Temper tantrums from a grandchild.

[Daisy]

DD texted me that night to say when talking over the day at bedtime as they always do, he said it was good when he went to the RM with us, but bad when he ran away and was naughty. DD said he looked so sad.
It is a good sign that he has regrets and knows when he has been naughty. The real worry is when children don't know, or care, when they are!

All credit to your GS for acknowledging that he was out of order and is sorry. That's a very mature way to be, so I'm sure he'll soon learn to stay calm. You're all supporting him which is great. I would have been surprised if the tantrum had been caused by a sugar rush to be honest. I can't imagine that you were feeding him non-stop Haribos and Cola all day!!!

[Libra Gran]

Not wanting to hijack your thread Gem,but Taren at 6 had a massive meltdown today. I received a text from DD saying under no circumstances was T allowed any sweets (Thursday treat) she had been in trouble for shouting at her parents and had been warned the penalty was no sweeties at Granny's. Picked them up from school and our routine is always in the car and we each have a mentos peppermint, off course had to tell T that no she wasn't allowed. Golly Moses did she have a hissy fit,arguing mints were not sweets and Mummy had said mints were okay just not sweets. I explained of course their sweets as they contain sugar, M pipes up agreeing with me. This sent T into a bigger spin and her calling M a smelly poo, horrible fart face, your trying to get me into bigger trouble M heaven knows where the F word came from,of course I told her this was not acceptable and if she carried on I would ban sweets for next week as well. But I have to admit,keeping a straight face was soooooooo difficult. She is on an amber warning as DD uses the green,amber, red code leading to the penalty.

[Gemini]

Libra, hijack away, nice to know I'm not the only gran with a temper inclined grandchild!!

Children hate it when siblings get involved in the tellings off and punishments, don't they? I can imagine it being hard keeping a straight face!

My GDs school has amber and red face warnings. Being on the red face is a serious thing! GD has been on amber face once - for talking

[Nana]

I've come to this thread late but will add my four pennie's worth. My oldest GS was like this at 3. At Nursery they said he was well behaved & very helpful. He drove his mummy crazy at home. She said 'Forget the terrible 2's...3 is murder.' He kicked off once or twice but we persevered & took him places re-enforcing behavior & boundaries. Hopefully he'll tire of it when he realises his tantrums don't get him anywhere. Good luck.

[Shemadee]

DD2's blood sugar would drop and then she would get grumpy! A piece of fruit or a rich tea would settle her down between meals. Must admit my concentration goes as well but OH seems to be able to skip meals as long as he is concentrating on something. We are all different! Not too difficult to cope at home but much more so when out in public though I was always aware not just to cave in to avoid embarrassment as that could be a slippery slope! DD2 was surprised to find SILs wider family having lying on the floor screaming and kicking tantrums at 12 years!

[Gemini]

My GD, 6, gets grumpy if she goes too long between eating too. We all realised this some years ago, so try to have something with us if we are out, in case a meal is later than we intended.

[Daisy]

Both my sons seem to get sudden drops in their blood sugar and need an instant snack. But they are both inclined to eat at irregular times which I'm sure isn't good for them! At least at 40 and 43 they don't have tantrums now!!!

[Oma]

Oliver was a terror for running off so we set boundary he was allowed to run ahead a short distance but when I said stop he had to wait till we got to him then he could go ahead again , the punishment for not stopping when I said so was putting the baby reins on he didn't like that one bit so I only had to show them , he knew I always had them in my bag . It worked a treat for us and had no running off but he took no notice of his parents I had a more sterner voice and the MAM/NANA look 😊

[Gemini]

Oma, if ever we take GS out again (LOL) we will take the pushchair I think, then at least we can bundle him in there if he plays up! Reins are a good idea too

[Shemadee]

Perhaps you should practice your stern grandma face before your next outing, Gem.😡

[Gemini]

Believe me I did Shem!
I'm very much a soft touch with my GC. However I worked with children for many years, and you have to be able to be stern etc when needed, to do the job. I brought out the professional Stern Face

I have to say he was an angel when everyone was here on Sunday!

[Daisy]

Gem - it's not all bad then, if he coped with your family gathering on Sunday.

I'd forgotten that GD1 missed the terrible twos but made up for it when she was three!! GD2 on the other hand, is at the stage where every request is met with 'No!' Today's conversation (one of them!):

Me: Wanting to change a smelly nappy "Have you done a poo?"

GD2: No

Me: Let's have a race upstairs.

GD2: No

Me: I bet I'll win.

GD2: No

Me: Well, I suppose the dog will win, then.

GD2: scrambling up stairs, No!

I lifted her onto her changing mat on the bed (I can't change her on the floor)

Me: Lie down sweetheart

GD: No

Me: Shall I tickle you then?

GD: No

Me: Well I'm just going to change you anyway.

GD: screams all the way through. Then gave me a hug and kiss!

She's just pushing her boundaries, I know, but sometimes it's hard not to get impatient when a simple nappy change can take 20 minutes!

[Gemini]

We need Deep Breaths Daisy, when the little darlings are pushing us to the limit!!

[Daisy]

Gem - I was tempted to take deep breaths to scream as well, but being rather older than 2 I managed to resist!!

[Plantaholic]

Difficult Daisy, I stopped asking questions and because it was always met with a no