Dealing with the tantrums of a one year old

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CB, before you say him no, make sure you have baby proof your house. It is extremely important. Like others have said, it is your job to make sure he is in a safe environment.

  1. You need to different b/w big no no’s and thing that you can let go off.

  2. Consistency!!! If something is a big no no, make sure you are consistent with it everything.
    When you say no, don’t leave the child in that environment. Pick him up and move to something else.

When I say No to my son, I have a very assertive voice and I do stare him like a hawk. (Poor thing I know).

  1. Timeout doesn’t work on a 2 year old unless you put him in his jumper or high chair. I don’t give timeout to my son. If he is ripping a book, I just take the book from him, put it somewhere high and let him that ripping is not acceptable. Yup, we had days when I had to remove his basket of books only leaving the fabric ones out for him.

  2. Tantrums, don’t give in the tantrums. Just make sure he is in a safe place and won’t hurt himself. Ignore him and continue with an activity…reading a book loudly, singing a song, playing with toys, or whatever you are doing. If he doesn’t stop after a minute or two, redirect…ask him to come and help you with xyz.

  3. Give him a cabinet in the kitchen. Make sure you have another child friendly cabinet with unbreakable stuff for him. Let him play with while you are in the kitchen. When done, make sure you involve him in cleanup.

  4. Use safety gates whenever and wherever needed. It is okay for him to get mad, eventually he will get over it.

  5. Biting and pulling hair is a big no no for us. At one, your son might be teething so let him chew on something hard.

  6. Have patience! As a parent you will need plenty of it.

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excellent tips , thanks ladies , I am taking it all on board and rethinking strategy ..

I take him to nursery for activities and swimming , three times a week and then over the weekend , we go out for shopping and he gets his running opportunity .. point being, I am trying to utlize his energy as much as possible , just the disciplining bit is what is getting to me, but some awesome tips here will help me out IA ..

I am going to try to reduce saying No all the time and let him seek his curiosity a bit more .. why isnt he interested in things that I intentionally keep in his reach? is this what all kids do or just specific to him? like his toys or utensils and stuff I give him ..

any tricks to get him interested in them?

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CB, do you put out all his toys at once? I noticed that the Montessori methods involve toy rotation and I do that at home as well. I find baby definitely plays with a couple of toys for longer than if I empty the entire toy box out, and by the time you reintroduce a particular toy a couple of days later it’s like getting a new toy for them and engages them for longer.

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Cb, my baby was not interested in toys unless I sat and played with him. I also had his toys in different containers, so played with one container, clean up then got something new.
Also, I never had his toys out for, I always had him choose whatever he wanted to play with.