Quote From: ruby21 My daughter is 13 months old and has a very strong personality. She is learning to listen when I tell her NO, but also is very good at showing me how much she doesn't like it. She often throws herself on her back and starts bawling. Then she will continue to test me, and gets upset everytime I tell her no. I am proud of her for listening to me, but I am concerned about the way she throws herself onto the floor. I usually just make sure she will not hurt herself, and then ignore her, or walk away. Is that just her way of expressing herself for her age, or is she starting to throw tantrums. I am worried that if I don't deal with this properly that she will be a "tantrum thrower" who is difficult to manage. Advice please?!
I have a 18 month old daughter. I do what I did with my non-spirited son, put them in time-out until they are done throwing tantrums. Of courese with my spirited child, some hard days she will go in and out all day long. I'll explain to her, once she is done crying she can come out. And she gets it, she'll stop and come out. She doesn't get it enough that she'll throw another tantrum within few min. again...I believe they do what they do because they are so intelligent and beyond their little age. It's a good thing that I had a son first who is not-spirited to see how a normal child's development is like, because my spirited daughter.. she acts like she is 2 and half years old. They way she says 'no' to everything, she doesn't want to share, she tattle tells, and she lies... and reminds you, she can barely speak, but her vocab level of how much she understands is phenomenal. Do you have a play pin that you can put her in for time-outs? so that she will be safe, and so she can also learn tantrum is not something you will tolerate.
Good luck to you! and good luck to me... this is the most diffilcult challenge I have ever taken on when God signed me with this beautiful spirited child, who challenges me everyday... and even throught he nights...
