My Child....Tantrums???

My daughter was the perfect baby. She reached many of her milestones early & she slept though the night very early on. We did not have to do any baby proofing, including putting a gate at the top of the stairs. When you told this little girl "no," she listened the very first time. I do not recall her throwing any tantrums out in public. Like I said she was the perfect baby, honest, so when I would see other children misbehaving badly in the store for whatever reason, I always said, "that will never be me!" I'm sure you can guess what happened....I had another child & my son is an expert at throwing tantrums. He head butts, hits, kicks & occasionally bites. Oh, and boy,can he SCREAM!!!!

Before having my son, I was sure that my children would always be well behaved in public. Haha, right? Why would I think anything different when my first child behaved so well? I never knew I'd be in for a BIG wake up call!!! Never thought I'd feel like running & hiding in the clothes racks. 

The moral of my story is to not judge another parent when their child isn't behaving as well as you'd like, because you never know what you might be in for. :)
 

My son, at the park.

  Something worth reading:

• Mayo Clinic: Temper Tantrums 
• Kids Health 
• Dr. Phil "Stop a Temper Tantum in Seconds" 
• Empowering Parents "Stopping a Temper Tantrum in its Tracks: What to Do When Kids Lose it" 
• Empowering Parents "Managing the Meltdown"
• Empowering Parents "Dealing with Child Temper Tantrums from Toddler to Pre-teen"