tantrums

This weekend Eddie really started throwing tantrums. I thought maybe it was in reaction to the fact that I went out Friday and Saturday night, or maybe it was because his routine was thrown off, or maybe just because. Probably the latter. Up until this point his tantrums were really just major bouts of whining, but now he is arching his back if you are holding him, flinging himself to the ground and rolling around or just lying there wailing. Luckily he has yet to pull this in a public setting. It really only occurs during a transition - when we make a change in activities or location. And occurs most frequently when he is outside and we tell him we have to go in, or we try to prevent him from doing something outside, like running around on the poop-covered lawn. The other place he flips out is on the changing table - still hates to have his diaper changed and although it got better for awhile with some new songs and distractions, it is now back to being at the all-time worst with him literally trying to climb down the changing table to escape from the perils of a diaper change. He is also getting more upset when we are out and about and have to put him in his carseat to go home. So I am going to make up a new transition song specifically for car rides. My other transition song that we say whenever we have to change activities is "we had fun, now we're done." It seems to really help. Maybe there will have to be another song for when we have to stop playing outside and go inside...