Baby Rage

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jenbrooke — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:42:52 GMT

This is the funniest post ever. I was cracking up. Mathis does the adorable little pouty face that makes me want to die but he is such a faker. It's literally like "WAAAAAAAAAA....(I hand him my cell phone) ...WAAAAAAAA- heh heh." Also he's extremely whiny lately. He'll giggle at something I do and then immediately whine like he wants me to know he didn't really mean to laugh. I can't figure it out.

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LauraLaura — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:24:19 GMT

That is a tantrum I think I'd pay to watch.... I don't think Flann has had a true tantrum yet. He just sobs hysterically when he wants something or is thwarted. But when they emerge I hope they're as comedic as Axel's.

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Melissa — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:15:04 GMT

You name it, Michael has done it. He's bitten furniture, stomped his foot, hit things and people and himself, cried, shrieked, banged his head on his hand or other things or, my personal favorite, sometimes he just full-on catches the vapors and falls out.

The latest is throwing his teething ring down when I leave him at day care: "Take that Mommy!" FYI, he has the teething ring at day care because he has bitten another child more than once. Sigh.

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knockedup — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:40:05 GMT

MidLifeMama - the gas is random. Sometimes I do think it's because he's gulped in air while screaming, as you suggested.

Hillary, I agree; I'm so glad he's biting me and not kids at daycare!

Joanie, maybe your daughter is just training to be the youngest winner of an Academy Award!

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Joanie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:28:31 GMT

My girl goes limp, collapses to the ground in huge, heavy sobs and drops her face to the floor. Her forehead goes "bonk!" on the ground. It's so dramatic, like she snuck in some Sarah Bernhardt actor training on the sly.

And she's not even 15 months yet. Am I doomed?

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MidLifeMama — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:56:59 GMT

For some reason this made me think of Marvin the Martian from the Bugs Bunny cartoons: Ooooh, you make me soooo aaaaangry. TOOT.

Out of curiosity, has it occurred to you that Axel is screaming and farting because he has gas, and not farting because he is mad? I don't know if it happens with any consistency, like after eating a particular food, or if it just always happens, in which case perhaps he is farting because he has gulped so much air from all the screaming. And that kids does not have any disorders. He is just 1. And ADORable.

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Hillary — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:02:32 GMT

Our Boy, 10 months, also began throwing tantrums in the last couple weeks. It's kind of shocking how quickly he turns from smiling, chubby-faced boy into screeching, red-faced monster. I love your era name, Cara. The Weally Willful Ones -- so appropriate.

And Oz, our kiddo also giggles when I poo-poo the love bites to mama. At least we're not dealing with biting incident reports from daycare, right.

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Sara — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:02:46 GMT

I was trying to read this to my husband and cracking up the whole time. I love your description.

When mine gets mad, he just cries. But he has the cutest little sad panda face that it's hard not to be just a little amused. Especially when he's totally faking it.

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knockedup — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:02:38 GMT

Alicia, that's hilarious!

Cara, I hear you with the Weally Willful Ones. We're there, big time.

EG & Mommychicky, Axel's been biting, too. But he doesn't bite out of rage - he gives love bites, and only to me. I tell him not to bite, and he just laughs. Makes me wonder if he's developing baby Anti Social Personality Disorder.

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EG — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:04:19 GMT

I usually don't LITERALLY laugh out loud, but reading this I truly did.

When my son was Axel's age (he's now the much more mature 19 months) he went through a biting phase when he was frustrated. But he only ever bit me, thank goodness. He does have a teradactyl screech. And rarely, but memorably, he gets so frustrated and angry that he'll shake, grit his teeth, and growl. It makes me realize how frustrating it must get to be a toddler. You can't communicate and people can just pick you up and move you.

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Mommychicky — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:48:25 GMT

Sometimes she'll get so mad, that she bites furniture. Seriously, I caught her biting the arm of couch this morning because we wouldn't give her a snack. 'Course, it is better than biting herself (which she used to do) or attempting to bite on of us...

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Cara — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:36:31 GMT

My daughter has begun with the temper tantrums big time. Whenever I deny her something, ANYTHING, she starts crying and pounding her little fists on whatever is handy: floor, bed, my face. Oh, there's some screeching thrown in for good measure, but the wailing is the key part. I thought this stubbornness was a symptom of the terrible twos. Not loving the Weally Willful Ones.

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erin — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:09:54 GMT

oh man, you have me cracking up. i swear our kids are related. petunia too like the high velocity screech with a little seizure like shake thrown in just to show me how truely angry she is....like the screeching didn't clue me in right away. :)

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Alicia Jessmon — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:18:43 GMT

Aw! I know well that shriek of anger and am now getting to the stage of the clothes being pulled off now. My booga also farts when he's angry, he'll nurse while making all these angry noises and then out comes a lot of toots and then he's quiet. Ah but I think the feet do get warm when angry...or it's just among red-headed babies that it happens.

"One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato-Hey! Put those pants back on! No no, do not attempt to take off your diaper!" And then comes the he-man struggle to rip open the front of his onesie. Love your blog by the way! ^-^