Not sure that there is that much you can do when they really go off on one but

most of the time they know entirely what they are doing and its nearly always about attention. We had a spell where we just picked up our youngest and put him in his push chair (no eye contact and minimal words) in the hallway then went back and carried on with our business and he seemed to calm down at which point you could go back and let him out and explain to him. Now he's a bit older we've introduced the naughty step (which is probably terribly bad parenting and frowned upon) and now i only have to mention the step and it heads off some tantrums early on. He's a little monkey though and is always in control but just pushing the boundaries - he's not been like some of these kids you see who just completely lose control.

Probably does not help in public but i guess you could always just put them in their pushchair and wheel them off to a quiet spot.

Posted By: Jim on November 6th 2014 at 12:16:42

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Terrible twos (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 10:44:18
- It's a doodle at this time of year. Play the Father Christmas card. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 6, 12:33:31
  - Yep, works every time! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Nov 6, 15:06:59
- email them a stern warning (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 6, 12:28:32
- Our two girls weren't too bad in the terrible twos (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Nov 6, 12:20:55
- Not sure that there is that much you can do when they really go off on one but (General Chat) - Jim, Nov 6, 12:16:42
  - this is not possible with ours (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 12:26:09
    - Car seat and a drive around the block? (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 6, 12:33:35
      - can't get her in the car seat when its kicking off (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 12:59:59
    - Joking aside sounds tricky. I guess you just have to wait for it to pass and (General Chat) - Jim, Nov 6, 12:33:33
      - once the tantrum is underway (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 13:01:31
    - Try this (General Chat) - Jim, Nov 6, 12:31:16
      - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 12:58:38
- Easy peasy Japanesy (General Chat) - Real Man, Nov 6, 12:14:48
- Anyway, what did you do and what happened? (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 6, 12:11:38
  - well it all started when she was playing happily with (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 12:41:28
    - Tell her Georgie Pig's gone to a Hog Roast (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 6, 12:43:40
      - Tell her Selwyn got Georgie (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Nov 6, 14:13:08
- This is a football board (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 6, 12:07:26
  - It's actually a "Norwich City Football Club Fans Community" (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 6, 12:11:21
- get her down the Boxing gym (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 6, 11:59:39
  - Good (n/m) (General Chat) - Real Man, Nov 6, 12:13:20
- giylf. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 6, 11:55:13
- Pull a hat over their eyes, rap your knuckles (lightly) over their scalp, whilst (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Nov 6, 11:53:44
- Have you ever seen children who have lost parents in that manner? (General Chat) - Goalmusic, Nov 6, 11:51:45
  - ROLFbotbear (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 11:57:58
  - ^^^ Bucks bucks bucks bucks bucks bucks bucks bucks. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 6, 11:52:57
    - BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM... just couldn't keep away could it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Nov 6, 11:59:14
      - I think Lee outing it yesterday (day before??) has led to it abandoning the pretence. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 6, 12:01:58
        
        Last night. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Nov 6, 12:15:07
        
        AHEM (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 12:34:21
    - Deffo (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 6, 11:57:39
      - nope (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 12:09:26
- ^^ thinly veiled "how do I respond to thebigfeller and SCC next time we lose?" post ^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 6, 11:26:02
  - TBF the first part of AB's answer still applies (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 6, 11:29:11
    - It will NEVER stop (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 6, 11:42:00
      - The tantrum that my daughter threw (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 11:43:33
        
        I was quite lucky with my lad (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 6, 11:54:38
        
        I'm not looking forward to it (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 11:57:30
- Mine very rarely did that (General Chat) - duke of york, Nov 6, 11:20:06
- Give them a fucking good shoeing and whilst saying "now you've got something to cry for" (General Chat) - CB41, Nov 6, 11:15:56
  - Good (n/m) (General Chat) - Real Man, Nov 6, 12:14:00
  - VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Nov 6, 11:20:32
  - old skool (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 11:18:20
- Put them on the ignore list. (n/m) (General Chat) - avenging canary, Nov 6, 11:07:26
- Some food and drink (General Chat) - Huge Small, Nov 6, 11:04:27
  - lolp. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 6, 11:05:50
- male of female/ (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 6, 10:58:09
  - female (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 11:01:31
    - Takes longer with girls. You can reason with boys. Sometimes with girls you've got to (General Chat) - pants, Nov 6, 11:22:41
      - How old are your children, pants? (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 11:41:29
        
        So after yesterday's trolling, this is your next move? Did you not noticed I didn't assume (General Chat) - pants, Nov 6, 11:53:44
        
        Ok, thanks. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 11:56:23
        
        What happened yesterday? (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 6, 12:07:06
        
        Not sure. (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 12:52:35
        
        Yes I'm talking about you trolling. Starting new posts and trolling (General Chat) - pants, Nov 6, 13:43:45
        
        K (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 14:05:52
- Ignore them for a bit, show that the screaming doesn't get rewarded with attention. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 6, 10:52:58
  - ...is the right answer (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 6, 11:22:05
    - Not always it's not. (n/m) (General Chat) - Hendrikos, Nov 6, 11:24:11
      - There is no "one correct answer" to any question involving kids. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 6, 11:37:52
      - ...but as a generic default for a kid one doesn't know, it's a good one (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 6, 11:25:18
  - the scared snotty bit seems to happen within a minute (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 11:00:08
    - It's a nightmare when you're in public (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 11:17:05
      - screaming in public was my great fear as a Dad-to-be (General Chat) - CWC, Nov 6, 12:20:12
        
        lol - indeed (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 12:53:09
- Give him a login for here. (General Chat) - lurd, Nov 6, 10:51:22
  - rolf (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 6, 11:12:11
  - Lollers (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Nov 6, 11:05:04
  - ***** goooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaa aallllllllllllllllll ********* (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Nov 6, 10:58:34
- Consistency (General Chat) - norway, Nov 6, 10:47:50
  - Oh yes. Never forget that your child is a manipulative little goblin. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 6, 10:57:00
    - neighbours must think we're torturing her (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 11:00:56
- Blank them. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Nov 6, 10:47:15
  - haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 6, 11:01:15

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