You first had to leave a restaurant/grocery store/other public place because of a tantrum?
LO is 12 months old and we haven't had to do this yet, but she's definitely been throwing more tantrums at home lately so I'm thinking this is right around the corner...
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
When she was a newborn, we had to leave numerous times. Knock on wood, not again, yet.
kiwi / 637 posts
Zero so far, but it's coming. DH commented this morning about how she's developing quite a little temper!
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
LO 1 was 15 months old...maybe she wasn't.being that bad but I was super pregnant and tired of telling her to be quiet!
Hasn't happened yet for LO 2 but I'm sure it will soon!
pomegranate / 3053 posts
With my first he didn't throw tantrums until he turned 3. With my youngest, well, he started as soon as he can sit down in a high chair. He was always more high maintenance when we ate out and didn't want to sit in his high chair for a while. I was afraid that was the end of high chairs for him but, thankfully, he took to it b/c we just kept at it. Now at 2.5 he's much better and throws less tantrums overall. He's still super stubborn though!
honeydew / 7586 posts
I've had to walk out of a restaurant once to calm him down, but I haven't had to leave completely yet. Knock on wood!
grapefruit / 4066 posts
We've never had to leave a restaurant due to a tantrum. However, that certainly doesn't mean our 21 month old just sits quietly and peacefully the entire meal either. She usually fusses and gets frustrated sitting down, so one of us usually has to distract her with crayons, books, take her outside to walk around, etc.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
Never. We have stepped out for a couple of minutes to bide time while waiting for food or something but haven't left. We try to be proactive in a) going out often enough that they know what behavior is expected and b) keeping snacks/toys/whatever for those situations that call for it.
eggplant / 11287 posts
Around 16 months we had to stop eating out, and at 24 months we were successfully able to start eating out again. It's not thy she would necessarily tantrum, but she would refuse to sit in the high chair and would want to run all over the place. Then when we tried to confine her to one place, that would send her into a tizzy.
pineapple / 12053 posts
Last month at 18 months, I had to remove her from an estate sale because she was losing her mind about not being able to play with the matchbox cars anymore.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@Rainbow Sprinkles: I try really hard not to interrupt other people's meals because I remember how annoying it was to eat out while a child at the next table acted up/cried/wouldn't sit still/etc. So we'd definitely get our food to go and leave if all she wanted to do was run around. If she gets fussy now I can usually let her sit in my lap and she's fine, but not sure how long that'll last.
pomegranate / 3350 posts
I think so far the baby stage has been harder. The other day we were at the grocery store when my 3 month old had a total melt down. We got in line right away and some woman cut in front of me! With a toddler and screaming baby. I was ready to just walk out but she let me go when I pointed it out. Our older boy is nearly 2 and has tantrums when we leave fun places but not usually while we are there. He is normally pretty good in restaurants as long as we have enough stuff to entertain him.
honeydew / 7687 posts
Never so far at 20m. If he's restless we usually go on a walk outside and come back.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@lawbee11: we're in the throes of trying to instill respectful restaurant behavior right now - he is 2.5 He doesn't sit in a high chair at home anymore, so we left him sit on a seat yesterday at a restaurant - it was a local firestone pizza place so there were a lot of kids and not a place where others would get upset about noise... but we're still trying and it's definitely a challenge!!
To answer the question though, we haven't had to leave yet due to a tantrum. He's not much of a tantrum thrower, thank goodness. I've heard three is worse though, so we'll see how it goes.
pomelo / 5469 posts
Not yet, though she will get fussy in restaurants and we have to keep her entertained more lately, but no tantrums yet...we are getting to that stage at home too 
pomegranate / 3706 posts
We never have and our oldest is 2 years 4 months. She has thrown horrible tantrums that can last hours at home (or at other people's homes), for well over a year now, but when we're out and about she's too interested in her surroundings and asking me 1 zillion questions, to have one.
pomegranate / 3791 posts
In restaurants this first happened around 13 months. At the moment we're taking a break from going out to eat with him because he has a huge fit when nearby tables have their food and ours hasn't arrived yet, and if I bring a snack he'll fill up on that and then not be hungry for his food and get super antsy.
