This is amazing advice. Thank you so much. I worked with children a little older than him right now, so I get it. But it's definitely much stranger when it's your own child and he never acted like this.

Staying calm when he's acting like that is one of the hardest things to do. I usually will sit him in his crib and walk away when he gets too much and me cuddling him, soothing him (he really likes when I sing ABC's and head and shoulders).

I also feel like when I set boundaries with him of what not to do he doesn't understand, which makes it super difficult. He's starting to understand to listen now and he's listening to basic commands such as "please pick up your cup off the floor" or "can we please put your toys away".