I Just Termed After 2 Days

[cheerfuldom]

PP, your story is pretty typical of a lot of kids these days. Mom and dad keep doing all the baby stuff and most of it amounts to keeping something in their mouth so they are quiet. They also don't require a child to adapt and grow as evidenced by the dad getting mad at you. He didn't care that his child was acting crazy, only that you weren't willing to put up with it. It will continue unless Dad sees the light and mom gets a backbone. The families that I have seen with kids like these either have two super soft parents or dad is a huge bully and because mom is not used to standing her ground with him, she doesn't usually with the kids either. I had one dad scream in my face literally after I termed his 10 month old rage baby for jumping on my daughter and punching her so hard in the back multiple times until she was covered in welts. I had pictures to prove it which the parents refused to look at. I never cried so hard as that day, seeing my little girl get beat up. I would never have thought a child so young was capable of something like that but now I know better.

[Unregistered]

Rage babies

I absolutely think that rage babies exist and they become rage toddlers, and the pattern keeps on going. All of the points that Nan made are valid. I've seen babies like the OP's dc baby. It's pretty frightening when I think about the big picture for those babies. I've seen a scary trend with children over the last few year. It seems to stem from feeling entitled (kids and parents) and from having their parents not only do everything for the kids, but also giving in the the temper tantrums and letting the kids run their house.

Maybe I'm just old school but my kid would be in a world of trouble if she treated me the way that I see some of my dcks treating their parents. As a kid, I wouldn't have even considered behaving the way that my dcks behave with their parents!

I've seen kids exhibiting manipulative behavior with their parents at some very young ages and they are so good at it that it's scary. Fortunately, my dcks haven't treated me the way that they treat their parents. They aren't perfect by any means, but then again, who is?

[jen]

There is no such thing as a rage baby did you pull that out the air? Yes some children are more angry then others so are some adults. If it is a special needs child the anger is something he probably can not control. I feel bad for the child as no daycare wants him because they cant deal with them and I feel for the parents of this child also hopefully he gets some help when he is older or outgrows the tantrums or whatever it is he is having.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=taming-baby-rage-why-are

[nannyde]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...y-rage-why-are

Well there ya go.

I think it's great that they are looking at in utero too.

I think it has more to do than physical acting out though. I think it manifests itself in the core of their behavior.... in anger, not consolable, wanting constant stimulation, eating issues, sleep disturbance AND of course the physical acting out... particularily such an intense rage that they are willing to hurt themselves and not even feel it.

[Susy]

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Hey, that post leaves me feenlig foolish. Kudos to you!