tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901375736179555122.post2956087807399215465..comments2024-01-03T09:22:07.279-08:00Comments on Once there was this Funny Boy and this Artsy Girl: We can finally walk outside without shriveling up and dyinganniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00393381391942995085noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901375736179555122.post-13364830970307111662013-09-26T20:36:48.917-07:002013-09-26T20:36:48.917-07:00You are so nice to be so sympathetic, Charlotte! T...You are so nice to be so sympathetic, Charlotte! They are just the usual tantrums of a toddler where things aren't going the way that she thinks they should and she gets upset about it! But I'm thinking she'll grow out of it... at least I hope so!anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393381391942995085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901375736179555122.post-89086240717099438342013-09-26T20:33:13.543-07:002013-09-26T20:33:13.543-07:00I love that advice for tantrums! I've been try...I love that advice for tantrums! I've been trying to do that lately! Sometimes I cave in when I see that she is about to barf because I want to try to calm her down before it's all over the place but it probably is better to just ignore it. And then some of the tantrums are a result of her getting hurt by falling off a chair or something so then she wasn't really doing anything wrong but she's just completely overreacting to what happened! But that's so good to hear that ignoring her helped reduce the tantrums! I will continue to do that!anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393381391942995085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901375736179555122.post-53309530089877421872013-09-26T20:28:38.458-07:002013-09-26T20:28:38.458-07:00You were a barfer?! I would never have guessed tha...You were a barfer?! I would never have guessed that about you, Katie! You are such a calm person! Your poor parents to have to change your sheets every night! I can tell you from personal experience that cleaning barf chunks out of sheets in the sink is the grossest thing ever (sorry for the graphic picture)! But I'm glad that Ella doesn't do it on command! What an amazing skill you had!anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393381391942995085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901375736179555122.post-87002436584607812013-09-25T08:52:49.009-07:002013-09-25T08:52:49.009-07:00Oooh you have a barfer... :( So sorry! My parents ...Oooh you have a barfer... :( So sorry! My parents said I used to cry myself sick every night as a 1-1 1/2 yr old multiple times just to get out of bed and play. Eventually my mom said they just had to change me and the crib sheets quietly without fuss and put me back down to bed over and over so I knew I wasn't getting up to play. <br />She even asked the doctor if babies could be bulimic which he sort of laughed at haha but apparently I could make myself throw up on demand. Poor little Ella, and poor you! Good luck getting through it. Someday it will be funny like you said, but still very stressful at the moment I am sure! Good luck! ksteadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729693745993380752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1901375736179555122.post-23447506620621597782013-09-25T08:47:30.618-07:002013-09-25T08:47:30.618-07:00Oh geez! That sounds messy & horrible! But you...Oh geez! That sounds messy & horrible! But you will definitely laugh about it someday. One thing that really helped us with tantrums was COMPLETELY ignoring her...no touch, no talk, no eye contact. She could be clinging to my leg and I would just go about my business like nothing was wrong. It was SO hard the first couple times, but after awhile she stopped having tantrums completely because she recognized that she wasn't getting any response from it. Obviously there are limits to what you can ignore, but it's worth a try? We worked really hard on taking 3 deep breaths when she was upset, but I forget when she started responding well to that...Ella is still so young! Hang in there Momma!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806847656894584721noreply@blogger.com