matty39 responded June 13, 2008 at 1:10PM

  

I think it sounds like you did the right thing and my hat is off to you for getting through the check out and handling a tantrum successfully.

My story is when my oldest daughter(A) was 7 1/2, my second daughter(K) was just under two, and I was about 7 months pregnant with my third. I had to take both girls to K's dr. appointment which I didn't want to do because K always cried. As A has brain injury, she has a hard time regulating her mood and could not stand a lot of noises, such as the crying of a younger sibling. Everything was going ok until the nurse came in. K thought she was going to have to have a shot and the crying and screaming began. The nurse was trying to talk to me as K was screaming. Shortly after that, A began getting upset and started yelling at K to "STOP IT" "BE QUIET YOU STUPID BABY!" I was mortified because we do NOT allow the word "stupid" in our house. But as K was screaming and A was yelling, I couldn't deal with the use of the "word" until we arrived home and we all calmed down. Everyone else thought it was funny when I told them about it but they didnt' have to deal with it. lol.