When Lexi is upset/mad and is down on the floor wailing away, she bangs her head on the floor. How do I teach her that it is ok to to mad and to scream, but that she shouldn't be hurting herself? My mom reports that my grandmother said that when my dad was young, he would go in the bathroom and bang his head on the bathtub. Is this someone hereditary?
Lexi's knees were finally healing from scraping them on the driveway when she fell down and rescrapped the left one. Jane reported this to me and said something like 'she's scrapped her knee again - they will never heal." I replied, that yes, Lexi might have scrapes on her knees until she is 18! Jane protested that no, she would stop this falling down soon.
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It's funny how much our girls are similar. Calla hasn't had a head-banging, back-arching, feet-stomping temper tantrum for a while, but when she did, all I could do was carry/drag her to the middle of a carpeted area where it seemed she would do the least damage to herself and me. It always seemed to last forever, but I suspect it wasn't longer than a minute or two. I'm with you on wondering how to handle it.
And just when one scab heals, another bruise or bump pops up. If it's not because of a fall, it's because I've forgotten to cut her fingernails and she's scratched herself badly during the night. Still not winning mother of the year.
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