13 month old throwing temper tantrums?

Question

My daughter is 13months old and can throw some tantrums with the best of them.She hits and when i tell her no she continues to do it and sometimes even laughs!She has also learned to come up and hit her head against you. ouch for her and me!I tried redirecting and that doesn't work.she will also go over to the dogs water bowl and go to put her hand in it. i tell her no and move her she goes back looks at me and just barely touches it as if to dare me...I know she's only 1.(btw i'm not a first time mom i do have twin boys who are11...i know i survived them but i don't remember them doing this until 2ish and by then they understood time outs) Any input would be great! Thanks!

Answer 1

Maybe when you tell her no and she doesn't listen. Repeat no and put her in her crib or highchair.

Answer 2

I have a 10 month old who is well on his way to being quite devious - I also have a 7 year old who never acted like my baby does!! So, I've found that sometimes just ignoring him - when they're throwing the tantrum, or lookin to see if you're going to scold them - works well. If they see you're not reacting, they don't care anymore. As far as playing in the dog water...as a last resort...have you tried spatting her hand? Not hard, but just enough to get her attention...& make her think before she does it again!

Answer 3

i know how you feel i have a 2 year old and a 4 year ,a 6year old and my 4 year old has a tramum out of this world and nothin works we started takin his fav things away and he started gettin better you have to let her know your takin it i think this may work. .quality time helps too one on one and i know that is very hard i know but my kids are gettin better. it is so hard to know what each kid would be like but my 3 and my stepdaughter are all different. and they know how to push and test you are not alone

Answer 4

Girls tend to mature faster than boys so maybe she is already at the point your sons were at 2. I would try time outs with her at this age. I do not think 1 is too young to understand a time out.

This story makes me laugh, my youngest now 7 was like this and still is. In my experience with a stubborn child act every time you tell her no even if it is 50 times a day. Because the one time you don't you will set yourself back a mile. I have always told my husband it will be a good survival skill for her later in life if I can survive it first LOL

And my oldest now 9 at that age I would tell her "don't bang the toy on the table" so she would bang it on the table leg, so I would say "don't bang it on the table or the leg of it" then she would bang it on the ring around the legs at the bottom. It was exhausting she was always one step ahead LOL And still is, she has a very quick wit.

I wasn't going to put this because people always thumbs down it, but time outs for my stubborn one did not start until she was realtively quiet. If they are screaming their head off the entire time it does no good. She could understand "stop yelling and you can get down" My kids spoke quite a lot by then. She would sit for about 5 minutes most of the time. She also despised the corner more than anything. every time she hits get up and put her in the corner and tell her "no hitting". There were times I had to hold her there, not hurting her of course and not squishing her in the wall, but also not allowing her to leave. My kids (as are all kids) were very smart by this age and they could understand. They spoke fluenty before the age of 2. Your daughter sounds a lot like my youngest. Good luck there were many days I cried right along with her when she was in the corner, but she did not get out LOL And fair warning her terrible two's lasted until well past 4, consistency was the key. She is the most stubborn person I have ever known aside from her father LOL They are exactly alike. She is also very sweet and good a lot of the time there is just no middle ground with her she is either an angel or her horns are showing. Naps were also a good cure for her if she was acting up a lot she would be given a nap (which she hated) and always woke up a much happier child and the rest of her day was fine.