Today the girls and I (1 and 3) went out to run some errands with my mom, so I had an extra set of hands to help me out. They are usually pretty well behaved when we go out but today was a total nightmare. I had to walk away at one point and leave my mom to handle it because I needed a few minutes. They were screaming and whining and complaining literally every 5 seconds. Ok, I know, kids are kids but this was so bad people were staring. We had to run these errands so just going home wasn't an option. I was really at a loss as to what to do and my mom was actually stumped as well. Like I said, they don't act like this all the time while we are out, the usually have a decent time but today I think they were tired/hungry. I brought a snack but that didn't help much today.

I'm curious how you handle tantrums/not listening etc in public. If we were at a restaurant I think we would have went outside. Any tips for next time?