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October 20, 2005, 7:15 pm PDT
Thank you for your reply
Quote From: lavoieMy oldest son used to do exactly the same thing when he was about the same age as your daughter. Like you, I was very worried about his reactions. I did the only thing I could do: 1) Make sure he was safe (would not get injured) and 2) explained to him both the situation and the way he felt. "I know you're frustrated" "I understand that you are desapointed, but you cannot do waterver for whaterver the reason" and such... I am no psychologist, but what I can say is that when he turned about 18 months old, his vocabulary incresed a lot and gradualy, he started to try to comunicate verbaly his frustration instead of just throwing himself on the floor... He is now 8 years old and belive me, he is as far as can be from a "tantrum thrower". He is also the only one of my four kids to have done that... I hope thispersonal experience will give you a little hope... (Sorry if there are spelling mistakes, I am French..) Thank you very much for replying to my message. I feel much better knowing that another mother has been through this and everything worked out well. Both my husband and I were very headstrong children, so we knew a little bit about what we could be getting ourselves into. But having the reassurance that I was handling her behaviour properly makes me feel a lot better about everything.
Just a note: She may fight me with everthing she has in her when she's upset at me, but when she's not upset, she is the most cheerful and loving girl, and her smile makes everthing worthwhile. I guess that is what motherhood is all about.
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