It's never happened anywhere else though. I don't take him on big grocery shopping trips though, and if I sense a tantrum coming I immediately head for the check out.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
He throws tantrums and can go on and on at home - but is generally really good at restaurants and I can't remember leaving a store Bc of him yet - he's had some melt downs but nothing I can't control / distract. He's 27 months.
pear / 1812 posts
Never yet at 15 months but she doesn't walk yet. I'm sure once she has that independence she's not going to like losing it to sit in one place at a restaurant!
papaya / 10570 posts
I feel like we are hurtling towards that stage with E!! She has been a HORROR this weekend - she's got such a temper! 
apricot / 288 posts
@Baby Boy Mom: this is my technique as well. Has worked for us so far, 19 months in.
I left once before food was served (the rest of the party stayed) simply because it was already 9 pm and I was mad that we had taken so long to decide where to go and get ourselves there. I was worried I would have a meltdown if she did, so I took her home. But I don't consider that leaving due to a meltdown, but leaving to avoid one. And that is my secret...
pomegranate / 3863 posts
Only once just recently, maybe around 18 months....he was throwing things and yelling and I couldn't take it!! Luckily DH and I had driven separately so we left him to finish his brunch in peace
kiwi / 661 posts
We haven't yet, but I can see it happening. LO is going through a shrieking stage.... which is frustrating b/c he is HAPPY shrieking, but I don't think the people at the restaurant care. He is 14 months now!
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
LO is 2 years 9 months and we haven't had to leave any restaurant bc of her behavior. She's happy to stay in her high chair and eat. If I know it's going to be a long meal (out with family to a place that takes awhile) I bring books or some tiny toys so she's just not sitting there for a long period of time after she's done eating. As she gets older I would like her to sit and talk with us and enjoy the meal so at this point we don't do iPad at restaurants bc it's not something we want her to come to expect when we go out to eat
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
@Baby Boy Mom: Pretty much the same here. One of us occasionally has to take him outside for a minute or two to "reset" but a) we've never let it get to a tantrum, b) when we're outside we talk to him about being calm and quiet inside and c) we've never had to outright leave.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
We went out to breakfast a couple months ago and had to leave because she was melting down, and this weekend had to leave a store because she was throwing a fit. Both times were because we mis-read her cues and she got overtired....but yeah, our girl has a temper.
pomelo / 5628 posts
It got hard for us around 14 months. We've never left, but we've often eat alone while the other person is outside.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@sandy: We're hoping to avoid the iPad in restaurants, too. We went out to eat last week and there was a little boy watching an iPad and both parents on their phones...it was pretty sad
persimmon / 1361 posts
Not yet. He's 2. The worst public tantrum he's thrown was a few weeks ago leaving daycare and he didn't want to go. He was literally kicking and screaming as I carried him to the car. The director had to carry my 4 mo old to my car for me! Quite embarrassing! But that's been an isolated event...so far...
nectarine / 2964 posts
We are 2.5 years old.... Consciously I can not remember we ever really had to leave because of a tantrum / misbehavior, but I could have suppressed the memory lol, From what I remember the most we would do would be to finish our meal quickly and get the check and leave. For misbehavior I just had to give him time outs multiple times. Sigh.
coconut / 8475 posts
About 19-20m? We didn't leave but my mom came and picked him up because she was shopping nearby. Of course she said he was a SAINT with her. Of course, with grandma, at a loud mall, he's a saint. In a quiet restaurant with mama, he was theeeee devil.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Never, because I knew we had issues with going to restaurants so we stopped going out to eat. We are slowly getting back into it, with places that are either counter service or bring out your food very quickly, lol. It's the long wait times that are a killer for my son.
pomelo / 5791 posts
18 months. It was yesterday and NOT fun.
DS threw a fit while we were at buybuybaby because he wanted to run around with a baby doll stroller. DH took him away from it because he was driving it into people and basically tripping them. Que end of world meltdown. Ugh.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
So far, not yet at 13 months. He has gotten upset a few times before, but nothing that said, we gotta go now!!
Lately, if he's upset, I pull him out of his high chair and sit him in my lap. It usually works, but once he's bored, he wants us to walk around.
At home, he's starting to get upset when I tell him a stern no and starts crying so we're starting to be more strict with him. When mommy says no, it means no! While before, no was just another word that came out of mommy's mouth that had zero meaning. He would usually laugh at me when I said no. That boy... lol
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
DS is 20 months and we haven't had to yet. He was fussy once during a meal, so we just quickly ate and was able to get out of there within an hour. It was near bedtime, so we were the ones pushing. As long as there's food he's a happy camper 
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