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To think that my daughter aged 3 had the most pointless tantrum in the world

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ReallyTired · 04/05/2012 18:37

DD is angry because I flushed away her poo. She wanted Daddy to flush the poo away. I am not having her poo stinking out our bathroom for the next two hours. She has been potty trained since christmas and should be growing out of this poo fasination.

Does she get the mumsnet vote for the daftest tantrum of the day.

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suzikettles · 04/05/2012 20:46

Nah, bewitched, my gran tells stories of her (1940s/early 50s) children tantrumming with the best of them Grin

My uncle, around the age of 3, apparently couldn't bear the idea that anything had ever happened in the family before he was born so would feet drum and yell "I doooooo remember it, I was theeeeeere" (about events such as his parents' wedding 10 years earlier).

Mind you, my gran thought it was funny but also her remedy was to put up with it for about a minute and then shut the offending child in an empty room with the door locked until they stopped while she went about her business. (Not advocating this obv).

RillaBlythe · 04/05/2012 20:48

Mine has had a tantrum because I peed on top of her pee before flushing it away.

cuttingpicassostoenails · 04/05/2012 20:59

My granson is 18 months old and has just discovered "The Tantrum".

My son is completely bewildered by the power and passion of "The Tantrum".

Revenge is a sweet dish and best served cold.

VivianMolly · 04/05/2012 21:03

My DD had a memorable tantrum when I forgot to let her invisible friend out of the car first.

BertieBotts · 04/05/2012 21:06

I'm pretty sure children of the 50s behaved and ate what they were given because if they didn't they'd get beaten and/or sent to bed with nothing.

But I expect they still had illogical tantrums, too.

dementedma · 04/05/2012 21:10

my DD had a door slamming meltdown after being asked to wash up the cup and plate she just used. she is 21!!! YEARS!!
You think it ends after toddlerhood? bwa ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa

girliefriend · 04/05/2012 21:13

My nephew (nearly 3yo) recently had a massive tantrum because he wanted a bath,so a bath was run, he didn't want a bath, was unceremoniously dumped into said bath, screamed a lot, got out of bath, screamed that he wanted a bath...

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ReallyTired · 04/05/2012 21:15

dementedma noooooooooooooo!!!!

reallytired drinks loads of Wine Wine Wine WineWine Wine Wine Wine

reallytired now wonders if tomorrow she is going to have the hangover from hell coupled with the tantrum from hell tomorrow!

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throwinshapes · 04/05/2012 21:18

Am often sitting quietly, or engrossed in a task, minding my own business when 2.11 yo DD crossly informs me that 'I'm NOT your best friend' and 'NO'.
At which I am utterly bewildered Confused
She must be remembering a past misdemeanour of mine.

fuckwittery · 04/05/2012 21:19

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dementedma · 04/05/2012 21:21

really and then there are the ones about getting up in time for the school bus, studying for exams, staying out late, being gobby and pushing every boundary under the sun,drinking, staying out later, unsuitable boyfriends, clothes which are too tight, too short, too expensive, too see-through, not using the place like a hotel, answering when spoken to, hair dye, too much make up, staying out all night, shagging.....oh, i forgot the tattoo.........
have another Wine. You have it all ahead of you Grin

skybluepearl · 04/05/2012 21:28

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered I'm sure most 1950's mums have forgotten the difficult bits of parenting. Rose tinted glasses and all that.

MixedClassBaby · 04/05/2012 21:30

My mother claims that 'none of her three ever had a tantrum'. She also advised me when DD was 6mo that 'now she's sitting up, she should be using a potty'.

Shelly32 · 04/05/2012 21:33

Honey, I haven't even read most of the comments as I know your situation. My one daughter will not allow me to put her in or take her out of the car. This isi apparently 'Daddy's task'. This makes life difficult, impossible infact, especilayy when 'Daddy' is not around in the day. Bribery and blackmail is the only way I can get anything done. It probably isn't right or advised but it works.. Go figure X

IllegitimateGruffal0Child · 04/05/2012 21:37

I can officially confirm that the elderly people I work with had just the same problems with their children. However they had (ahem) more 'direct' ways of dealing with them.

I am loving the irrationality of these stories. It's the conviction that toddlers possess that they are right that is just hilarious.

Shelly32 · 04/05/2012 21:40

IllegitimateGruffaloChild You've hit the nail on the head.

NicNocJnr · 04/05/2012 21:58

Oh god - Wine all round.

It's not that mine have had beeter trantrums but they certainly had better ways of making me feel terrible.
Eldest's tantrum had reached apex when we stop look at mummy accusingly and say sotto voce 'Not naughty, mummy do kick me up the bottom like moocow 'get on your bed, bad dog' and stalked off up to the bedroom Blush Blush Blush Blush

One of our dogs' nickname is Moocow and although I have sent them to their beds for being underfoot I don't kick anyone up the bum!!! I could only think that scooching the pups out of the way when they're having dinner is what had been seen - Instead of interrupting them I'll push their bum with my foot and they then move over, head still in bowl.

I don't know where it came from but I've never kicked one of the kids up the arse! So I had a situation where the child policed itself but in the process of doing that made me out to be a terrible, terrible parent. Luckily witnesses confirmed my lack of bottom kicking (we don't even smack) and everyone had a good chuckle. Eldest DC has no idea what it was all about now but assures me he is perfectly sure he never got a foot to the pants (however sorely tempted I may have been) Smile

throwinshapes · 04/05/2012 22:09

Nic GrinGrin

JingleMum · 04/05/2012 22:14

cuttingpicassostoenails hahahahahaha!!!! great post! whenever my toddler tantrums and i'm in the company of my mother i can see her thinking in her head "well hello, karma" i then ask her did i throw tantrums as spectacularly as my daughter "not really" she replies... bloody mothers!

LetsKateWin · 04/05/2012 22:21

These threads always make laugh. DD always has similar tantrums to those mentioned when she's tired.

picnicbasketcase · 04/05/2012 22:26

DD (4) had a tantrum because DP told her that her slice of toast's name was Bernard.

Confused
Superene · 04/05/2012 22:27

During a particularly awful tantrum my dc1 was having, I rang my mother in despair and said "what did you do when I was like this?" (I was famous for my tanties and friends of the family still remember them) and horrors! she said "You were never THIS bad".
Gah

Tobydogrocks · 04/05/2012 22:28

I'm so relieved I'm not alone!
My very nearly 3 yr old DD had an almighty tantrum at 6:30am yesterday because her 4 yr old brother looked at her Hmm
Today she screamed the house down demanding 'mummy cuddles', I go to cuddle her and she screams 'no cuddles'
I'm often in awe at the absolute randomness of her tantrums!

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ReallyTired · 04/05/2012 22:35

"have another Wine. You have it all ahead of you Grin"

Reallytired thinks that drinking more wine is a bad idea as she can bearly stand up now.

Reallytired's daugter is banned from having any boyfriends before 30 and can't imagine her three year "shagging".

Reallytired is starting to get grey hairs.

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HSMM · 04/05/2012 22:37

DD age 13 looked like she was going to have a toddler tantrum today coz I held her uggs the wrong way!?????

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