re: I know I've posted about this before but I seriously think m

lol are you sure we don't have the same baby LOL It actually is pretty normal behavior for their age. My girls didn't start till 3 to 4 years of age with the tantrums but my son was 11 months when his started. The other day my son was playing with the pots and pans in the cupboard and got one of the handles of the pots stuck, which he got really mad over . He started yelling and tried to slam the door shut with so much force it bounced on the pot handle and hit him in the head! thankfully it resulted in a little bruise . He got twice as upset after getting a bump and then tried to kick at the door resulting in a sore foot too boot! Once he started settling I checked him over and he was alright, I just moved all the pots with handles up to another spot and left what he can play with easily . I honestly don't think your son will overly hurt himself at this point . My son doesn't sleep much either and tries to demand sweets too lol
Now I make a game out of it which seems to work. I'll give him something healthy for meals and after he's done, he gets a cookie or yogurt or something he thinks is junk .

Just don't show it too him when your trying to get him to eat right. My hubby thought it would be a nice insentive to get him to eat hahah He pitched his plate and everything he could at daddy ... who broke down and gave him the cookie. I had a huge mess to clean up and a messy , cranky baby to bath.. as well as remake a new dinner for him .

Quoting Moses.:" Honestly, it sounds like he is addicted to sweets. A 1 yr old shouldn't even know what sweets are at ... [snip!] ... hard road but you can do it if you put your mind to it. If you truly are afraid you are going to hurt him, PLEASE seek help."

I agree. The sweets are adding to the "normal" tantrums a child has. If you reduce or eliminate the sweet foods with whole grains and more veggies, add in fruit for natural sugars, I'm sure you will see a great difference in his excessive tantrums.

OP: What do you do when he is having a tantrum?

Quoting Elizabeth 0315:" lol are you sure we don't have the same baby LOL It actually is pretty normal behavior for their age. ... [snip!] ... gave him the cookie. I had a huge mess to clean up and a messy , cranky baby to bath.. as well as remake a new dinner for him ."

It's to the pont no though where he never has a good day!! Like these past couple days if he is awake he is crying/screaming over something (or nothing). I feel like I am going insane because I have nobody to watch him so I can even leave to just relax I NEVER get time like that and I am losing hair etc, I feel like I am going to die from all this stress.

You need to overhaul his diet. Natural sugars in fruits are the best "sweets" out there.

I bet once you get his diet under control and it may take a few months to clear all of the "sweets" out, you will have a completely different child.

Quoting ashleynb1991:" It's to the pont no though where he never has a good day!! Like these past couple days if he is awake ... [snip!] ... leave to just relax I NEVER get time like that and I am losing hair etc, I feel like I am going to die from all this stress."

from about the year to 14 months I was going through the same. I cut all sugar out and 2 Dr trips to see if there was anything physical I was missing. and nothing improved at almost 15 months he finally slept through a full night, that was the beginning of it getting better.

Girl my son cried every night and every day. At least 18 hours of the day was just hearing him cry. Took him to doctors everywhere. The only thing they could diagnose him with was reflux. Put him on meds and it didnt heko. I sat there crying my eyes out along with cause I felt I was a terrible mother because mothers are supposed to know whats wrong with their babies. He didn't stop his crying AS MUCH until about 2 months ago.

The boy still cries and hits and refuses to sleep alone. I had never seen a baby cry like him. I heard so many people complain about his crying. I had my friend watch him one night for 3 hrs and she said she would never watch him again. No one could stand him.

He had surgery last month. His breathing is bad. I wasn't allowed to go back with him. They admitted him to a room so I sat there waiting...pacing the floors wanting my baby back. I got a call in the room from RECOVERY! They said they were bringing him down! Because he wouldn't calm down and she said "he's giving us problems up here mom, we'll bring him down immediately"!

The damn nurses couldn't even handle my poor baby. When he got back to me he fought me so bad.

Things really haven't gotten much better. He's a good boy. He really is, but he's very hard to handle.

Maybe one day things will look up. Just keep calm. And keep your ground. You are the grown up. Not him. You control him. Not the other way around.

I am a doula in Ypsilanti. If you are serious and really want help, I can reach out to the community and try to find some resources for you. You posted a few months ago that you were ready to just give him up, and I think that you really need some help. I am not necessarily equipped to do anything, but I can probably find people who can. Feel free to email me at aukertoni @ gmail dot com

Quoting !Randa Roo!:" Girl my son cried every night and every day. At least 18 hours of the day was just hearing him cry. Took ... [snip!] ... will look up. Just keep calm. And keep your ground. You are the grown up. Not him. You control him. Not the other way around."

Oh wow, well since I posted this my son has gotten better for the most part. He still throws his tantrums from time to time but hes starting to gain more independance and mellow out somewhat.

Quoting ashleynb1991:" Oh wow, well since I posted this my son has gotten better for the most part. He still throws his tantrums from time to time but hes starting to gain more independance and mellow out somewhat."

great to hear momma!