Reasons my child tantrummed today.

[LilliaJones]

Hello everyone. There's probably many threads of this but looking for some solidarity moments of the most ridiculous reasons your child has tantrummed.

Today - DD 21 months had an absolute horrid Henry moment in tescos down the tampax aisle as she wanted to launch a whole shelf of extra long winged on the floor. (We we're walking as I only had a basket)

She ended up carrying round a pack of always ultra round in the end.

Also - went into absolute meltdown mode as I removed the lid from MY yogurt. She had her own...

Anyone else?? Toddlers are confusing things at times. Please tell me your ridiculous tantrum stories!

2.5 year old. I wiped his nose and he wanted the bogies back!!!

Because he wanted to wear his new shoes to bed tonight

@Littletikes41 this really made me laugh because DS has been asking to go to the "brown house" for days. Our house is white.

I think he might mean the holiday cottage we stayed in 2 months ago. Apparently we're going tomorrow. He's going to be disappointed!

Today my 4 year old threw himself on the floor in utter despair because he could not flip his plastic fried egg in his plastic frying pan... It's the little things 😂

Because I cut her banana up wrong, I used the wrong plate, I gave her green brocoli for tea and she only likes the other kind of brocoli???!, because I suggested we watch something other than coco melon, because I took her to the wrong park, I lined her dinosaurs up wrong, the list has been endless and the day very long and shes still up......

she only likes the other kind of brocoli?

Did she mean cauliflower?

She's not a toddler, she's 7 but Did threw an almighty crying fit because I told her to stop swinging on the door handles at my parents and she responded with "so I'm never allowed to leave this room again". I told her not to speak to me that way and she cried for an hour. Big fat sobs.

She was hangry, turns out.

I will try cauliflower tomorrow and see!

Mines not a toddler either, she's nearly 5 but I've absolutely noticed that tantrums are definitely worse when she's hungry. It's like she doesn't remember the words "I'm hungry" after a certain level of hunger and it just turns her into a ball of rage (about usually utter nonsense). Todays delight was because I told her that she could not have her own mobile phone for her 5th birthday because 5 year olds don't need a phone. Prompted because her big sister got one for starting secondary school and she argued that they are "nearly the same age" 🙄.

Lol I hope he's not too disappointed in the morning. I have no idea what DS is talking about. I told him if I had a house in the mountains I'd be there, which didn't help.

Because she wants it to be her birthday today.

Oh yes you're so right to describe the tantrums as 'lie down' I don't know why that made me laugh so much.

Why do they always decide to go horizontal in a tantrum! Hope all goes well with your daughters exams. I bet these are all distant (but now funny) memories now!

7 year old DD

Her turn at bowling was taking too long - this was unreasonable.

Stropped because there were no free 2p machines.

Stropped because I said no more arcades

Had a strop because she only had enough arcade tickets for a sweet.

Another strop because we went to Nando’s but she didn’t want any chips on her kids meal - she only ate the chips 🙄

Stropped because she didn’t want apple cordial because it was disgusting- she drank it all and said it was delicious.

Stropped because I said no milkshake after she’d just had a hot chocolate

omg today has been so bad!

Over the last day or so -

I peeled her orange, like she asked, which was fine by her and then started to segment it, which apparently was not fine. Stopped immediately but this apparently was not good enough. Howls of rage that I had dared to try to help her.

The dog came into the garden while she was there. She and the dog get on very well and normally have a lovely time playing in the garden but today, for whatever reason, the dog was not allowed to come out.

She was furious that the cat wouldn't stay trapped in the clothes basket for her to annoy it.

Her sock wasn't co-operating but she was determined that she didn't want any help.

She was not allowed chocolate buttons for breakfast despite her (admittedly impressive) attempts to scale the kitchen cupboards to gain access to the cupboard containing them.

There's been a lot of 'mummy, I a bit hungry' and 'mummy, I a bit sad' today.

Love this thread!

20mo ds today screamed when I gave him the green spoon for his cereal, he wanted the blue one, gave him the blue one yet he screamed and cried til he was hyperventilating because I put the green one back in the drawer.

Tantrum no.2 was because he couldn't open the banana, I opened the banana.... then the banana broke in half and all hell broke loose.

The dog touched him, cue more crying and trying to hit the dog. Then the dog left the room so he chased him, then cried because the dog wouldn't let him climb onto his back.

This was all before the nursery run at 8am!

DD had a tantrum aged 3 because someone had eaten all the raisins (her)

@Chocolatiestchocolate speaking of potty's and kitchen bins my dd did a poo in her knickers a few weeks ago and very proudly told me it was in the bin. Yes she had taken it out and proudly disposed of it in the kitchen bin. That was a wonderful morning.

Wouldn’t let my daughter into the brown bear area at the sanctuary. Seeing them wasn’t enough, she wanted to touch them! 🐻

Wouldn't like her climb into an oven. That was on. Although after today I can't say I was tempted.... terrible twos can do one now.

Wouldn't let I meant.

Because I gave her a spoon for her yoghurt. Then she cried again because she threw it on the floor and couldn't use it to eat with.

Well today is a new one!

Full blown splat on the floor moment because I flushed the loo.
(Times are gone when I can go for a pee in piece)

Make it make sense.
How dare I flush the loo!