What's the best way to deal with tantrums and crying over whatever that has annoyed LO? Just completely ignore them?
Ella's had some stonking tantrums. Usually when we are out and close to tea time when she is prob getting tired and hungry. I try not to laugh at her tbh as it's all so over the top. She'll be down on the ground kicking and screaming.
Apart from that she goes off on one maybe twice a day. If I take something away from her especially. She also seems to be doing things on purpose now to get a reaction, especially if she has just had a telling off or had something taken away. She knows the word 'bad' and if you ask if she's a good girl, she nods yes.
Other than that she's often completely into everything we are doing and wants to get in between us and whatever action it is we are trying to achieve.
Right now I've taken some fabric paints away from her because she keeps dropping the glass jars on the floor, so she's pulling all the scrap fabric out of my box and completely ignoring me as well. Then she's just bumped head quite hard and needed a proper cuddle.
I just don't want to end up reinforcing bad behaviour or making her develop bad behavioural habits in how I react. I think she knows when she's being bad anddoesn't like the way a negative reaction from me or us makes her feel.
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