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Katti
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My son is 18 months and just within the past three weeks has started whining for anything and everything. He is not talking much and I know he's getting frustrated not being able to communicate. He understands a very large amount of commands and what we're saying but lately he just won't listen or cooperate. The biggest problem is that when he throws a fit he tilts his head back and almost always will allow himself to fall to the ground. Most of the time he will hit head head on the floor or the arm of a chair/couch unless his father and I are right there while he's throwing his fit. I can't be right next to him everytime he starts whining but because he keeps falling and hurting himself I try to rush to him when I see him throw his head back so I can catch him before he hits his head again. When he throws his head back he does not look where he's going or seem to care. I think rushing to him and trying to keep him from falling is making it worse but I've tried ignoring him (but still watching him when he doesn't know it) and also have tried picking him up and sitting him in a soft chair but neither works. He'll either hit his head from throwing himself back if I'm not right next to him or he'll scoot down the chair to the floor while crying and screaming and hit his head there. Just an FYI- he's not intentionally hitting his head, it just happens because of how he tilts his head way back while screaming and throwing his fits. I'm really stressed and desperate. I don't want to let him cry it out because I can't figure out a safe place for him to do it without still ending up on the floor. His crib and play pen are worse because he'll fall into the wood bars and get hurt worse or fall into the mesh of the playpen with his face and get hurt or hurt his neck from the way he falls straight into it. Any ideas or advice please? Any one have a child that did something like this???