I really need your tips and advice for getting back some calm & order ... maybe like never before!
Baby Wild is living up to her nickname. Only wilder than the amazon trapped in a bag of tricks. Nothing is ever ok, epic almighty disasters and dramas unfurl at every turn and I have even stopped taking her out in public unless it is necessary for fear of the next downpour of rage and temper. And she's not even two yet. Heaven help us if there's more to come with the so called Terrible Twos. I shall have to resign my position as Mama, I swear!
The only book I ever come across which touched upon this subject was written my a fabby journalist many years ago. She had a whole host of hilarious distraction techniques and tricks up her sleeve in case of any sudden outbursts. Unfortunately I neither wrote them done, not can remember the book now in my hour of need.
What works (worked) for you? Do you think distraction techniques are the only way, or try to ignore such behaviour to discourage it, or indeed have other ideas? I'm finding it impossible not to be infuriated and start to lose my own temper in the end. We use the naughty step for when she's bad & try to ignore most of the tantrums, or calm her down when she works herself up into a furious towering cyclone hell bent on smashing everything in sight, but when things get that bad we always end up putting her in her room to simmer down as there is simply no reasoning with an explosive 20month old!
I did dream of having a brave and independant daughter.... maybe I should be careful what I wish for !
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