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"My grandson threw a "fit" in a DQ about a year ago when he was 2. "

I have a 2 1/2 yr old who throws a tantrum over any tiny thing that annoys him. If his toy car won't roll just like he wants he screams and has a fit. Public, private, with or without attention he doesn't care. I've spanked, I've ignored, and I've tried time out. The closest thing that seems to help is the time out thing until he gets himself under control. I also have a 7mth old that is luckily an easy baby so I can deal with my son when I need to without her adding to it. I've been battling his temper for about 4 mths now and am at a loss now for stopping it. At this point I fear the only thing I can do is hope it's just the "terrible" of terrible 2's and the phase will pass. Literally every 5 minutes I'm having to stop him from either trying to hurt the cat, trying to hurt his sister, trying to break things, trying to pull out stuff he knows he's not allowed to touch, trying to pull down the blinds. Spanking doesn't phase him and he goes right back to doing whatever he was doing. Time out on the couch gives me about an hour a 1/2 of crying until he relaxes and is allowed to get back up (he can't get off the couch until the crying/screaming stops.) Lately I've resorted to using the same water squirt bottle on him that I use on the cat to stop him in whatever act he's in. It stops him from doing it but still results in screaming that you can hear from the road outside.

It will get better. They grow out of it. Society doesn't help much now. The little ones are smart too. They seem to know that they may not get spanked in public. My grandson is his fathers son. Not really his fault. I cursed his dad. I remember telling him I hope you have three just like you. Mothers really need to be careful saying things like that. You don't think of grandchildren throwing fits at that time though. lol. Reducing how much and where you take him out in public and the time outs seem to work well. We have the dreaded red chair by the clock. One minute, 5 if really bad works for this one now. He's 3 too, so stop or we aren't going to the park or stopping for a happy meal seems to work also. I know it isn't funny now but someday you will look back and laugh. A sense of humor a must to get thru this.