Age & Stage

Tantrum Busters

It happens in the shop, on the floor, over something that made no sense to anybody. And underneath the embarrassment is the harder part: your toddler has feelings far bigger than the vocabulary they have to explain them, and you're supposed to stay calm about it on not enough sleep.

Tantrums are developmentally normal, and they pass. Knowing that doesn't help much in the moment.

Little Bodies, Big Feelings

Let's be straight about this: nothing you can buy stops a tantrum. What products can do is remove the physical triggers underneath — sore gums, over-tiredness, hunger, over-stimulation — which is where a surprising number of them start.

We’ve pulled together some practical things that can help, along with guidance on what’s actually happening developmentally and what tends to work — most of which is about helping you navigate their big feelings, rather than trying to stop the tantrums altogether.