Comments on: What parents must know about toddler tantrums

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 06:15:52 +0000

In reply to Karmen. That's right Karmen! I'm sure your daughter appreciates you talking out things for her! :)

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 06:14:43 +0000

In reply to Leana. Exactly Leana! We often ignore the fact that children are a very tiny unfinished humans too! :)

By: Leana

Leana — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:10:42 +0000

Hi Rubitah! I really like this article. Children are just like adults and they need to be able to express their emotions. Thanx for sharing!

By: Karmen

Karmen — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 05:37:17 +0000

It sometimes hard to stay calm when my daughter has one of her tantrums. Thanfully, that doesn’t happen a lot. I try to talk to her as much as I can letting her know what I expect of her but like you said, children are children and sometimes they just don’t want to hear what you have to say. Thank you for these great tips.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 03:55:45 +0000

In reply to Nicole. Absolutely! It is a recent realization for me as well and it has helped me to be more patient towards my son and his tantrums.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 03:49:20 +0000

In reply to Lynne Huysamen. Hehehe hi5 on that sentiment! To be honest, I am keenly looking forward to the stage where my son can atleast understand all that I tell him. I'm sure it will become less frustrating for the both of us!

By: Lynne Huysamen

Lynne Huysamen — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:28:24 +0000

I laughed out loud reading this, especially since I was being an incredibly unpatient mother while writing a post sharing tips on how to be a more patient mother. The irony was not lost on me.

I am so grateful that the temper tantrum stages are (mostly) over for us. My older child is now 7 and it is so amazing to be able to take to her and reason with her… and have her talk calmly back to me. My son is 5 and sometimes still has some difficulty with expressing his frustrations but it is much better than it was a year ago.

I do understand that young kids struggle with expressing themselves and I get that they are frustrated.. and I know the best way to handle it is calmly with love and patience… and well then there is reality.

Isn’t it amazing how it is those moments when you have nothing left to give, you are at the end of your patience, energy… everything… you literally have NOTHING left.. and that is the moment that they choose to give their worst? LOL typical right.

But the good news is that it does in fact get easier.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 19:00:13 +0000

This is so fascinating! I think toddlers are so misunderstood a lot of the time. I mean, can you imagine all these emotions that you don’t know how to deal with in a tiny little body? It’s gotta be tough!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 15:34:17 +0000

In reply to Felicia Austine. I can absolutely relate to that Felicia! Dinner outings have always been difficult with my toddler too. So good of your oldest to take care of the situation though! I guess that's why these situations turn out to be bittersweet for us.:)

By: Felicia Austine

Felicia Austine — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 08:15:54 +0000

Man, you really spoke to me today! My toddler throws tantrums every day it seems like here lately. A lot of the times I just walk away LOL cause anything I do doesn’t help. She just has to have her tantrum then usually after a few minutes shes ok. Sometimes, like tonight I had to get my oldest to bring her to the car when we were sitting in a restaurant, thankfully we were almost done with dinner anyways. But, she just couldn’t handle it anymore I’m guessing. Anyways thank you for this post, and thank you for letting me know we are not alone even though we feel like it a lot of the times.