Toddler Behavior

What basically motivates the behavior of the child? How our sweet, dimpled and lovable toddlers can turns to be a difficult, red faced or face with full anger living thing in a few moments only? The more important is why does he or she behaves like it and what one should do handle the situation?

Tantrums or bad temper the worst part in toddler behavior

It actually never fails. One has planned a family outing for a dinner in a local restaurant on weekend. In the restaurant everyone has ordered and received his or her meals, and now is the time to enjoy your meal peacefully together. All of a sudden your little toddler gives a blood terrifying scream and start shaking his or her body on the high chair and moving too and fro on it.

Well the reason can be that his or her food lot of meat sauce on the spaghetti, but it’s insignificant. May be your toddler did not get the French fries, and his or her sibling is eating them, or may be your toddler wants to have a soft drink, and you have ordered milk for him. These are the very minor problems, right?

Something really very important to know is “what is the actual problem with your toddler”:

Why your toddler is behaving in this way? The major role in the tantrums is of the frustration in the toddler. Why is your toddler frustrated? As the toddlers grows up and gains maturity, he or she learns new and very vital skills everyday in life. Usually this time is really full of excitation and joy in the human beings around him who are parents, grand parents and siblings; but simultaneously it also a time when your toddler gets or builds frustration. Your toddler might be gaining lot of independence which he or she is not allowed to express by mother, father or any other family member.

Try to think about the problem this way. Your toddler has matured enough about his or her needs, but take care of the fact that he or she is not matured enough to judge whether its good or bad for their wellbeing or not. So now its clear that if your toddler does not get the things done in their own way their reaction can be very loud and unpredictable or hot blooded or volatile.

The ways to head off some of your toddlers fits

One can never stop or hold the occurring of the bad anger or tantrums every time, but there are few things which one can carry out in order to head off few fits they are as follows:

1. Try to make your toddler to take rest - The main reason of getting frustrated is tiredness. Make your toddler to take afternoon nap this will make him relaxed and keep his mind and body cool.
2. Snack or feed Time - if anyone of you is on an outing then your toddler can feel hungry more often than usual. Be sure that you are carrying plenty of nutritious snacks with yourself.