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In my toddlers standards I was unacceptable today.

143 replies

BrokeTheToddlersHeart · 12/08/2023 18:30

Tonight, I was getting my DD1 to sleep and I was absolutely unacceptable in her standards.

I didn't let her poke me in the eye! She had already stolen my glasses off my face so I removed them. She went into absolute melt down. Oh the audacity of wanting to keep my eyes.

Anybody else been utterly unacceptable by their toddlers standards today?

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MrsSamR · 12/08/2023 19:04

Not sure if she counts as a toddler but my 3 yo cried today because my husband gave her a bite of a particularly delicious peach he was eating!

honeyrain · 12/08/2023 19:06

Mine had a tantrum because we took a golf umbrella (that he was using from the backseat to poke my DH in the head with whilst he was driving) off him in the car.

AthenaMinerva · 12/08/2023 19:08

honeyrain · 12/08/2023 19:06

Mine had a tantrum because we took a golf umbrella (that he was using from the backseat to poke my DH in the head with whilst he was driving) off him in the car.

That's absolutely a breach of his human rights!

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Fleur405 · 12/08/2023 19:10

I wouldn’t let my 18 month old get in the duck pond at the park so obviously I’m a dick.

Eileen101 · 12/08/2023 19:12

I had the audacity to try and assist my three year old down the stairs on the bus.

EdithGrantham · 12/08/2023 19:13

I threw away the ice lolly stick that 2yo DD gave me when she had, by her own admission, "Finished" the lolly

TonTonMacoute · 12/08/2023 19:15

I love these, makes me feel quite nostalgic.

Diddykong · 12/08/2023 19:16

I helped my son get a bottle of water. This caused a 30 minute screaming fit.

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 12/08/2023 19:19

Oh it doesn't end with toddlerhood I'm afraid, my 9yo has had a very busy couple of weeks including a 3 night brownie camp where they were up till midnight every night, then outdoor pursuits holiday club for several days, so the other morning I managed to do everything wrong in the run up to dropping her off at club.

I......

  • woke up before her - bad mummy
  • I offered to make her porridge - bad mummy
  • I packed her bag for her - bad bad mummy
  • I picked her out an outfit because she said she was too tired to open the wardrobe - bad mummy

By the time I got her to club 2 and a half hours after waking up, I was considering calling in sick and day drinking.

painochocolate · 12/08/2023 19:25

My 3 year old wasn't happy that I cooked dinner they wanted to do it themselves.

Fromage · 12/08/2023 19:25

You are all quite terrible parents.

I have never caused a meltdown by not allowing a toddler to play with goose shit. Oh no. That didn't happen and I didn't avoid that park for about a year. Nope.

Fromage · 12/08/2023 19:27

TonTonMacoute · 12/08/2023 19:15

I love these, makes me feel quite nostalgic.

You and I might be suffering from Post Toddler Stress Denial.

fourthousandmiles · 12/08/2023 19:28

Completely unacceptable that I wouldn't let her run across the busy road, cue 20 minute meltdown.
Also ruined her day this morning when I wouldn't feed her the strawberries that had gone fluffy for her breakfast.

Iranoutofmonikers · 12/08/2023 19:28

Toddlers are funny little creatures. It is exhausting at the time, but so funny to look back on years later.

Nellieinthebarn · 12/08/2023 19:31

Looking after DGD today, she is nearly three and I was guilty of child abuse because I took her to the garden centre she said she wanted to go to. AND while we were there I wouldn't let her swim in the koi pond, and then the cheese burger was not cut up, so I cut it in half, but from the WRONG direction!! I am resigning from the post of Nanny as I am obviously incompetent.

webuiltthiscityonrockandwheat · 12/08/2023 19:36

The other day my 2 year old asked for strawberries so I gave her strawberries. I honestly don't know what I was thinking, I deserved to be punished for my crimes (and I was)

MeinKraft · 12/08/2023 19:43

My 2 year old was pretending a little game boy thing was a phone. When she set it down I handed it to her and told her her phone was ringing. She threw it across the room and strumped off crying in a huff 🤷🏻‍♀️

painochocolate · 12/08/2023 19:45

Oh and the classic peeling a banana from the end when it should have been done from the middle. Rookie error.

greglet · 12/08/2023 19:46

My 14 month old wanted to crawl across the floor of a busy restaurant at lunchtime today. To distract him, I took him outside, where he wanted to remove all the pebbles from someone's flower bed and throw them onto the pavement ("uh oh!").

I was of course very unreasonable for preventing him from doing these things.

CassTheFox · 12/08/2023 19:54

My 3 year olds spaghetti was “too long”. So I cut it up for him.. but then “it wasn’t ‘ghetti anymore”.

Oh and also, I shouldn’t have eaten those grapes earlier, as they were his friends

EnjoyingTheSilence · 12/08/2023 19:55

You are all terrible parents and I hope you spend this evening taking a long hard look at yourselves. Your poor hard done by children 😆

Whyohwhyohwhy123 · 12/08/2023 19:58

Couldn’t take the indoors toys outside
I gave her a drink that she didn’t want and the moment I moved it she did want it
I changed her nappy and apparently I was a bad mummy generally today. Hopefully tomorrow she will be more reasonable

NoCapesDarling · 12/08/2023 20:04

Its been a long day.

his cheese broke in half and I couldn’t put it back together= tantrum

He was really hungry but didn’t want to go in the cafe so I could buy food. Ended up carrying him in by an arm and the seat of his trousers.

I wanted him to wear shoes in a farmyard. Tantrum

His crisps were finished (they weren’t) = tantrum

I showed him that the crisps weren’t finished. = further tantrum

All that was just before 1pm! It didn’t get better.

Pineappleandredcheese · 12/08/2023 20:06

My dd had a meltdown once
Shed just done her first wee on the potty and threw a tantrum because she found out she'd have to wee everyday for the rest of her life
She's 26 now and we laugh about it,but at the time it almost broke me

AllotmentTime · 12/08/2023 20:09

Once DD(3) was playing pretend cake baking.

We were about to have real cake, so I swapped her pretend slice for the real thing thinking this would be fun and adorable.

Worst. Tantrum. Ever.