Most embarrassing tantrums

[Phrebert]

Not embarrassing but Funny.

We were with my sister, her 3 kids & Grandparents.
We were at the mall when my Niece(3), saw the pet shop and wanted to go in. My Sister said no. And the niece stopped walking, Folded her arms, puffed out her lip. We kept walking saying come on, but she didn't budge. After a minute we said OK bye and walked out of sight (Carefully watching of course) she still didn't move. 5 minutes later Grandpa gathered her up. She pouted all day after that.

 

[MerryPoppins]

My kids are very well behaved, and I seldom had problems with them throwing tantrums especially in public.

Having said that, my favorite was when DS asked for a toy in Target. When I said no, he started screaming at the top of his lungs. He yelled, "I want you to bring my mommy back. Where is my nice mommy? Give me back my mommy."

You should have seen the looks I got. He was little enough that he didn't realize how it sounded. He just wanted me to be nice and do what he wanted. I've never left a store so fast in my whole life.

You should see his sheepish look when I mention it now. He's 16 and one of these days he'll get his when he has a little one. Now he and his sister (12) do the eye roll and the pouty lip once in a while, but no tantrums. There is hope.

 

[ladypoo]

I believe the most embarassing tantrum my now 21 year old threw, was when she was 3 years old. We were in the Mall around Christmas time and she didnt want to be put in one of the store carts. I put her in it and she preceded to holler, "Don't beat me, please don't beat me." I was mortified. Needless to say our shopping trip was finished. BTW, she has never been beaten.

 

[Val]

We were in line at TT about 3 years ago....the three DD's wanted to ride, but my DS didn't (he must have been about 5). So he and I left the girls with my DH, and away I strolled with DS in the stroller. THEN DS decided that he really did want to ride, but the tantrum started. No going back unless he could calm down- got worse- so I kept going. Mistakingly not realizing that he was exhausted/near his end point, I had decided to walk the long way back to the International Gateway. My DS tantrummed at full voice from Mexico to the Gateway, bucking in his stroller the entire way. I had to stop occassionally and re-insert his feet, as he would slide down and try and stop the stroller. Years later it was funny, but I kept thinking- so much for the happiest place on earth. Wondered if I would get extra years added on to my sentence if I murdered him at WDW!!!!! Fortunately, it was the last major tantrum he has had!

 

[sap1227]

My mom loves to tell the story of my one big tantrum

We were flying and my mom cut up my pancakes and I wanted them "back together". I cried and cried and cried. At the end of her rope my mom whispered "if you do not be quiet I am going to lock you in the closet when we get home". As you can expect, I started screaming, "Please don't lock me in the closet". She was so embarrased. For the record, I was never locked in a closet

Christy

 

[Disney Doll]

I don't have children but I have many friends with children, and one terrific tantrum comes to mind.

My friend and I were shopping with her 4 year old(at the time...he's 18 now!)son. He started to throw a tantrum about something...scream, cry, lay on the floor...the whole nine yards. My friend and I walked away and went behind a rack of clothing where we could see him but he couldn't see us. Well, after a couple of minutes of this carrying-on, he realized his "audience" had disappeared. The expression on his face when he realized he was laying there all by himself was priceless!!!!! He jumped up, immediately no longer crying, and started franticially looking around for his mother and I, calling "Mom, mom". My friend let him stew for a minute, then stepped from behind the rack, wordlessly took his hand, and we walked out of the store. He was put into the car seat, and the ride home was deathly quiet. He was then put into his room for the rest of the day, and the TV, and most of his fun toys were taken away. She left him with several books, but that was it.

Amazingly, the child never threw another tantrum.

 

[BrerMom]

I am blessed to have a child that does not throw tantrum with me (She has with DH). Although she is bright with a lot of energy, her temperament is easy going and flexible.

I will add that I am a strong advocate for non violent parenting. DD has never been spanked and only once yelled at.

Yeah, the two usually go together.

Most of DS' tantrums were because of sheer frustration that he couldn't communicate he was hot, hungry, tired, or wanted to go somewhere or do something. You name it, he couldn't communicate it in any way. Once he'd been in speech therapy for about a year, the number of tantrums decreased immensely.

 

[philaround]

Originally posted by FOJMO
Also, does anyone have a child that has "disappearing legs"??? Like, when you want them to walk and you're holding their hands and all of a sudden their legs "disappear" (or collapse might be another word)? We had that a LOT!

LOL. My 2yo GS does this all the time. If someone has been holding him for a while and want to put him down his legs will fold up out of sight the closer to the floor he gets. If it wasn't for the great smile he puts on his face when he does this it would get quite frustrating.