Toddlers and Tantrums

Toddlers and tantrums...they go together like peanut butter and jelly! Recently while I was with my sister-in-law at a child consignment event my husband took our toddler out for a quick dinner and to pick up a few things at the grocery store. Background information: the majority of the time, since I am a stay at home mom, I'm the one who takes my son places or my husband and I are together with him. Therefore, my husband doesn't often have to be alone out and about with our toddler. So, I had only been gone for about an hour when I get a call from my husband. They are in the store and my son has taken up shop in the toy cars and trucks aisle. My sweet husband had tried all the tricks he could think of to try to get our son out of the aisle with as little resistance as possible and wanted my advice on how I deal with him on our visits to the store. I told him what usually works for me when there is a tantrum going on at the store and while I believe there were still many tears on my son's part, they both made it home in one piece and were snuggling in the rocking chair preparing for bed when I got home. The reason for this story, however, is that I wanted to start a discussion about how you avoid tantrums when you have to run errands or what you do to help your child calm down.

Comment below with your advice so that we as parents can share some ideas and stock up our "toolbox" for future tantrums. Thanks in advance for sharing!