Let it be a Phase

I have been dealing with Leelee and some extra-intense tantrums (Dae's out of town). The minute something does not go his way, he's on the floor, flat, crying and writhing.

Today we went to Safeway and it was a disaster. First, there were no grocery carts, so this other customer and I had to go back and forth between the two ends of the store until a store employee finally mustered up the only cart he had, which was one of those with the extra kids' part and about twice as long as the other carts. Leelee refused to sit, period. He ended up standing unbuckled between the kid part and the regular cart and I just went ahead and pushed, hoping no employee would notice and chastise me! Well that lasted about 30 seconds until he started dangling one leg off the edge while I was still pushing it. Turns out he wanted to push the cart. Fine. I let him push and I grabbed on above to steer the cart. No go. He started crying and yelling, as he wanted to push the cart solo (not gonna happen). So I tried to put him in the regular front basket area but he strained and arched his back to make it impossible. He yelled, cried and pulled off his boots and threw them onto the floor. So at this point I wanted to just get out of there, but I was determined to get kale. I circled the produce area a few times and couldn't find it and it took about 15 of the longest minutes of my life for a produce 'expert' to come over and find it for me (it was actually there just not labeled, and I have no idea what kale looks like). Then, while struggling with Leelee, I erased half of my grocery list off my iPhone. At this point I was actually sweating, trying to wrestle with my shoeless child and my oversized cart.

So now we are back in the comfort of our own home. Leelee has thrown a little over 50% of his dinner onto the floor, I have said "No" very firmly, and he has proceeded to, in the next second, throw another fistful of food on the floor. The most recent "No" resulted in a 30 second staredown between the two of us. I am pretty sure this weekend he is winning!