Quote From: wendyleo037Wow, you did that in public! That's GREAT!!! That's pretty much what we do here if she's acting up...almost exactly....but my 26 month old (Two and then some) will not sit in a stroller anymore, so if I take Hannah to a corner, she realizes this is her chance to make a BREAK for it!!! (She usually goes for something to pull off the shelf!) Thats great that you did that whole nine yards with 20 minutes of putting him back in the corner. How many times did you have to do that? I did that once at the grocery store, with putting her back everytime and it took like 30 minutes of her running out and screaming bloody murder. I don't know if I have the gumption to do it again, but if thats what it takes! Thanks everyone for all the great advice!!!
You've received some very good advice...so I don't have anything to add to that.
I do want to tell you a story my own sister told me when she witnessed my leaving my child in the car in the manner you described. Like yourself...I kept my eye on the car the whole time..and was only in about 5 seconds. She jumped my butt over it..and then showed me a newspaper clipping where a woman had done exactly as you and I have done, and WATCHED someone else drive off with her child! It didn't take but 4 seconds for that person to jump in the vehicle and drive away with it...After that, I never left my kids in the car again. It was certainly a huge hassle, but the lesson she was trying to teach me took hold after reading that article. This poor mother watched someone else drive away with her child in the car, screaming and crying. And yes...she did get the child back after he/she was dumped on the side of the highway.....
