I've been sick this weekend and so have the boys. But we still had to go grocery shopping.
We started off well, but it soon took a turn for the worse.
I was in the produce section and around the aisle comes E, shortly followed by Paul and G. E starts to throw a fit because he didn't want Paul to follow him. E said he wanted to go back and do it over again, but he didn't want anyone to follow him.
He kept fussing and dropping down tithe ground. I gave him choices about what he could do, but it was not working. He wouldn't stop having a fit.
After a few more attempts, I asked for the car keys from Paul and I told E we were going to leave.
He didn't want to go, so I picked him up (tears and all) and we went to go have a chat in some chairs near the deli.
After talking to him about his safety an that he was too young to go around the store alone, I brought up Daniel Tiger (a show he likes to watch). We talked about how he has to "stop and listen to stay safe".
After a few minutes he settled down. He also told me that he was hungry and tired.
Ding, ding, ding!
No wonder he was having such a hard time. I took him out of the store, grabbed him a snack and then he was ready to go back. (We had left Paul and G to do the rest of the shopping.)
I just think of how I could have chosen to lose my patience and our outcome could have been so different. Granted, I was lucky to have Paul there do that I could take the time to chat with E. But I'm so glad I did it this way instead of losing it.
Go me!
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