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My kids aren't normal anyway, but to answer your question they both went through a screaming stage around a year old when they were first really learning how to talk. I think they got so frustrated, knowing in their mind what they wanted to say but not being able to articulate it. If I remember right, it passed within a few months. I could never come up with any way to get them to stop at that age. They're really too little to understand WHY screaming in public is not appropriate. Just don't give in to their wants, be firm in not letting them have their way. That's the main thing. I just waited that stage out and didn't give in. Sorry I can't offer any real suggestions to stop it. Just do the best you can to handle it, stay patient and calm, and don't worry about what other moms think. They don't walk in your shoes. Before I had kids I used to look down on moms with toddlers in the grocery check out aisle, their little ones screaming for candy because the moms wouldn't give in. I remember thinking "what a rotten mom to have a kid who acts like that". Then when I had my own kids throwing full blown temper tantrums over candy I wouldn't let them have, it made me think long and hard. No mom is perfect. Just do your best. Oh, I just thought of something that helped with my kids while I was on shopping trips though. Make up a "goody bag", a small diaper bag full of little toys that they are ONLY allowed to play with while you are shopping. Sometimes that helps keep them occupied. Or bring along healthy bite sized snacks that you can offer to distract them when they are acting up. Sometimes it helps!!!!!! Hang in there!