I wouldn't say that she is to young. If you want to understand your child that is one thing then your child understanding herself and that is what therapy and treatment is all about. I can understand what you're going through very well actually. I have taken a 2 year old into my home, my nephew, and this child has some hardcore fits.....like none I have never seen and I have a 3 and 4 year olds of my own too. He's acts sort of similar but is not nearly as advanced as your daughter sounds. he can't communicate as well, so it's a bit hard.
My son snaps like that too. I asked him if he liked the puppet show he saw in preschool yesterday and he screamed "the puppet show is over!!!" I was like daaaaang, I won't ask again...jeesh.
Babies that age can't express themselves like we can, maybe she has feelings she's not able to comprehend and she feels angry or frustrated.
Another thing (when people say this to me it makes me bitter) is reinforcement. You have to consistently reinforce her behavior, while explaining verbally, over and over and over till it ceases. Even a good bare butt whooping with the hand is effective when all else fails. I've been practicing the time outs and whoopins on my nephew for a little while now and he is improving! I mean, it's a miracle what a little bit of reinforcement does. Just be sure to praise equally or more, I have to remind myself to do that sometimes.
I hope it gets better for you, I know how frustrating it can be.
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