Toddler tantrums
My baby girl is 20 months old and for the last 2 months has been having horrible tantrums over literally everything. It’s gotten so bad that I’ve decided to go back to work and put her in daycare 3 days a week. She’s an angel at daycare and never gives them a hard time about anything. She screams and fights me in everything from the moment she wakes up until she goes to bed. She refuses to put her coat on and I have to put it on her while she’s throwing herself on the floor. I’ve tried to bargain with her. For example she thinks it’s funny when the dog wears his coat so I tell her that if she puts he coat on I’ll put the dogs coat on. She agrees and the freaks out when I come near her with the coat. It’s the same struggle with socks and shoes. I have to strap her in the stroller first and the fight to get them on her while she’s kicking me. She even gets upset when she asks for something (like water) and I give it to her. She immediately yells NO and throws the cup on the floor. She has moments where we play and she’s fine but those moments are fleeting. I’m losing my mind. I have no idea what is wrong with her. I know she’s at an age where she is testing her boundaries and tantrums are a normal part of toddlerhood but this is constant and she everything is a fight all day long. I’m at my wits end. We don’t believe in spanking and we ignore her outburst but somethings I just need her to get her coat on so we can leave the house. She also cries in the stroller unless I’m constantly singing to her. She would be quiet and calm if I let her watch videos on my phone but I refuse to let her be another toddler attached to a screen every time we go out. I don’t know what to do anymore.
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