QuoteReplyTopic: Tantrums in public Posted: 16 April 2012 at 8:18pm
How do you deal with tantrums that happen in public?
When Im at home, I tend to ignore DS' tantrums or distract him which works pretty well for me.
But when we are out, and I have to stop him from doing something he wants to do, he will of course throw a lying down on the ground screaming tantrum. I don't feel that I can ignore him in this situation and not going to walk away and leave him this young, so I usually just try and distract him or firmly tell him we will go home if he doesn't stop/tell him no none of that or something similar. It sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.
I feel I have to do something especially under the watchful eyes of others lol
How do you best deal with public tantrums particularly with children of the age of my DS (16 months) who doesn't understand everything you say to him..
Me 28, DH 29 DS born 20 Nov 2010 (4 years old) #2 due October 7
When my DS has his first major meltdown in Countdown thankfully I was with my DH but our DS wanted something we had just put in the trolley we said No. He laid down on the floor, kicked his feet and started crying so we just walked away, when we were about 10 metres away yes people looked at him, and looked at us. Most people were smirking because it was amusing. We could see him the whole time but carried on walking (slowly). Then suddenly he stood up, and ran into my arms. This is now our standard way of dealing with it. Now he is older (2 1\2) we expect him to say sorry but we don't dwell on it. It seems to work for us. Don't worry about other people though. Most of them have either been through it and if they havn't they wouldn't understand so their jusgements wouldn't matter :)
Same as Hadlam...if you read my reply to the hand holding thread, we just say 'bye' and walk off (well, they think we have!). Its amazing how well it works - for us anyway - and other people in public have commented on it too, mainly mums and grandmas who totally understand
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