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Baby Seems SOO Angry!

by Jessica k.
(Covington, la)

Here it is! ANGRY!

I have a thirteen and half month old son. He is my second son. He just seems to get angry so easy. This has been going on since he was 4 months old and has only gotten worse. He now hits the table and tries to knock over anything his little hand can reach when you tell him no, or when he just seems as if something in his little mind didn't go the way he wanted.

Sometimes he just walks up to me and is angry. And I don't even know why. And the part that is bothering me is, I cant seem to make him happy. If I pick him up and try and talk to him gently or make him laugh or distract him, he is still too mad and doesn't want to be distracted.

He will carry on sometimes hitting things and throwing his hands up and then falling to the ground. And the SHRIEKING! He just HAS to have everything go HIS way or he is mad mad mad. Maybe his problems sleeping could be related to this?

Is it just a personality thing or something else?

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Baby Seems SOO Angry!

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Jun 21, 2009

Baby Seems so Angry!
by: Baby Help Line

Babies who do not get enough sleep at night or do not take regular naps tend to be more irratable the next day. I know it is hard, but try to have him on some type of sleep schedule.

Some babies, in some periods, make up their mind that sleeping is not for them - it is for babies ;-) But a 1 year old really does need at least one nap per day.

Can you try to take a stroller walk or even a car ride to get your little one to fall asleep? I have used that trick many times, when my babies or young toddlers have refused their naps. With my daughter, I even had to let her sit up in the stroller; she would get furious if I tried to lay her down. So instead I tilted the stroller after a while when she was starting to get sleepy. Once she was asleep, I could lay her down without a problem.

My guess is that if you start with really trying to sort out his naps, things will improve. If he contiues after that to be as angry, you really need to try and interpret his anger and frustration and see what you can do to help him.

In addition, if you think about it, life for a young toddler as well as a baby can be quite frustrating, when their body won't do what they want it too, mom and dad doesn't understand what they want and they are not allowed to make their own choices. No wonder that they are angry sometimes!

Some children deal with this frustration in silence, other tell the world (which basically is their mom and dad) loud and clear how horribly frustrating the situation is. It can take several years for a little child to learn how to deal with frustrations without banging, yelling and hitting things and people. (To be honest, quite a few adults still haven't learned!)

Your son may be tired, but also seems very determined to communicate with you and that is really great for the future!

Try your hardest to listen to what he is trying to tell you rather than how he is saying it. At his age, babies need a lot of interaction and stimulation to develop their social and language skills and they are usually not very keen on (or able to) playing on their own.

Try distracting your angry son and then let him in as much as you can in whatever you do. Play with him a lot and let him be with you and help you out. (For some ideas on games to play with a 1 year old, click here.)

Also make sure to pick your fights. Say no as little as possible, because at his age, you can't really spoil him and whatever limits you try to set is not something he will understand or respect anyway.

Having a strong mind and willpower is a good thing, which will help him later on in life. Try to see him in that light. He will just - with the gentle help of you - have to learn eventually to express his frustrations in less violent ways. But right now, he is too young to be able to do that.

I hope this helps,

Paula

Aug 19, 2009

Fits
by: Anonymous

My mom had triplets 3 yrs ago November, and when they were about as old as your son, one of them would throw fits like yours, and roll on the floor screaming sometimes end up hitting his head on the wall, on his knees and pounding his hands on the floor... the only thing my mom could do was just put him in his room and let him go, she couldn't calm him down and maybe about a couple weeks to a month later he didn't really do it anymore.

i know its not saying much, but like the other person said on here, i think its because he was in his room alone, its the no attention, so theres no need to throw the fits like that.

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