temper tantrums

They have begun. Temper tantrums. I had heard of them and from what I read many toddlers at my daughters age had had several. I had figured that she too had had a few (what's up with my had hads?) and I figured I could handle them and they really weren't so bad. I'm a pretty good mom and I like to think of myself as knowing my child very well, in fact I know my child better than anyone. Well I was wrong about the temper tantrums. She hadn't had one, not yet anyways until recently. And every day she has one... at least. And always, ALWAYS in public. Today we were at the grocery store and she melts down, full on crying and screaming. People were staring at me. How embarrassing. I never thought I would be one of those moms that has a screaming child, in public. Well so I'm not super mommy, well I knew that in the back of my mind I just thought I was better at it. So now I will be looking at ways to cope with these TTs. I hope they don't last long. Who am I kidding I remember throwing TTs when I was in college :D eeekkk