Where did my DD go?

[delphmoon]

I think I brought the wrong daughter home from the shops last week because this screaming banshee of a 15 month old isn't her

What the hell happened over this week to turn her into this temper tantrum, screaming, squealing horror?

I am assuming its having the new bubs in the house thats done it?

Its wearing me and DH down. If she wants something and we don't give it to her she throws herself on the floor and screams and yells and cries. This may occur ever 5-10 mins. And now...to make things even more unbearable she cries when a TV program finishes!!!! I am embarrassed to take her out and when I do I keep thinking "Please don't scream DD".

So are we bad parents? HOw do we stop this behaviour? Any advice is totally welcomed!! xx

[helle]

Ignore it.
I think it's just the age, I'm affraid.

[RhiChiChi]

^^ yep, could be a factor of age & new bubs. I'd ignore the tantrums b/c giving in or making a big deal about will prolong it and your little one may get the impression that it is acceptable behaviour.

[RainbowBrite]

You are not a bad parent! Most of us have been there at some stage
I agree with pp just ignore it, the tantrums are about attention if you take that out of the equation then she will realise they do not get her what she wants.

[MumtoA]

My DD started trhis about the same age and is still doing it to some extent now at 18 months but has def got better...i just have a question for everyone that has responded...when you say 'ignore them', how do you do this...DD will just scream and scream and not stop no matter how much i try and ignore her and then on top of that she will grab onto my leg and i have to drag her around with me as she screams - i cant escape!!! so when you ignore, do you just completely walk away - does this make sense???!!

J xo

[OceanPrincess]

Delph - go read my post in our baby buddies thread. You just described DS - with the exception of the tv thing, he doesn't care about tv yet. But the temper tantrums are doing my head in!!!!

[littlelara]

Mumtoa, I would just sit down and wait. I've done it in the middle of a shopping centre, just found a seat where ds could see me, and watched and waited. Eventually he calmed down and came to me, I blew his nose (signifies the end) crisis over.
My poor kids, though, I find it really hard to take them seriously when they're cracking up. Luckily it doesn't happen much.
GL

[Onelittleprincess]

My dd was doing it the other day. To make it worse I had no patience either. I just picked her up, put her in her cot and left the room.

[beckoes]

ive just gone through a really tough month with dd1, dd2 is now 8months and my 3 1/2 year old has only just started to return to her normal chilled out self. its so hard when you get a new person in the house who takes up so much time and love that was once all thiers, even if they seem to be dealing with it ok, all of a sudden dd1 would just crack it, and she could talk and explain...or at least tell me to put her sister back in!!!
we just stuck to our guns about what was acceptable and made sure she had really clear guide lines and knew when she had crossed the line! and slowly that horrible screaming, kicking, spitting monster has gone!!