My 14 month old son is throwing HUGE tantrums. Like back-arching-thrashing-red-faced-and-sweating kind of tantrums over anything.
It can be he doesn't want to get in his car seat or I had to take something away from him that he wasn't supposed to have, or even I just walked out of the room to go do something. It is like something clicks in him and he just FREAKS! Sometimes...most of the time, when he gets like this nothing will calm him down. Nursing, rocking, softly talking, etc. I tried baby carrying-nope. Nothing.
So I looked this up and it seems like this behavior is pretty normal for this age.
However, my son has been throwing tantrums since he came out of the womb. He has ALWAYS been very fussy and screamed almost nonstop for the first year of his life. The doctor said it was colic and would go away at 6 months but while the spitting up has stopped it is like the screaming never does. It makes being his mom very very hard.
He naps well, he eats well, I change his diapers frequently, I play with him, etc. He isn't neglected. I just cannot fathom why he is acting this way.
Does this sound like just normal tantrums and he has always been moody?
Does this sound like dietary problems and he might be in distress and when something doesn't go his way it just makes everything worse?
I have always wondered about dietary problems with him because he was SO colicky and would throw up breastmilk (like soak my shirt through, soak the sheets throw up- family members didn't want to hold him because they knew he would throw up on them). So I'm just wondering if maybe we didn't pay enough attention to that and it has escalated and he doesn't know how to tell me something isn't right. He also has red patches on his arms and legs that the pediatrician said was just baby eczema.... could that be a symptom of an allergy? I just want to know what is going on. If this is just a stage then fine I will deal with it but if this is serious behavioral problems or a dietary problem or something else I want to know so I can take steps to help him.
It can be he doesn't want to get in his car seat or I had to take something away from him that he wasn't supposed to have, or even I just walked out of the room to go do something. It is like something clicks in him and he just FREAKS! Sometimes...most of the time, when he gets like this nothing will calm him down. Nursing, rocking, softly talking, etc. I tried baby carrying-nope. Nothing.
So I looked this up and it seems like this behavior is pretty normal for this age.
However, my son has been throwing tantrums since he came out of the womb. He has ALWAYS been very fussy and screamed almost nonstop for the first year of his life. The doctor said it was colic and would go away at 6 months but while the spitting up has stopped it is like the screaming never does. It makes being his mom very very hard.
He naps well, he eats well, I change his diapers frequently, I play with him, etc. He isn't neglected. I just cannot fathom why he is acting this way.
Does this sound like just normal tantrums and he has always been moody?
Does this sound like dietary problems and he might be in distress and when something doesn't go his way it just makes everything worse?
I have always wondered about dietary problems with him because he was SO colicky and would throw up breastmilk (like soak my shirt through, soak the sheets throw up- family members didn't want to hold him because they knew he would throw up on them). So I'm just wondering if maybe we didn't pay enough attention to that and it has escalated and he doesn't know how to tell me something isn't right. He also has red patches on his arms and legs that the pediatrician said was just baby eczema.... could that be a symptom of an allergy? I just want to know what is going on. If this is just a stage then fine I will deal with it but if this is serious behavioral problems or a dietary problem or something else I want to know so I can take steps to help him.