Ask anyone who is a professional child care provider, the Terrible Two's have nothing on the Triple-the-Terror Three's!
Normally, I like to offer some penny of advise that has worked in my family...not this time! My goal today is to say...HELP! What has worked for your family during this stage?
Although I understand that consistency worked great for the Two's, its the fits that we don't understand now. Counting to three was magic for me, but didn't work well for my husband. Sometimes taking a toy or a special animal away for a period of time was effective to convince him that he really wanted to do the right thing.
The nasty temper tantrums were never this bad though. He goes from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds flat! The paediatrician and all the advise I read has always said to ignore the fits and the phase lasts shorter...no luck so far. How long do we brace for this phase? Have you found anything more effective?
Thoughts from more seasoned Momma's?
MK
I ignored mine when he threw a tantrum. After a bit he realized that saying please worked a lot better then having a fit about something. We also sent him to his room and took away his teddy bear. We would do this for about 2-3 minutes and it normally fixed the problems...
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