I don't really have any advice because I didn't have kids that did that. My daughter's oldest would have "meltdowns" similar to what you describe. That's one of the reasons she doesn't talk to me today; she would spank him really hard... I turned her into CPS after months of trying to talk to her.

I think today's thinking is to not reward that kind of behavior. Come to think of it, Jerry would send him to his room and would give him permission to scream all he wanted. Jerry just didn't have to listen to it. (MUCH!) Jerry would sometimes even go outside to lessen the desibles but would check in on him to make sure he was safe. After a while, Matt got the idea that it wasn't doing him any good so he'd stop and ask if he could come out.

My oldest son, on the other hand, would take his own child and secure the boys arms and legs in order to not get hurt and would just hold him tight. He'd tell him that as soon as he stopped screaming, he would let go. It seemed to work quicker for my son than for Jerry, but I don't know...

My first husband would have belted the kid a couple of times and said "You want to scream???? I'll give you a reason to scream!!!!!" That's definetely a NO NO!

You might want to look into why your baby is in an angry mood. Has he had enough sleep? Could he be hungry? Could it be something physical that he doesn't know how to express? Could he be bored? Seems to me something would be going on with him that he doesn't know what to do with, maybe some sort of an emotion. They say little ones will sometimes cry themselves to sleep as a way to wind themselves down because they don't know any other way.

Something is giving me a tiny little bell in the back of my head... something about a rocking chair... a book? Maybe one of the younger parents would know about this. Jennie? Sabrina?

Good luck, Des. They don't call it the Terrible Two's for nothing!