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[quote=Anonymous] [/quote] PP, this sounds like my 3.5 year old. I’m starting to see signs that she is really just overwhelmed when this happens, and once the switch flips, it takes at least 15-20 minutes to calm down, and that’s assuming nothing else (for example, someone yelling at her) happens during that time.  When she did this, how did you keep her in her room?  We have tried getting our daughter to cry it out (or scream and throw things!) in her room in these situations but she just comes back out and does so throughout the house. [/quote]

We started by holding the door shut but that didn't work for a variety of reasons. One I was spending hours holding it shut and two it made it seem like it was a battle between us and would escalate the situation. So we made sure her room was safe and then turned the door knob around so that it locked from the outside. She got REALLY mad the first couple days we did this, then got use to it. We took everything but the bed, dresser, and chair out of her room, to stop the throwing things.

I really did try to watch and see if she was getting overwhelmed or if she was overtired or hungry as these were all triggers. But there was many times when she would go from happy go lucky to demon possessed in five seconds.

The one thing our Ped recommended was whatever method we chose to deal with it was to be consistent. I really thought it would go away in a couple months. I never would have guessed it would take years. I think it was part our consistency and part her just maturing. I really wanted her to learn to control herself when she is upset.  I figured it would be harder to undo the screaming fits as a teenager then to deal with it as a two year old.

Best of luck to you. [/quote]

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