Soothing Baby's Frustrations

Tantrums start long before age 2. Here's how to help baby manage life's daily frustrations.

By Holly Robinson

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I'll Cry If I Want To

Recently, Vincent Hammer put 18-month-old Markus in his high chair and was blindsided by his son's monster tantrum. "He didn't want to sit in his high chair," says Hammer, who lives in northern Vermont. "He screamed for 15 minutes. I finally had to give up and take him out again." Most parents dread the "terrible 2s," that foot-stomping age when kids are apt to turn themselves inside out with rage when things don't go their way. But the thorny truth is that babies experience -- and express -- frustration long before their second birthday.

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