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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Tantrums
Sorry it's been so long since I last wrote. It's been kind of crazy over here. I just got back from spending a month at my mom's house. Elena is doing great. Her speech has gotten 10 times better and she's just as cute as can be. She has started throwing tantrums if you don't give her something fast enough, say no, stop singing or reading to her. She really trows tantrums when there are other people around, even if i am already giving her my full attention.
So maybe you, my reader (if anyone is even reading this) can give some advice. How do I get her to stop throwing tantrums and how to get her to just stop doing them in the first place? When she throws a tantrum, she cries as if someone is hurting her and arches her back. She'll also try to climb up on me. If i try to give her a toy to calm her she just pushes it away forcefully. I've tried letting her cry but she'll keep going for a half hour or more. I tell her that I'm not going to pick her up if she is crying and i try to talk to her to calm her down. If she gets quite enough that I do pick her up I tell her that I will not continue to hold her if she keeps crying. I've also tried putting her in timeout in her bed for a couple minutes but that just makes it worse. I know she doesn't understand a lot of what I'm trying to explain to her but that's all I know to do. So any help?
So maybe you, my reader (if anyone is even reading this) can give some advice. How do I get her to stop throwing tantrums and how to get her to just stop doing them in the first place? When she throws a tantrum, she cries as if someone is hurting her and arches her back. She'll also try to climb up on me. If i try to give her a toy to calm her she just pushes it away forcefully. I've tried letting her cry but she'll keep going for a half hour or more. I tell her that I'm not going to pick her up if she is crying and i try to talk to her to calm her down. If she gets quite enough that I do pick her up I tell her that I will not continue to hold her if she keeps crying. I've also tried putting her in timeout in her bed for a couple minutes but that just makes it worse. I know she doesn't understand a lot of what I'm trying to explain to her but that's all I know to do. So any help?
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