Tantrums are just beginning to rear their ugly heads around our house. And every now and then in public. Raise your hand if you HAVEN'T seen a kid throwing a tantrum and thought, "Man, I'm glad that's not MY kid." Or, if you're sometimes small inside like me: "They are really handling that wrong!"
Sawyer has been throwing mini tantrums almost daily, mostly related to the fact that he wants to ride his bike every time we open the door to go outside. And if we say no (which I usually do because I can't keep up with him at this stage in pregnancy), he stands by the door and just wails. We're figuring out how to handle this at home, but in public, it's such a different thing. Why? Because it's embarrassing. It's hard in a public space with eyes on you to wrangle your kid--that's just how it is. Often at home, you can diffuse the situation, but when you're out, you're out, and that often means you are, to a degree, stuck in that situation for a little while.
I'd love to hear how you guys handle public (and private) tantrums as we're figuring it out, and if you want to hear some women's voices on this subject, check out this Momversation!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
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lol, i'm laughing becuase i just had to deal with eli throwing himself prone on the floor at the checkout line in target the other day! thankfully my MIL was with me and i was able to leave the other 2, scoop him up and take him to the bathroom and deal with the situation, which included a spank and then some conditions he had to follow in order to get what is his "currency"...chocolate milk. if i was by myself though, i guess i would have had to pay, scoop him up and haul all 3 kids out to the car and then discipline him. either way, being as consistent as possible, whether we're at home or out is important for eli.
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