My son will be 2 in October and lately he has the WORST moods. Today he broke me. H was in a lovely mood all day apart from being a bit grumpy before his nap but he woke up in such a foul temper, and cried/screamed/wailed hysterically for over an hour. I tried everything and eventually reached breaking point (which entailed me yelling at him and then crying in the next room, and then coming back to him to say sorry for yelling and offering him some chocolate if he stopped crying...🙄) which is not how I want to handle things in the slightest, his crying had just given me an awful headache and I couldn’t cope 😫

He wouldn’t tell me what was wrong, wouldn’t calm down for more than 10 seconds a time, wouldn’t let me hold him or touch him, didn’t want me near him, didn’t want to be alone..

He’s fine now and we had a hug and said we were friends and he did say sorry for making me sad but I want to be better equipped for next time this happens. Normally I can keep my shit together enough to go and take a deep breath and then carry on if things get really bad but is there some way of calming him down that I’m missing?

Thanks 🙏🏼