temper tantrum

Tears and Tantrums: Taming the Beast

February 8, 2012
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Crying. Let’s first define it. Crying is tears. It can lead to screaming and kicking and shaking. Crying isn’t whining. Crying isn’t meowing. Crying isn’t going boneless and falling to the floor to get what you want. Also not crying: sweating, coughing, shaking and even throwing up. But all that can lead to true crying. [...]

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Does This Sound Familiar?

September 3, 2009

Mommy: “Which one do you want? The pink one or the blue one?” Baby: “No.” Mommy: “Look how nice they both are…you can have one – the pink or the blue one” Baby: “Nooooooooo” This was the scene behind our front door the other morning as we headed out to the playground. Since it’s cold [...]

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The Belly Flop

August 20, 2009

Ahh, the Wondrous Belly Flop – right on schedule at 2 years of age. As we near Sophie’s 2nd birthday, we’ve been introduced the full throttled, belly on the floor, fists and feet pounding temper tantrum. Good times. Good times. The tantrums have been happening for a while now, though looking back they paled in [...]

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