Tantrums

Tantrum or melt down? Is it because he can't have what he wants - tantrum, all kids have 'em and do not give in and let him get his own way. Or meltdown - something is genuinely majorly distressing him and he can't cope. All he really wants is for the the source of distress to go away. Do not punish him. Help him make it go away.

Let the next one play out then when calm try to talk to him and see if he can identify what started it. It's difficult for him to do, but there should be a difference between, say "I wanted mcdonalds" (tantrum) and the "lights were too bright, the room too noisy, there were too many people..." (meltdown) It's hard when they are little, but you might all get better at spotting triggers.

Tantrum or melt down? Is it because he can't have what he wants - tantrum, all kids have 'em and do not give in and let him get his own way. Or meltdown - something is genuinely majorly distressing him and he can't cope. All he really wants is for the the source of distress to go away. Do not punish him. Help him make it go away.

Let the next one play out then when calm try to talk to him and see if he can identify what started it. It's difficult for him to do, but there should be a difference between, say "I wanted mcdonalds" (tantrum) and the "lights were too bright, the room too noisy, there were too many people..." (meltdown) It's hard when they are little, but you might all get better at spotting triggers.