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Can we have a lighthearted toddler tantrum thread please?

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Pannacottaformeplease · 04/05/2020 21:33

I'll start. The reason my DD had a tantrum today is because I threw away the squashed half banana that she was using to decorate the patio doors. It lasted over an hour.

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0MrsT · 04/05/2020 21:59

My favourites from today were when she threw the dog her banana and the dog ate it.. this one happens daily!
And she shut the kitchen door and then instantly threw herself down proceeded to scream because the door was shut!
Because her dummy was in the toilet.. because she threw it in there!

KatyN · 04/05/2020 22:00

My 4 year old(so officially not a toddler) woke up in the night. I am her favourite parent, nay person in the whole world. I went through to her

I was not daddy

Cue screaming until daddy came through. I went for a wee and before I had finished she came time saying she had changed her mind.

Took 3 hours to calm down.

Elopelo · 04/05/2020 22:00

18 month old DS:

Because I put the lid back on his sippy cup and he wanted it off

Because I took the lid off his sippy cup

Because I handed the sippy cup in one hand and forgot to give the lid in the other hand

Because I tightened the lid on the sippy cup and he wanted to drink from it with a loose lid thereby soaking himself for the umpteenth time today

When he really has a meltdown he MUST let everyone know about it by throwing anything in arms reach full force on the floor and then running to the TV and switching it off.

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Outdoorsybynature · 04/05/2020 22:01

3yodd burst into tears this evening when moon and me came on because she didn't want the moon she wanted the sun.

FenellaMaxwell · 04/05/2020 22:05

Today he has been immaculately behaved. Of course. Because I was at work and he was being looked after by my mother. Yesterday, because I expected him to share the enormous baking tray sized pizza we made with DH, because I wouldn’t let him drive my car, because he wanted a banana so I gave him one, because he wanted the pink cup but with the lid of his blue water bottle on, and being completely different sizes, stupid mummy couldn’t make that work 🙄, and the absolute highlight - because the dog wouldn’t play the ukulele.

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Pannacottaformeplease · 04/05/2020 22:06

These are brilliant!! @Moondust001 can you elaborate on why the husband had the tantrum about the toddler please..........

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poshme · 04/05/2020 22:10

Long time ago now, but DS had a tantrum because I undid his straps in the car.
(It took 10 minutes of tantrums to do them up before the journey)
Then because I got him out of the car.
Because I wanted to go in the house.
And I went in the house.
He lay on the doorstep screaming.
He screamed at me to close the door. So I did. And he screamed at me to open it.
It was the start of a very long day.

I'd like to say there are no more tantrums. He's 14. We still have them but less screaming.
Sigh.

FlyingLemur · 04/05/2020 22:13

Forgot the massive tantrum because I suggested he put his shoes on the correct feet rather than the wrong way round. Also apparently a ridiculous suggestion of mine.

TyroSaysMeow · 04/05/2020 22:16

because the dog wouldn’t play the ukulele.

Grin

I love these threads; they make me so glad mine's not a toddler any more!

TrainspottingWelsh · 04/05/2020 22:17

We're many years past toddler tantrums now, one of my favourites was because I told dd she could have a treat dinner, and then bought her a happy meal. When of course I should have known she wanted toast as a special meal. Another occasion she raged because a piece of printer paper wouldn't stay upright on the rug. Dsd threw a tantrum because the water was spoiling her new costume when she got in the paddling pool, followed by another tantrum that she wanted to go in the paddling pool in her costume.

peekaboob · 04/05/2020 22:19

Love all of these!
We've had meltdowns today because I wouldn't let her eat a 5p and also because I wouldn't let her put next door's slate from their front garden into the drain.

Katinski · 04/05/2020 22:31

because the dog wouldn't play the ukulele has got to be my absolute favouriteGrinGrinGrin Another mum who's pleased the toddler days are over.Well, mostly,anyway...

SheepSocks · 04/05/2020 22:34

Because the dvd she requested wouldn't load fast enough on the computer. When I tried to fix it she screamed "don't touch it!"

The cat wouldn't sing happy birthday when presented with a wooden birthday cake. I made the mistake of telling DD it was the cat's birthday, the cat is now banned from having birthdays, especially when she won't wish herself happy birthday.

ElfCakes · 04/05/2020 22:52

He didn't have enough hands
I wouldn't let him dip his whole hand in the jam jar
Daddy locked the bathroom door so he couldn't visit him whilst he was doing a poo (to see how big daddy's poo is - potty training = huge interest in poo!)

TotallyKerplunked · 04/05/2020 23:54

Where to start? DS2 (2 1/2)
Because the cat wouldn't stay still and let him sit on him
Because DS1 turned over his jigsaw piece so he could see the picture and complete the jigsaw he was already crying about as he hadn't finished it
Because it was windy
Because he wanted to eat chocolate all day
Because I changed the loo roll
Because DD finished her lunch and got down from the table
Because I wouldn't let him feed the cat his chocolate yogurt (cat is a pig and would eat anything but I didn't fancy cleaning up the aftermath)
However despite all of this he was still better behaved than his siblings (8and4) who seem determined to kill each other.

PawPatrolMakesMeDrink · 04/05/2020 23:58

DS once threw a 20 minute laid flat on the floor protest in Asda because he wanted an apple. We were about 15 feet from the fruit and veg section. He could see the apples from where he was throwing his strop on the floor. Couldn’t pick him up without him going all ninja octopus on me. So I just stood there.

raffaroo · 04/05/2020 23:59

My son had a tantrum recently because he said his dads sock was smiling at him..these were plain black socks 🤔. Today he had a meltdown because the dog looked at him.

tmh88 · 05/05/2020 00:15

Because our cat won’t talk to him like Garfield... he spent the day going “joey what’s this?” Then crying when he didn’t answer bloody car etc!

lyralalala · 05/05/2020 00:22

My favourite recently one has been a tantrum that BIL & SIL’s baby isn’t called Monkey or Raven. Her favourite teddy is called Monkey and the cat is called Raven and she thinks the baby should be called one of these things

The other, slightly cuter, one is that the baby lives with BIL and SIL and not us.

One that still gets talked about is when DS, now 10, was inconsolable because the cat wouldn’t learn to woof

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 05/05/2020 00:35

Not tantrums but today DS 2yo managed to remove his nappy under his trousers whilst we were out on our daily walk, I mean, just how the fuck.

When asked he said "DD2 did it". She clearly hadn't.

DD2 spent the last half mile of the walk asking brightly "and who's THAT?" About every single paving stone, piece of rubbish, drainage channel etc etc we passed.

On the plus side they also played nicely in the bath for at least 34 seconds before attempting to murder each other.

IHaveBrilloHair · 05/05/2020 02:40

@SheepSocks
Imagine the cat not appreciating the wooden birthday cake.
What an ungrateful fuzzy beast Grin

DingoDing · 05/05/2020 03:07

DD when aged about 4 was once inconsolable because "Daddy says the trees are alive"

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Pannacottaformeplease · 05/05/2020 06:19

Thanks for all of these - they make for excellent reading!

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HappyDinosaur · 05/05/2020 06:40

Our dd was distraught the other day because Daddy had finished his own breakfast, she didn't even want any of it.

Makeminelarge · 05/05/2020 06:53

DS had a tantrum because he didn't want his left foot to touch the floor when he was walking down the front path. He didn't want to be picked up or put in the buggy because "MUMMY I WANT TO WALK. NO FOOT. FOOT GO AWAY. I WANT TO WALK" was screeched at me.