Just thought I would update.
Gab's temper is still pretty bad. She's now at the point where if another child touches her or tries to take the toy she's playing with (or even just "help" her), she chucks the biggest wobbly!!
If she's upset because a toy/person/object isn't doing what she wants it to, she screams and cries and gets soooo angry. If I try to console her or help her, I just make things worse. So now I just try to calm her down with my voice by saying, "It's ok, you can fix it" in a calm voice (which is sometimes difficult to do!).
It's funny, she prefers to play on her own and doesn't really like other kids getting involved with what she is doing YET other kids seem to gravitate toward her! It's like she sends out some kind of vibe, LOL.
She chucked a tanty the other day. I had to work that day and didn't see her in the morning because she was still asleep. Mum looked after her at our place. Anyway, she was ok for the first hour or so but then started getting upset with everything. Arrgh, it was frustrating. Anyway, she was screaming louder than ever and throwing herself around. My Mum told me to give her a smack and I just couldn't do it (nor did I want to). In a way I was kind of happy within myself that I felt that way as I always thought that, once I became a Mum, I would give my children a smack on the bum when they were being really naughty. I thought because that's the way we were raised (and we always behaved relatively well) that it's the way I'd want to discipline in extreme circumstances.
But I don't want Gabby to be afraid of me. I was afraid of my Mum - that's why I behaved. Ok... so I was an angel in public and minded all my P's and Q's but now I resent Mum because of it. Kind of a flip-side to the whole debate really.

So, yeah... just thought I would let that all out, LOL.