If your child does any of these things over the next few hours and days, you should say how good this is. If they do not, take some time to sit down and practise them together, to help your child learn new habits. Tantrums often happen in predictable situations. You may just have to avoid these for a while. Perhaps someone else can look after your child when you visit the supermarket.
Children find it hard to wait.
Make it easier for them by taking their favourite books and toys to the doctor s surgery. Your child may be particularly fractious at certain times of the day perhaps when they are tired or hungry. Simple arrangements may help. For example, they could have an afternoon nap instead of staying awake all day, or have a snack after nursery at 3.30pm instead of having to wait until tea at 5pm. When your child sees that you always ignore their tantrums, you will find that, after a few days, the tantrums happen less often.