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"All the baby books I&amp;#039;ve read have said the best way to deal with a toddler&amp;#039;s sub-rational temper tantrum is to ignore it.  That seemed easy enough\u2014sort of like crying it out at night without the crib. But lately when we ignore Emmett&amp;#039;s freak-outs (he&amp;#039;s mad I won&amp;#039;t let him dump bubble solution on the kitchen floor or he&amp;#039;s flailing wildly when it&amp;#039;s time to get into his stroller) he only gets MORE hysterical.  It&amp;#039;s SO tempting to try to distract him or pick him up to calm him down, but I double-checked with the doctor at Emmett&amp;#039;s 18-month (!!!!) appointment today, and she said ignoring him is really for real what we have to do. She also said if I don&amp;#039;t ignore them now, they&amp;#039;re only going to get worse as he gets older.  Blergh.  I feel like if I ignore Emmett, he&amp;#039;s going to think I don&amp;#039;t love him. And it&amp;#039;s SO hard to watch him get upset!  Will ignoring the freak-outs really make them go away?! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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