Toddler severe tantrums, inconsolable fits

Question

#advicepls  my 2yr plus old son goes into 15mins-30mins severe meltdown every day for the past few days. Hes having fever and flu for a while, so we thought it might be due to him feeling uncomfortable. But the meltdowns are quite bad. He would cry uncontrollably, scream, go hysterical and nothing can stop him. He throws himself backwards violently and sometimes starts hitting me when I tighten my grip on him (to prevent him from falling). Each meltdown goes on for more than 10mins, happens once or twice a day, and the trigger can be something really minor eg change diaper. Not sure if I aggravated or triggered though cos sometimes Im just very loud and assertive. But he usually responds well to all these triggers. Just like to understand if this is normal behaviour, ie kid can go hysterical when sick for no reason. Or its something we need to work on, eg its a fundamental problem thats not due to sickness?.

itsallabout_mytwokids · Accepted Answer

It can be that his just having a stage of 'terrible two' meltdown or probably feeling tired, whiny and uncomfortable with his sickness. Perhaps, when his having meltdown you may try two different method of either letting him express himself till he is tired or cuddle him and learning ways to calm him down. You may also ask him why, what happened and let him share with you when his better. Perhaps that helps.