Throwing himself on the floor or doing something deliberately naughty

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When my ds who is 2.9 cant have his own way or has been told off he will throw himself on the floor and have a paddy or walk off very quietly and do something deliberately naughty any ideas on how to handle this i hate it when we are out and he has a strop he is also very clingy.

.. watch out for mum police.. u used the word naughty ..

How are u handling it at teh moment? With ds I tended to act as if I wasnt fazed iykwim.. if he persisted in running off, used reins or he went in buggy. IF he continued they took him out of shop, down to his level tell him that it is not ok to behave like that. Say all that ds (7) decided (god know why as he is usually well behaved in shops) to literally run in a circuit around the shop. I yelled {blush} at him to stop that at once .. he stopped in complete shock and embarrassment. Once out of shop ( I was sooo embarrassed) I ranted about that behaviour and never would I take him into that shop again if he even thought about legging it like a mad thing around the shop. .. Felt like a complete fish wife

It's because he's 2, as you know, the best thing IMHO is remove and ignore. When you are out, walk off if you can safely, or pick up and strap in the pushchair, or just stand there and ignore him until he stops, but don't react with upset or anger, because he'll do it all the more.

I do try to ignore him most of the time sometimes i use distraction or take him out of the shop etc depending on how embarrassed im getting. I have been known to shout the odd time lately am a bit stressed though and i get a bit fed up with people judging

what colditz said. I know the usual advice is to ignore until they get up, but in the middle of Tesco's etc, I always foyund it more practical to bodily haul him away and if necessary bundle him into the buggy.

That is pretty funny