How do you control an 18 month old

I certainly don’t know. My 18 month old has screamed since she was about three weeks old. It’s not just crying. It is full on screaming and has the newborn page and honestly my nervous system is fried. I am trying so hard. I feel so bad for my oldest. I feel bad for my husband and truth be told. I feel bad for me. I feel bad for my 18 month old because she thinks this is the only effective way of communicating. It doesn’t matter if she is happy if she is sad if she is mad if she is hurt she is screaming. The screaming is endless the only time she stops as if she’s asleep and she will wake up from a dead sleep, screaming for hours. We are all losing sleep. It’s like she’s a newborn again and I wish I had advice. I just want you to know that you are not alone.

I’ve had similar issues with my 18 almost 19 month old. When he starts throwing food in the floor I do a couple different things. First I’ll tell him “if you don’t want it you can put it here” (I usually use the little cup holder portion of his tray).

Second I’ll take the food away and say something along the lines of “ if you if you don’t want to eat, that’s OK, but we’re not going to throw food in the floor. We leave it on our tray.” I will then try giving him the food back if he seems like he wants it and/or offer him a bite that I feed to him to test and see if he’s hungry. If he doesn’t seem to want it then I’ll just get him down and not push it.

Something I heard a pediatrician say that has also seemed to make a difference is giving the child less food. At this age, children can become overwhelmed very easily. So giving less at a time and more servings seems to work really well.

Hi my twins are the same age. A lot of this is normal. Why is he able to reach plugs though? Block him from anything unsafe because babies are curious and want to explore. He isn't misbehaving, he doesn't know any better. They still need repetition and will learn what is yes or no.
It sounds like he isn't hungry enough. Maybe he eats too many snacks in between meals? What does he drink? Hopefully nothing with sugar.

Is he having sleep issues? Sleep can be a major factor in behaviour regulation that we often forget about.

My son has been trying to unplug and plug stuff back in for a while now. I normally just remind him that it hurts. Since he has accidentally shocked himself. Even then it didn’t bother him 🙃 but usually having him take something else out and in helps!

U dont. U stay calm. Allow them to co regulate with u, allow enough time for them to get physical input throughout the day, learn to give heads up before transitions like diapers time or leaving the house would get a 5 min heads up, remember now you can start using natural consequences as they are now technically toddlers. If they keep throwing a ball at someone face, u take the ball from them or take them away from the ball . Overtime they learn, ignore bad behaviour (the tantrums etc) not the child, lisa brunnage has alot of great advice her podcast is called brat busters. I feel pretty confident these days to handle most things my child throws at me because of her advice and because it works!