![]() ![]() Before you go to the store, let your child know what's expected of him. What likely caused it: Overstimulation from the bright colors and the overwhelming amount of things to look at and touch seeing things he wants but knows he can't have boredom. I was mortified." - Courtney Laramore, 25, Park Hills, MO Several women frowned at me as though I never fed my child. When I said no, he grabbed a loaf of bread from the cart and started shoving it in his mouth like he hadn't eaten in weeks! Then he grabbed some bananas and started shoving them in his mouth. "When my son, Corben, was 18 months old, he started screaming that he wanted to get out of the shopping cart. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play The Grocery Store Meltdown ![]() What to do? We honed in on four common tantrum-inducing situations, and got experts' step-by-step advice on how to cope. But sometimes even a well-fed, -rested and-occupied child will end up kicking and screaming on a grocery store floor. The first rule of thumb for warding off a meltdown, say experts, is to make sure your child isn't hungry, tired or bored. But more often, though I didn't know it then, you can resolve a child's outrageous outbursts-or even prevent them altogether. And, yes, sometimes laughing is all you can do. The best advice came from my seatmate, a gray-haired mother of four and grandmother of nine: "Keep telling yourself that you'll laugh about this later," she said. The two-year-old who finally got back onto my lap only to wildly kick the seat in front of us for a good 10 minutes (though it felt like hours).Īlthough some people flashed me that control-your-child glare, many more tried to help. The two-year-old whose piercing screams threatened to break glass. The two-year-old who threw herself into the aisle, blocking the drink cart for 20 minutes. I was the one with the screaming two-year-old. I wish I could write an apology to everyone on flight 274 from New York to Los Angeles last December 15.
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