DD had her first full blown tantrum today

[Lilypie]

In a bank over nothing at all.
She wanted to lie in the doorway and I could forsee her head being staved in by someone opening the door so I went over and offered her my hand to help her up as I've always done. She said no and rolled over so I picked her up and all hell broke loose. She did the works, kicking, screaming, headbutting, I spend a good 5 minutes trying to strap her into her push chair but she arched her back and pulled my hair and screamed like I was trying to murder her.

OMG - where did that come from? She's such an even tempered good natured child. I'm still shell shocked and confused!

Rule number 1: NEVER try to strap a child into a pushchair mid tantrum!

how old is she?

Oh dear. DD (just turned 2) had one tantrums so far, a couple of months ago, heartbreaking to watch. How old is your DD?

Oh.... bugger....

She's 22 months

My ds2 has just started having real full-on paddywacks too. I find it funny .

It was embarrising more than anything, I must have looked like such an amateur, had no idea how to handle it!

Honestly lilypie, I know it feels like that, but EVERY parent looks and feels like a prize pillock trying to deal with a tantrum. Anyone who has done it will feel sorry for you/amused, and anyone who hasn't, well, they can sod off, can't they?

After 15yrs of dealing with tantrums I feel no embarressment whatsoever, but I do remember when I was a new Nanny (19) being looked on rather disapprovingly by 2 old Women in the middle of M&S when I walked away & left my charge to his feet flapping head bashing on the floor tantrum!

Ignore other people & ignore the tantrum, it'll pass much quicker - believe me!

Thank your lucky stars you didn't see the woman who came over to me in the street today when ds was crying his head off, having dropped a mint he had been given into the gutter.

She frowned and said "Oh dear, what is naughty bad mummy doing to you?" I laughed and said "He has dropped his sweet but we are going to get another." TBH if we had been having a bad day, or a tantrum over a behaviour issue, rather than just a fricking dropped mint I think I might have lamped her

I've been known to be very rude towards complete strangers who give me that look!

DS2 was having a really blistering tantrum in a charity shop last weekend, and dh took him outside. When I went to pay for our purchases the old woman at the counter scowled in the direction of ds2 and said "Sometimes you just want to do THAT, don't you"

To which I replied, pleasantly "Yes, I do find that people who stare rudely at a tantrumming child bring out my violent streak"

Greensleeves, pmsl!

Why do other people feel the need to comment???

OMG, what a rude woman, Greensleeves. For a second there I thought she was sympathising with your DS and wanted to have a tantrum herself.