Seriously, I thought it was the terrible two's? My 3 year old has just started these unbelievable tantrums. At the store the other day he saw something he wanted I said no and oh lord what followed was unreal - can't believe I lived through it with my hearing and sanity intact...my 4 year old had to use the potty at the very same time so I had to bring him screaming pulling his hair and poking his own eyes to the bathroom. People were walking up to me asking what they could do to help. I saw the pity in their eyes...Lucky for me I guess I have been ignoring people for a long time so the active ignoring advice is working for me. Thing is I feel so bad for HIM. He is all sweaty and tired when he is done that he falls right to sleep afterwards. Usually I just sit next to him while he flips out for usually about an hour, whenever I try to calm or soothe him it makes him more furious so I do nothing have any of you found anything that works? He is such a good sweet boy when he is not in the middle of one of these tantrums...