A few posts ago I was dealing with some serious temper tantrums.  I got some info online on some ways to deal with them.  They seemed to work great.  When the kid freaks out for no reason or for something stupid… ignoring her has seemed to work great.  Then explaining to her that the screaming and yelling was not OK, seemed to calm her down.  I think that she might even be learning from it.

Ignoring a temper tantrum at home is hard to do, even harder on the road or at a store or something.  So when she gets really mad at home, and its for some stupid reason, I just ignore her… don’t even make eye contact, or its all over for me.  If the screaming is just too much for me to handle,  I will put her in her room and shut the door.  After a few minutes, usually she calms  down.  Then I go right in, and have a nice little talk about what happened, and get a nice hug and kiss.

On the road is another story.  If I’m in the car, no problem.  She is trapped, and I have a loud radio.  But when where at a restaurant or in the store… I just have to leave… I’m still working on that one.

Tags: crying, Eye Contact, Few Minutes, Freaks, Kiss, Loud Radio, mad kids, Stupid Reason, Temper Tantrum, Temper Tantrums, upset babies