Urgh... I am having a realy hard time with my 3 yo tantrums for a few months now. It seems that at least once a week she has uncontrolable screaming fits over the smallest things. 3 of them have been about balloons at fairs or parties. She insists that she needs to hold the bitter end of the string with only 2 fingers, and flips out when it flies away. I've tried to tie it to her wrist, ankle, favorite kitty, sneekily holding the string while holding her hand. all of which increase the screaming, anyway I am getting off point. We have deceided that when she starts to freak out we will take her to the car to give her some time to cool off, and if that doesn't work we go home.
Today it happened at her preschool's graduation ceremony over a flower. She picked one beautiful iris, when it got ruined, she ran over and got another, I told her that was the last flower she could pick. Less then 2 min. later her flower was no longer perfact and she ran to get another, which I stoped her from doing. I told her she could not pick another, and the flip out began. Screaming at the top of her lungs while the ceremony is still going on. I told her if she couldn't stop yelling we would have to leave. And she couldn't stop. so I took her to the car. I was going to try to nurse ds while she had her fit away from everyone else, but the ear spliting yells hurt ds's and my ears so much he couldn't nurse so we just went home. She screamed all the way home, and continued into the house.
I feel bad, there was going to be a picnic after, that we both realy wanted to stay for. Am I doing the right thing? I don't feel like it is getting any better. I hate feeling like I am on display, and that I am disturbing everyone elses good time when we have to leave events early, or not go at all because of these episodes... I read the sticky on tantrums, but what am I doing wrong? It does seem like they are only happening when we are out at fun events. I can't think of the last time she had one a home.
Thanks for reading this far!
Today it happened at her preschool's graduation ceremony over a flower. She picked one beautiful iris, when it got ruined, she ran over and got another, I told her that was the last flower she could pick. Less then 2 min. later her flower was no longer perfact and she ran to get another, which I stoped her from doing. I told her she could not pick another, and the flip out began. Screaming at the top of her lungs while the ceremony is still going on. I told her if she couldn't stop yelling we would have to leave. And she couldn't stop. so I took her to the car. I was going to try to nurse ds while she had her fit away from everyone else, but the ear spliting yells hurt ds's and my ears so much he couldn't nurse so we just went home. She screamed all the way home, and continued into the house.
I feel bad, there was going to be a picnic after, that we both realy wanted to stay for. Am I doing the right thing? I don't feel like it is getting any better. I hate feeling like I am on display, and that I am disturbing everyone elses good time when we have to leave events early, or not go at all because of these episodes... I read the sticky on tantrums, but what am I doing wrong? It does seem like they are only happening when we are out at fun events. I can't think of the last time she had one a home.
Thanks for reading this far!
