Baby’s First Temper Tantrum

Posted on November 5, 2008 in Stories & Random Thoughts by little mochi

Wow.  Little Mochi threw his first real big fit in public on Halloween day.  We took him to the mall last Friday for a walk.  Don’t ask me what he was for Halloween because we didn’t dress him up.  I think he was the only “normal” kid at the mall that day.

Anyways, we decided to let him ride on the carousel for the first time.  It was only $1.50 per ride.  At first, he was scared.  But once we got into the rhythm of the horses moving up and down, he started to smile.  He liked it so much that he wouldn’t get off.  As soon as I tried to pull him off the horse when the lady stopped the carousel, he screamed and kicked his legs.

We tried to go to the other side of the mall, but he kept running back to the carousel.  I picked him up and kept walking.

You know those rides where you feed it a quarter and it moves?  Well, we came across one of those and decided to put him on there.  Bad idea.  I thought the fit he threw after the carousel was bad.  This one was worse.  He screamed so loud that everyone turned their heads towards us.  He was kicking so hard that I could not hold him.  So I let him down.  He continued to scream and kick his feet and wave his arms.  Face all red with tears running down his cheeks.

How does a mother stop that kind of behavior in public?  Definitely did not want to hit him in public.  Or yell at him.  But I did not want him to think that kind of behavior is acceptable.

I’ll read up on that and come back with another post…



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  1. Julia on November 7th, 2008 7:41 pm

    My girl has not thrown a tantrum in public yet (keep my fingers crossed…) When she does it at home, I just make sure she is at a safe place to just “let it out”. If she does it in my arms, I place her in the middle of our king-size bed. She will get up right away and “beg” me to carry her but I won’t until she calms down and realizes that she can’t get what she wants! In public, my suggestion is to either let him “let it out” on the floor (unless his head bangs on the hard floor…) or just carry him back into the car and lets him do it in the car. Once he settles down, tell him that since he threw a bad tantrum, we can’t go out any more today, we will just head straight home. (unless he likes “home” better than “going out”). It’s tough to watch our own child cry. =(

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