What to do when your 14 month old Daughter has a bigger attitude than her Mother?!=/

Olivia - posted on 09/12/2010

oh, thank god for you all! I thought that I had done something to make her that way! So glad that I am not the only one that feels the need for matching mommy and baby straight jackets!

Dannielle - posted on 09/10/2010

My daughter will be 15 months next week and I swear she went from being a cute little darling to a little monster! She throws things, screams, and just acts like a total brat for no reason sometimes! Drives me nuts! I just ignore it...she doesnt get the attention and eventually stops!

Amanda - posted on 09/07/2010

Someone told me that the terrible two's start around this time, because it is their 2nd year of life starting! So by the time they are two, they're experiencing the the terrifying threes! I shudder to think of it that way, but sometimes it makes so much sense

Kirsty - posted on 08/24/2010

My son is 14 months too!! i thought how can there be so much anger in a tiny person like u !! But im glad to read other people stories... as i thought my son had a personality transplant after 1 years old!! Lol!! He Also Hits me which is rather upsetting!! But i plonk him on his bum for 15 secs... sometimes does the trick

Carolinna - posted on 08/24/2010

It's normal for this age. I don't let my daughter get away with throwing a fit. I talk to her and teach her the right way but I do it all with patience and love.

Fiona - posted on 08/24/2010

the youngest of my 14month old twins has a bad attitude, he doesnt get his way he headbutts the floor.

Raisa - posted on 08/23/2010

hahaha i am having the same situation here with my 14 months but after reading all ur post i realise that its something normal for all 14 months in that case

Emily - posted on 08/23/2010

ahhahaha i have a 14 month old and she has a massive attitude... fingers crossed its a phase, because its driving me nuts!

Tera - posted on 08/23/2010

lexi...little ones understand time out i promise...it just takes persistance on your part!! my son hit screams n throws thing when he is told no and all i have to say is play pen and he straightens up...he has his own play room so I started at 1yr that the play pen was time out.

Lexi - posted on 08/22/2010

Mine too!! What's worse, if I do something she doesn't like (i.e. take something away from her, prevent her from running away, etc...) she HITS!! I have no idea where she learned that one. She's an only child, and hasn't gotten any spankings... yet! Can't wait til she is old enough to understand time out. We tried the other day putting her in a corner for hitting me, and she kept crawling out and laughing. So frustrating!

Ashley - posted on 08/20/2010

Yes...my 13 month old daughter is also on a little warpath that's all her own, lol! Falling out when she doesn’t get her way, throwing things, screaming at the top of her lungs…phew!
It seems like everyone is up to speed on the "terrible 2's"… so, my question is if LOs start these behaviors at 1 (which I think I'll call the “worrisome 1's”), what happens when they turn 2?! Yikes!
Hmm, maybe should I plan to consider therapy as a future option, lol. Motherhood is definitely not for wimps!

Donna - posted on 08/19/2010

i think you will find it has something to do with the terrible 2s it can actually start this early.

Denise - posted on 08/18/2010

my daughter has a HUGE attitude, she looks at you says no-no turns around with her back arched and toddles off. it is hilarious. she also raises her eyebrows at you

Debi - posted on 08/12/2010

Thank goodness i am not the only one with a 14mth girl with attitude. i was worried. i wish i had answers but i just don't. i do try not to give her bad attitude to much attention and she snaps out of it pretty quick. she rolls over and over and over squeeling and crying. once she is quiet i distract her with a toy she likes or a funny song. while she is playing up i watch out the corner of my eye to make sure she does not hurt herself or someone else. it is so embarassing when we are out and people look round to see who her mum is but she stops in less than a minute. if i go to pick her up she gets worse so the ignore works for now with Abbey.

Your - posted on 08/11/2010

My son is 14months old and he does the same… but I read somewhere that at this age is the way to show the frustrations to not be able to communicate the wishes or explain that why they need that or want that.

After I read that I pay a little attention with the things that he wants I do not say not just because I try to explain him even though sometimes he cries and do not listen reasons…

Shannon - posted on 08/11/2010

my daughter and my niece are the same way... and the same age lol (my niece will be 14 months on the 15th and my daughter on the 24th)... lucky for me i have an attitude too, and my husband always calls our girl "little shannon" haha... but yeah ive heard from a lot of people that their 1 yr olds are going through the terrible two phase already... that and teething doesnt help (my daughter got 3 molars in a week and a half ouch). i say just hang in there and try not to let her make you pull your own hair out!

Bathobile - posted on 08/11/2010

It worries me too. I thought that maybe she's got it from me and now I'm re leaved that she is not the only one. My mom also told me that I use to go the same and would bang my head at the wall if she discipline me. Now that I'm the mother myself my baby is going it to me.

Ava - posted on 08/10/2010

Yeah, my daughter is that old and she's something else. She's definitely sassy and has her own opinion about things. She usually doesn't agree with mommy and throws toddler tantrums. She's full of attitude. It's normal.

Christine - posted on 08/10/2010

ha! Kat, sounds similar to my boy...... its GOT to be the age!

Kat - posted on 08/10/2010

man, my son will be 14 months on 8/11, and he's got such an attitude. he's also a drama queen, lol. when i say no, it's a big production, rolling on the floor, pitching a fit, kicking, screaming, and sticking his bottom lip out.

Christine - posted on 08/10/2010

hhahaha I think its got to be something with the age... my little boy turned one and started having such a little attitude. Ive been thinking the same thing over hte last couple months as well... but I was talking with my cousin and her little girl is about the same age and going thru the attitude thing too... I really think its just an age thing....phase hopfully!