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Temper and tantrums

Ashley - posted on 04/25/2011 ( 2 moms have responded )

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I honestly thought that I wouldn't have to deal with this until my son was a toddler and at that point I had no worries about discipline. I can stick to my guns with the best of them....but how do you do that with a six month old?! I don't want it to become a problem but any professional I talk to about it says that it's not really a tantrum it's just his frustration at not being able to express what he wants. I disagree. I think he is having a hissy because something isn't going his way. Anyone else having similar issues?

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Sammy - posted on 10/13/2011

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My son did the same thing and still does, he just turned 1 today. What I've come to realize is that part of the fit is from frustration at not being able to communicate what he is wanting/feeling and not getting what he wants or think he needs at the time. What I found that works for me when he is like that is to either pick him up and talk to him in a calm voice or to just let him go. He usually distracts himself pretty fast.

Dianne - posted on 04/25/2011

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As a mother of a very smart little girl, I have this to say...you know him better than anyone else. If you feel he understands enough at six months to be throwing a fit then that's what he's doing. My daughter did the same thing and I got the same response. The doctor said there was no way at her age she could be throwing a fit. When I finally got tired of it and decided to do somethig about it she went to timeout the first time at nine months. It cured the temper tantrums. Good luck

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