robinb
DIS veteran
- Joined
- Aug 29, 1999
The same thing happened to me when my DD was a little older. She threw a fit to end all fits at DHS and I hauled her little butt out of the park and back to our resort screaming the whole way. She continued to scream for over an hour back in the room. I felt bad for the people next to us even though it was in the middle of the day, but frankly I had my hands full with a child who was inconsolable.So.. last year at YC this happened to me. My friends came with and were embarrassed by the pool when their one year old had a tantrum. Well, good God Almighty the heavens unleashed on us on day two of our trip. My two year old reached her breaking point before I saw it coming. The sky’s blackened and demons possessed my child. I literally had her over my back walking 20 miles back to our room. She was screaming as if she were kidnapped. I became alarmed that no one questioned me as I drug her back to our room. I still don’t know how no one called security on us. I literally wanted to cry in our room knowing how much money our neighbors spent and having my child screaming next to them.
I try to expend grace to parents who are going through something like that. Even though it appears that they are not doing anything, I remember being in their place where everything I tried failed and the only thing I could do is let her cry it out.