My son is 15 months and when he gets upset he trows himself on the floor and hurst himself. How can i control?

Question

He gets mad at anything. and I think he is too little and wants to control me already any tips on how I can deal with such an angry little person?

Answer 1

It sounds like he reached the "terrible twos" early.

It is a matter of him understanding who is the boss. When he misbehaves, you will have to sit him down and let him scream. Throwing the temper tantrums and throwing himself on the floor is normal for that age.

Look at what type of schedule the young man has. How much sleep does he get? Is he kept on a regular schedule for naps and bedtime at night? My youngest (now 14 and a great kid) had a similar behavior when he was 1 1/2 years to 2 years old. We had to work hard to keep the same routine. Bath time after dinner with some time to play in the tub with water toys. Read a couple short stories to him on the couch with him leaning on you.
Put him to bed at 8:00 PM. It will take a couple days or a week to get him used to the schedule, but it will make life much easier for both of you. Good Luck!

Answer 2

I agree with many others- my son is also 15 months... and he was first hitting himself lightly... I would sometimes say No no, it isn't nice... but really ignore him... and noticed he did it less and less.... now he's doing the same thing as your son- and I ignore him for the most part.... I make sure he didn't hurt himself- other things I've noticed-he's learning so much right now- and he will whine for some more juice or water... so I always say More please, and ask him for his hand, and take him to the kitchen to go get some more to drink, and he gets excited... so since I've done that, he will hand me his juice cup not whining at all. Also- he started whining when he wanted up on my lap... I simply said, "UP." and now he says it without a whine :) So if there is a way to teach him what he wants... it gets easier!

My son has recently started hitting me lightly in the face-not too often, but he does it sometimes- he's not angry, I think just looking for a reaction. So sometimes I say no no, and others I ignore him, and he has slowed down on that as well.

Goodluck... I do feel it is a way to get what they need out... since they still can't say everything and tell us everything they need.

Answer 3

Ignore it. Any sort of attention makes it a control issue. People are far too quick to pick up a squawlling kid. By the time my son was a year old he knew to calmly let me know what he wanted because screaming and crying got absolutly nothing more than a look to see if he was ok. If he hurt himself I'd take care of it, but if he was just mad then he yelled until he felt like stopping. Which was usually about 30 seconds.

Answer 4

I did the same as most of others do for my son. Only thing I made sure he didn't hurt himself. I always put him at my 2-step stairway between my living room and kitchen, where I could see him easily. And I told him calmly since I loved him very much, I didn't like him to hurt himself. When he's ready to talk, I put him on my lap and tried to find out what he had in mind. I had used that spot for time out for many years. Therefore, he knew I put him there was not kind of punishment, just I waited him to calm down so we could try to solve the problems out. Right now, he's 8 years old, whenever he's frustrated, he comes to talk to me by himself or sometimes he takes a bit time to calm himself down then talk to me.

Answer 5

Ignore his tantrums. (terrible twos), he is doing it to take control of the situation. He wants your attention and wants to get his way. But be prepared. Once he figures out that throwing himself on the ground doesn't work, he'll try other methods, banging is head, biting himself, even holding his breath. You can tell him that behaving in that manner isn't going to get himself what he wants because you ignore inappropriate behavior such as his tantrums. Then when he settles down and behaves nicely be sure to reward him and compliment him on how well he is doing.

Answer 6

don't even look at him, walk away, let him cry. When he chills out go to him hug him and tell he needs to not scream and yell at you or he gets nothing. My 22 month old has crazy fits ALot, i was still babying him Alot as well. So I have put my foot down. He isn't a baby anymore unfortunately. He's smart that's why he throws the fit, he KNOWS it will get your attention. I have been through this with my 3 other sons as well. This is the only method, not giving in.
Good luck

Answer 7

my son did the same thing at that age he actually would hit his head on the closest object weather it be the floor the table or the wall. then he would come crying to me because he hurt himself. i used to hold him down not so much as to were your hurting him. but enough so that he cant hurt himself until he calms down when he realizes that every time he does this you make him stop eventually he will learn and he will stop. reinforce good behavior. when your son is being good you should treat him to something special. for my son it was his favorite book. maybe even a movie or a TV program. my son is now 3 and he did eventually stop hurting him self. I think its a faze that some kids go through because my best-friends daughter went through something like this too at that age. good luck. and happy new year.

Answer 8

If he is hurting himself the only thing I could recommend is restraining him until his anger and tantrum passes. This may take a few minutes so be patient. Just hold his arms down at his side with a snug bear hug while sitting with him in your lap or kneeling beside him and he'll get even angrier but will soon give up and just cry. Once he's just crying and is calm enough. Let him go or snuggle with him. Whatever he prefers.

Answer 9

Best possible way is to let him lay there and throw his tantrum, dont pay him any mind unless he is doing something like chewing an electric cord or something similar where he is going to get really hurt to the point where he will die.

A tantrum is resolved when one tires themselves out by kicking, stomping, and thrashing about. Eventually they will hurt themselves enough from slamming there own heads on the floor that they stop doing what they are doing and start calming down. Works like a charm every time.

Answer 10

I think our children are related!!!! or its just the typical 15 mth thing. My little girl, doesn't matter where it is, church, school, mall she will throw her self on the ground start kicking her legs and screaming and pushing herself on her back. She has given herself carpet burns on her back from this. Basically what I do whens he does this is step over her and keep walking. after about 20 minutes and she realizes no one is paying attention she stops and goes on her way. Now we have gotten some that have received a spanking. After she gets a spanking I sit her in my lap and I tell her why she got a spanking..." little girls don't act like this, they don't throw themselves around and be ugly, blah blah... you get he point. But I have always been taught never give into them because then they know they run the show. Basically step over and keep going.