7 1/2 month old and temper already??

My son. Man oh man. He is always so MAD! I understand he's a baby, and he's becoming more interested & aware of his surroundings, and that he gets frustrated and can't convey what's wrong. But... I mean...it's bad lately. The past couple of weeks he has turned into a baby monster. He arches his back, kicks his legs and thrashes his arms, his face turns beet red, and he screams high pitched, girly screams. This has been constant. He wants nothing to do with his toys, either he plays with my phone, the remote, or tries to grab the laptop if it's around or he's mad. I walk away for a split second, even if I'm sitting NEXT to him, he's mad. I don't know what to do! Please tell me this is normal and just a phase. What can I do?? Obviously setting 'boundaries' and talking about it aren't options. TIA.

My son was like that and it eventually went away a bit.

He no longer screams bloody murder, just throws himself on the floor and smacks his leg.

Just ignore him and pay no attention to him.

If in public, try distracting him.

He will get that his tantrums won't phase you.

If they are really bad, to the point of him hurting himself, you can put the pack and play in the living room and putting him in there until he calms down.

DD is almost 9 months and has been like that since about 6 months. luckily not constantly, but she's starting to now that she's cruising. most of the time its if she's being kept away from something she wan'ts.

He's half a year old, he has no concept of emotions and applying them accurately.

He's learning how to use his muscles and trying to control parts of his body, and not being able to do that can upset infants.

Not to mention they can hardly see smurf and are surrounded by giants who speak another language. I'd freak out too.

he sounds like a perfectly normal baby.

Thanks ladies. And yeah, I get as I stated he's a baby and can't express himself properly, but as a daycare provider and a friend of other moms, I've never seen a baby THIS angry at this age in my personal experience. Yeah, maybe I''m not with them at home, but still, just not ever that I've seen.

DS is 8 months and the same way. He's normally happy but when he's mad he is MAD. I just try to redirect him except when he's mad because I left the room. Then I just let him have his little 2 second fit lol.