My dd is 2 and a bit and every now and then she has complete whopper tantrums. They are usually caused by illness/over tired/food reactions etc so I know where they come from but find Them difficult to manage. So today she had a huge tantie which lasted close to a half hour of her crying and screaming. I tried so many different tactics to calm her down and nothing worked until eventually she broke me down and I was the one sobbing (I am preggers which obviously doesn't help!)!

So my question is what do you do when they do this?? Do you ignore then (how this is done is beyond me cos she does not calm down) or try hold them tight until they stop (something I read in toddler tactics)....what's your trick???