Toddler tantrums

How are you mamas dealing with the tantrums especially when out in public?
We went to the store today and my toddler wanted out of the cart, so we let her walk but she kept on running off so we’d grab her to bring her back to us and she would start screaming😵‍💫 I don’t want my kids to be addicted to screens so that’s not an option but I just need advice on how to handle it

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Just let them tantrum their babies.They have a hard time with their emotions , and if other people stare , let them stare , most of them have had kids too

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My little guy does this at target. Usually we will pick him up, let him be in his feelings for a minute, then walk him to a new aisle to look at things. That usually works for us!

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I usually act surprised at something near and point to draw my sons attention and then scoop him up to investigate. After a few seconds he forgets and is entertained enough to keep going. I’ve learned that surprise is a great way to deal with almost everything lol

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Hey guys ,
To give a little context I have an 8 month old and live with my in laws . They are middle eastern while I am British . Every time I give my daughter a bath I wrap her in a hooded towel and then a fluffy blanket around the towel and bring her downstairs to lotion her and change her as I don’t want to in the bathroom floor as it’s tiled and not comfortable in general . Its to a point I just avoid giving her baths when my mother in law is in the house as she has a major issue with me bringing my daughter downstairs to change her and thinks I’m making her sick and she’s too cold and that it should be done in the bathroom . I try rush down before she sees 🙂‍↕️ She always comments and tuts and keeps muttering in her own language hurrying me to go down quickly and then gives out to my husband about it . I’m like so confused I’ve always grown up doing this in my family . I’ve researched and babies don’t get sick from being a little chilly which I don’t think she even is . They get sick from viruses . It just is so frustrating . I’d rather do our wind down routine in the bedroom on the comfy bed and I take my time with her and give her a breastfeed than do it quickly in the bathroom while she’s on a hard surface . Am I making sense or am I being cruel and I should change her upstairs ? This is genuinely a major issue since birth .

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Husband with postpartum depression

Any tips on how to offer support to my husband who I suspect has postpartum depression?
He’s been very low for months, snappy and short tempered and is really struggling to bond with our baby (8 months old).
Our baby is obsessed with me and basically rejects his dad if I am present, or cries for me as soon as he sees me even if he was happily playing with dad a minute earlier. The constant rejection is really getting my husband down and he even says he sometimes hates our son.

We need help but I don’t know how to help him… tips please?

He won’t go to the doctor about it.

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Ultimately, my MIL like to complain around my daughter and talk about how hard life is but like get a therapist for that…

I should say something, but what?

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