Tantrums

Yesterday I whole heartedly planned on blogging.  Writing my days of thanks entries and catching up on some of the blogs I haven't read in awhile.  Braden was at school.  Gracie and I had little planned but I couldn't get to it because my darling little sweetheart of a daughter was unpredictably The Tantrum Queen!  The last couple of days she can be so happy and then BOOM! she's a nightmare.  She's screaming, flailing, biting, name a tantrum behavior and she's doing it.  I don't remember going through this so much with Braden.  My theory on that is that Gracie sees an older sibling that she wants to keep up with, communicate with and share life with but she can't do all those things easily yet.  It's frustrating for her.  So, her reaction, to freak out.  I mean FREAK OUT!  She doesn't even have tears when she's doing this.  She's just arching and screaming and throwing things and just all out flipping out.  It's awful to see.  It's uncontrollable and I have no idea what to do to help her out.  I often just let her go and then she jams her two comfort fingers into her mouth and she's silent.  It's crazy.  From one extreme to the next.  A this point, I'm just praying for patience.  Praying no one gets hurt from flying objects.  And holding out hope that she won't remember this horrible anger that comes over her when she is older!  Poor little angel!  I hope other Momma's out there can give me some advice on how to help my baby or what to do!?

how could that sweet smile turn to such anger :(

those sweet comfort fingers first thing in the morning

the picture I have of her crying - not really a tantrum cry though!