Terrible One's???

Hi guys

I have a DS who is nearly 17 months old. Lately, he has taken to having screaming fits if he doesnt get his own way. I admit this is not very often, but when it does happen, boy is he loud. It particularly happens when we are at the shopping centre and he wants to walk but only in the directions that HE chooses! (Yes very frustrating!)
I know tantrums and everything are part of the whole 'raising children' thing, but what do you do when the toddler is so young? At least when they are older, they understand what they are doing wrong. What do you guys do?
A few people have told me that the "terrible one's" are worse than the "terrible two's". Do any of you agree with this??

hey becky, my DD's first public tantrum was when she was 8 months old in target and couldn't get to a dolls pram she wanted!!!
I personally found the '3's' to be the most trying age, but also know lots of little kids who start the tantrums well before 2 years!

totally agree my one year old if she cant get what she wants she screams its so hard i usually just let her scream but sometimes its ages before she stops crying .its hard what do u do?

Yep I think "terrible two's" is a bit of misnomer actually :lol:

My DD started ramping up the tantrums when she was about 16 months old. She's now 2.5 and I think her behaviour is better now than it was then.
We really noticed a shift when her speech improved. When she was better able to communicate what she wanted things got alot better and the tantrums aren't as frequent (that's not saying she doesn't still have them though!). I guess it was around about when she turned two that she started being able to make sentences.
It's very hard at that age because they don't understand time out, they can't communicate well, yet there's so much going on in their little heads.
Unfortunately I don't really have any great advice, we just rode it out with her and eventually it got better. Hang in there.

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thanks guys! Good to know I am not the only one out there with a grumpy 17 month old! I can see that it is because he so desperately wants things, but cannot communicate them to us yet! It must be so frustrating for him. Guess I'll just have to ride it out too!

Thanks!

Jesse seemed to me to have his first tantrum today at the shops. We were in the parent's room, changed his bum and thought id try and give him his lunch (apple puree) while in there. So i pulled his dummy out and started to feed him. He then picked up his dummy and put it back in his mouth. So i took it back out and unclipped it from his shirt so i could feed him without it going everwhere over his dummy. Well boy did he scream at me taking it off him. (didnt he Lindsay!!) He then refused to eat his lunch!
I did notice tonight his 3rd tooth has popped through so makes sense why he was grumpy.. but ohh my perfect little boy is starting to build a back bone for himself!! :lol: