How to Run Errands with a Toddler

Learn to Run Errands with a Toddler and Stay Sane

You’re picking up ingredients for a birthday cake, dropping off packages at the post office, heading to the school to get your second grader, and your toddler is screaming in the back seat the entire time.

Does it sound familiar? Maybe your adorable toddler decides to throw a massive temper tantrum on the floor of the post office as you try to mail your packages.

Why won’t my toddler behave? What’s wrong with him/her?

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How to Handle a Toddler Temper Tantrum

How to Handle a Toddler Temper Tantrum in Public

I remember like it was yesterday.

We had to shop. I needed to get toilet paper and other essentials. At the time, I had two of my oldest kids with me, who were then four and two years old. It was the usual challenge, but nothing I couldn’t handle. Little one in cart, big one following next to me in the store.

We went to Target, the store we visited at least once a week. It was really busy: parents and grandparents scrambling to get things for Easter, others there to get their essentials, like me. [Read more…]