My DD is 2 1/2 - she has always been super crabby after napping, and frequently has full blown tantrums that last 30+ minutes. This can happen if her nap was cut short (for example DH picks her up from daycare and she fell asleep late) or even if she wakes up on her own. It happens probably half of the time. I thought maybe it was low blood sugar, but yesterday she had eaten right before her nap so I don't think that was it. She frequently skips naps, and then is pretty crabby in the evening but that is almost preferable to these awful tantrums.
Anyways yesterday she kept following us around, screaming at the top of her lungs, stomping her feet. She would run up to one of us and just start hitting. She slapped DH really hard 3 different times on his head (he is bald) and hit me a couple times, although not as hard. I just don't know what to do - if we put her in her room and ask her to calm down she runs and follows us, if we ignore her, she comes over and hits us, if we pick her up, she hits us. Please help! We don't really do time outs (sometimes we say why don't you go to your room and calm down, but she has no door to her room and usually comes right back out).
Anyways yesterday she kept following us around, screaming at the top of her lungs, stomping her feet. She would run up to one of us and just start hitting. She slapped DH really hard 3 different times on his head (he is bald) and hit me a couple times, although not as hard. I just don't know what to do - if we put her in her room and ask her to calm down she runs and follows us, if we ignore her, she comes over and hits us, if we pick her up, she hits us. Please help! We don't really do time outs (sometimes we say why don't you go to your room and calm down, but she has no door to her room and usually comes right back out).