Tantrums!

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i cannot believe they have started already!!

I was always under the impression that tantrums didn’t start until toddlers turned 2 years old, how wrong was i?

About a month ago Mr Ronan started throwing himself on the floor with his bum in the air crying because i wouldn’t let him go out the front when i went to check the mail. This was the moment that i realised my little man was changed forever. premature babies, parenting, christmas, premmie poem

He has good days and very annoying days. He can throw a tanty out of nowhere for no reason but i do believe that teething might have some reason for the angry man of late. His fingers are always in his mouth, he is drooling A LOT (i have a fear of baby drool!) and he is always biting the lounge or anything that he can get a hold of.

We went to a party today and he kept annoying these poor people in the corner who were trying to push their baby on a swing. He kept getting in their way so i went and picked him up. He arched backwards to the point where i almost dropped him (he is 12kgs and has the strength of an ox), was crying his eyes out and was squirming to get away. I always seethed children that threw tantrums whilst out in public and i always felt SO sorry for the parents, now i am beginning to be one of them.

At home we just walk away from him when he is on the ground and he does not like it one bit but i want him to know that i will not stand for it and within 5 mins he is trying to crawl all over me as if to say “do you still love me”. It is very very cute but i do not give in to him.

The joys! This is only the beginning of the tantrum journey for me and i know it will probably get worse but at the end of the day he is only a toddler and doesn’t know how to handle anger just yet, but we are on the path to teaching him how too.

Thankgod he still sleeps 13 hour nights!

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Posted on January 6th, 2008 by lilronan and filed under Ronan Ronan Ronan |