Does anyone else's DC make a SCENE when they leave the park?

Without fail it is such a scene. The first time I brought DD in the stroller let DS walk and well it is very hard holding a screaming, arm and legs flaying toddler, push a stroller with one hand across grass . Then I got smart and brought the double but he is so loud and people just look at me like i'm nuts.
So does anyone else's toddler behave like this and how do handle it?

Re: Does anyone else's DC make a SCENE when they leave the park?

Yes! Ryan throws a fit when we leave the park and even when we come back inside the house after playing in the backyard.

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That was me.

We made a rule "If you're good when you leave, you can come back."

Then we waved bye-bye to the trees, ducks, etc...all the time saying "See you tomorrow!" (they have no concept of time )

Someone on here also suggested making a game of finding your car.

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My DS used to do this. What worked for us was giving them both a heads-up that we were leaving starting at 10-15 minutes before go time. Just yell out to them, "Okay, we have 15 more minutes until we leave." and then do it in increments of 5 minutes.. It worked like a charm for us. Now when I give the final 5 minute warning, they rush to whichever part of the playground they want to hit up before we leave.

good luck!

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My DS is pretty good about it. I have always told him in we are leaving soon....5 minutes we are leaving.... in 2 minutes we are leaving etc. Even before he understood me and now I also make sure I reassure him that we will come back another day and its seems to work......USUALLY Every now and again he still starts to throw a fit though it is usually over before we get out of the fence.

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oh yes....

rolls around like a log until I strap him into the double stroller...honestly I just laugh because I know it's coming

It does not matter if we are there 5 minutes or 5 hours...it always happens

I would not go to the park without the double...can u imagine holding the baby and chasing Antonio...he cries the whole ride back too


the new thing is he runs and screams "you can't catch me, you can't catch me"

I start preparing him 5 minutes before.."last time on the slide, last time up the ladder" it doesn' work....

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YES It is soo embarrassing. But I have found that if I give him an hour either at the park or out in our backyard, he doesn't. This is what I have been doing now.

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OH YES!!! Makes a scene even when we leave the yard to come into the house. He usually gets over it within 5min.

Re: Does anyone else's DC make a SCENE when they leave the park?