Tantrums

Lately, Sophi has been throwing a lot of temper tantrums. This is a concern for me, I think, because of her age. Is it typical for an 11 month old baby to have at least 4 tantrums a day where she will literally throw herself onto the ground, lock her entire body up, arch her back and start screaming like she's possessed? She does it any time I try to remove her from doing something that she isn't supposed to be doing or any time I dare to try and change her diaper or get her dressed. I'm at a total loss. One day last week, I tried to remove her from climbing up under a console table in our living room. I went to pick her up and as soon as I did, she pitched herself backwards in a fit and slammed her head into the metal foot of the table. Scared. The. Crap. Out of me. I have no idea what to do about these tantrums. I refuse to spank at this age. I firmly believe that a child does not understand discipline until around age 2. I've heard to just ignore her but how do I ignore her when she throws the fit while I'm holding her? I try "loving her through them" by holding her and trying to calm her down but the longer I do this, the more tantrums she seems to throw. I talked with Mitch about it last night and I think we are going to try to ignore them as best as we can by just not reacting to them. Hopefully this strategy works. If her tantrums are this bad now, what will they be like a year from now?? I told my mom that I totally blame her for this. The whole "one day you'll have one that's twice as bad as you" curse stuck for me! ;)