https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/my-daughter-was-two/ Oh Baby! Magazine Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/my-daughter-was-two/#comment-2031 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:08:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=8157#comment-2031 We’ve all been there!!  Surely every child has chosen an inopportune time to  have a total meltdown…usually in front of the most judgemental person in the mall/store/street.  I totally believe that kids need to blow off steam and get it ‘out of their system’ so good on you for letting her express her frustrations despite the disapproving stares and judgemental comments.  You’re right, once it’s over it’s like a ‘reset’ button has been hit and they come around to their amazing little selves.
Not quite tantrum related but I had someone come up to me in the grocery store and ask if my 7 month old baby was dressed warm enough.  Granted we were in the dairy aisle which is always chilly, but it was a warm day, she was dressed in two layers AND she was right next to me in a baby carrier!  My first instinct was to explain all of this too her, but then I realized it really just wasn’t any of her business so I just said “She’s fine”.  Another mom had overheard the exchange and came over to me an winked saying – ‘they’ll always find something wrong with what you’re doing’.  And boy, did that make me feel soo much better; a sympathetic comment, rather than a judgement on my ‘terrible’ parenting. 

]]> https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/my-daughter-was-two/#comment-1883 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:41:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=8157#comment-1883 Some people are just unbelievable! 
My blood just boils over and I want to react right then. You already are totally out of patience and have the pressure of hanging on for your child, but no, you must deal with this too.  How can anybody spank a baby whose already bawling his guts out?  My girl has just turned two and I’m learning my  lessons.  But what I want to know is how do you deal with these nosy people in front of your baby who wants to know and speak every word you say!  

]]> https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/my-daughter-was-two/#comment-1881 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:47:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=8157#comment-1881 Sorry to hear that this stranger tried to make you feel bad. Fortunately, I had the exact opposite experience when my toddler decided that he had to have a tantrum while walking outside. He threw himself on the sidewalk and wouldn’t move. I just stood 5 metres away and waited. In the meantime a stranger with her son came by and saw me and my toddler. She actually gave me the thumbs up for standing my ground and letting my toddler get rid of his frustration. I hope you will encounter more strangers like this in the future (I will try to give the next mum the thumbs up as well).

]]> https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/blog/my-daughter-was-two/#comment-1882 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:47:00 +0000 https://www.ohbabymagazine.com/?p=8157#comment-1882 this happened to me once in an underground parking lot with my son. He was so strong I couldn’t do anything about the fact that he was thrashing about screaming and kicking on the dirty pavement with garbage everywhere and oil leaks. I was waiting it out when a woman driving by rolled down her window and said “You should spank him”. Unbelievable.

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