Keller made an important discovery today: tantrums in the bathtub will get water in your nose. So now he's wrapped in a towel and finishing out his tantrum on the bed. It's almost 11:00 and this is his third (quite lengthy) tantrum today. He throws himself onto the ground and cries and cries and cries. When he stops, he comes over to Mom and it's as if it never happened. I would hate crying like that; I'd have a major headache by now.
Riley seems concerned. He is very protective of Keller, but this non-stop crying is confusing, I'm sure.
Canon is being very tolerant, but understandably, is avoiding his dramatic little brother.
Lucky Tae is at school.
.... Still going strong. Moved to the kitchen where his cries would echo louder, maybe... Boy this is a fun phase! Can't even remember why he's mad. Oh yeah, I tried to wash his hair. Mean mom.
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Oh boy! Good luck with that. Kids are so funny - moving to the kitchen where it's louder - Bah ha! Good for you blogging instead of getting sucked into the drama, that takes a real presence of mind.
Boyd and I took a couple of parenting classes from Dr. Latham and he said to simply step over the child and walk away so there is no longer an audience.
Works pretty good. Sounds like you've done the same.
Definitely some kids are more persistent than others in their length of tantrums but pretty soon they'll scream themselves out. And life gets back to normal even if your nerves are frayed. :)
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