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Got some more info on the 2.5 yr old. She was removed 13 months ago (she was then 18 months old) because... are you sitting down.... her birthparents beat her older sister (who was only 2.5 at that time) to death. I was absolutely speechless...... what in the world possesses people to do such things? Both parents are in prison and TPR has obviously already taken place. She is free for adoption. The only real behavior problem is that she apparently throws some humdinger temper tantrums. You'd expect that at this toddler age, but it is also exaggerated by her experiences (she witnessed her sister's death). We are still moving forward with getting her records, photo, etc. This sweet girl definitely needs some solid home life and role models and we are hoping we will be it. The CPS worker is happy with us and is wanting to make plans to move her. She has to be moved within the next 3 months. We are discussing a long transition period so that we can get a feel for what her tantrums are like and to see if we could handle it. Caleb definitely had tantrums but I know that these are rooted in some seriously traumatic history.

After all that rambling, I actually have a question! LOL For those of you that had young children that threw tantrums, how did you handle it and did it ever level out? Barki, I remember you discussing this at chat one night (I think?).

Thanks all!

Lara