-Stay calm or pretend to. If you get angry the child will be more likely to feed off this. if you want to try and calm the child because of the situation you are in, get down to their level and talk calmly and quietly to them. If you can talk quietly into their ear they will be more likely to calm down so they can hear what you are saying. If you are at home when they throw a tantrum try to ignore it. If you try to reason with them then you run the riskof teaching your child that they will get your full attention.
Make sure you don't reward a tantrum- If a child is throwing a tantrum because they want something that you have said no to. Don't give inand give it to them because they will work out that is the way to get things and the problem will become worse.
Always reward good behaviour-If you see that your child manages their frustration well then go over the top with praise.
Tips-
Keep a diary of your childs tantrums for a week. Record the day, Where it happend and why it happened. With the information that you record you may be able to work out some triggers which may prevent tantrums in the future.
Hope this all helps. Any questions please minti mail me.
Juzzy xoxox
