Alarming thng happened today, could I have picked up vibes of sadness and brutality from historical site?

[suzywong]

Right, I 'm not proud of this in anyway but today I was at the Perth Museum with my parents and ds2.

Ds2, 3yrs, demanded his usual ice lolly this time a magnum. I got it for him of course, and cracked the chocolate shell with my teeth to make it easier for him to eat. He immediately howled with disappointment and indignation and then.... and this is the bit I am extremely about.... I flew in to a total red mist, I shouted, I bullied and I picked him up after he hit me - poor thing was so upset - and I pressed him against a wall. How awful is that, how utterly appalling and not at all like me.

I got the hell out of the courtyard cafe where this had happened, still feeling full of rage and muttering and mumbling with poor ds2 in tow, and drove to a different part of town where I stopped the car and we hugged and made up and read a book together and I apologised for getting too cross. (and being a vile person).

I honestly do not know what got in to me. I am not PMT, I am not normally like that at all with my children - I sometime snap like the rest of us but I NEVER lay my hands anywhere near them - and I was remorseful and confused all day about what happened, how quickly it had happened and the intensity of the event.

Anyway, my mum later told me she had discovered that the cafe courtyard is actually the old execution yard of the former prison around which the museum is built.

Freaked me right out.

I am in no way excusing my revolting behaviour but I wonder if there could have been an underlying reason for it?

[expatinscotland]

It's entirely possible.

There are some places that have some really bad energy.

[belgo]

Magnums have also been the course of tantrums in my family. My dh once bought one for my two and a half year old dd (Way too young for a magnum), and she howled in fustration that she couldn't eat it, and wouldn't let us help her either. It caused an arguement between me and dh. Don't know about the courtyard, but steer clear of magnums!

[expatinscotland]

I stick to 99s b/c they are easier for the kids to eat.

[WelshBoris]

Yes I blame the magnum

[suzywong]

Thanks for not branding me a child abuser and calling social services

[belgo]

Since discovering miniture cornettos we have had less tantrums in this house. They are perfect for toddlers. (and delicious for me too.)

[CountessDracula]

oh expat

Don't beat yourself up

I once picked dd up roughly and shouted in her face that if she was going to be like that I didn't want her any more (I then cried for a day) She was 3 as well.

Sometimes things just get too much I think, when I posted on here about it everyone had stories of similar things.

I apologised to her too and we made up, I felt very shaky and crap for a few days and I have never done anything like it since.

As you say you could have picked up on bad vibes! More likely that 3yos can be a right PITA

[Pruni]

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[expatinscotland]

I'm tellin' ya, next time, go for the 99.

[suzywong]

HA! you could be right there Pruni, maybe I was three again, in a cafe with my parents.......arrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

3 years old eh, CD.