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to ask what your toddlers have been upset over today?

131 replies

dollsmouse · 03/05/2014 14:52

Dd is just turned 2 and has a cold so is feeling rather delicate. Today she has got upset because:

I told her to be careful she didn't drop a toy onto her feet as she was barefoot and it was near the edge of the table. She cried like I'd actually made it happen.

A daisy she picked wouldn't re-plant into the grass.

The rabbit ate the carrot she gave it.

I washed her coat.

Her doll cried.

Confused

Please tell me it's not just my toddler that's high maintenance today??

OP posts:
SoonToBeSix · 04/05/2014 22:30

Obviously that wasn't funny at the time to see her upset.

onestepbeyond · 04/05/2014 22:51

Because birds were going to eat the baby (there were no birds).
Because the sea is wet.
Because I opened her yoghurt for her.
Because "I just need to cry mummy"!!

AndHarry · 04/05/2014 23:14

I put her shoes on.
Her brother held her hand.
I won the race to the car.
DH used his balance bike as a scooter Hmm
The see-saw scared him.
DH shouted 'wolf!' in the woods Hmm Hmm

MooMaid · 05/05/2014 01:41

What a lovely thread despite demanding children

Made me smile Smile

SinisterBuggyMonth · 05/05/2014 01:52

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parentalunit · 05/05/2014 05:57

Loving this thread! Good to know we're not alone :)

HelenHen · 05/05/2014 06:13

Because I wouldn't let him jump in the river

Also cos dp looked at him

I ate the final piece of crumpet that he didn't want anyway!

LostMyPants · 05/05/2014 08:24

One of DS's first tantrums was because i wouldn't let him lie on the road. The road, not the pavement.

Goblinchild · 05/05/2014 08:37

We definitely need a thread like this once a month. Grin
Not just for all you parents of wailing toddlers to gain solidarity and realise you are not alone, but so that the rest of us remember that sometimes the anguish is just because
It's a hard lesson to learn that the universe will not bend to your whims.

13Stitches · 05/05/2014 08:46

These are great! I'm totally place marking so I can post DSs ridiculous tantrums here. So far he's been lovely this morning. But that probably means he's saving up the daily scream-quota!

Shodan · 05/05/2014 09:27

Fortunately my two are way past toddler stage now, but I can clearly remember ds1 (now 18- that's how much the horror stays with you Grin) having his umpteenth "I WA-A-A-N-N-T-T..." crying fit and me losing my cool and roaring back "And I want ONE DAY without tantrums! Clearly neither of us are going to get what we want!!". A slightly shocked silence ensued before we both started giggling ("You're so silly Mummy." "Yes, yes I am, aren't I?" etc etc)

Melonbreath · 05/05/2014 10:35

Dd wanted milk. I gave her milk.

Dd wanted an apple. I gave her an apple.

It's that sort of day today!

karatekimmi · 05/05/2014 10:43

Sorry to wish it on all of you but I'm glad it's not just me!!

I say nee - naw wrong (as in emergency vehicles) I have no idea how it should be said!!

And a million other things!!

GuybrushThreepwoodMP · 05/05/2014 11:28

My dd screamed her way round the supermarket because she didn't want me to push the trolley. She felt very strongly that she could hold the handle and make it movemove by pulling it... while sitting in the seat. If I touched the handle, she shrieked 'NO!' and pushed my hand off. I'm beginning to think she might be a bit simple.

WhenDidAllThesePetsAppear · 05/05/2014 12:42

I was once in packing my bags in the supermarket and the poor lady behind me had her 3 yr old screaming her eyes out because she would not buy rabbit food "I want some rabbit food" - "We are not getting rabbit food" - "But I neeeed some rabbit food" - "We are not getting rabbit food" - "But mummy I really neeed some rabbit food" - "We are not getting rabbit food because we have not got a rabbit" at which point myself and the checkout lady cried laughing Smile Grin

FrillyPig · 05/05/2014 13:36

All of these are fab, I just need to add that my days are like this too but my DS is 8!! He has possible Aspergers but it's the same ridiculous reasons for breakdowns and tantrums. My fave was yesterday when he started screaming, and I mean SCREAMING, because....... He dropped a piece of Lego on the floor. Not a model or a figure or something that could have broken apart but a singular brick. Best of all it was my fault for asking him to come downstairs.....

Cumberlover76 · 05/05/2014 13:48

Yes, I have one too. DD would only eat her lunch today if I fed her like a baby, which meant spoonfeeding her scrambled egg whilst she lay on my lap, she was very hungry and I needed to get food in her any way possible. She then cried as there was no Marmite on her toast. She also cried when I took her bogie (wiped her nose) and took her poo (changed her nappy). You never know what's going to set it off!

pinkreindeer · 05/05/2014 13:53

2 yr old DS wanted "dat purple cup" not "dis purple cup".

Goblinchild · 05/05/2014 13:57

It's when you find 'dat purple cup' is in fact the green one that your sanity wails and curls up in a dark corner of your brain.

AntiDistinctlyMinty · 05/05/2014 13:59

Because the jam sandwich he asked for had jam in it.
Because I threw his pooey nappy in the bin
Because 8m old DS2 wouldn't sing Twinkle Twinkle

I'm desperately hoping there might be a nap in the near future...

Thumbwitch · 05/05/2014 14:07

Today, DS2 has been upset over:
• standing with his back to the patio door and sliding down to sitting on the floor. He did it 3 times with no problem, the last one caused him to wail, still no idea why.
• having his pooey nappy changed, despite it being sore on his bottom
• wailing at me from his highchair, I still don't exactly know why but I think he just wanted company
• me singing his favourite nappy-changing song (this changes according to mood but none of them were right today. :( )

SpecialStuff · 05/05/2014 14:23

Mines only young but she's good. So far we've had tantrums because:

She didn't want to lay down for a nappy change
She wanted my crisps and sandwich not hers
She'd eaten all the blueberries
I wouldn't hold my hands out so she could walk to me (she's cruising but done a few steps on her own and we're trying to encourage more out of her)
She didn't want to lay down for a nappy change
She wanted water out of a glass not her sippy cup.

moominmarvellous · 05/05/2014 14:43

DS (3) had a meltdown earlier because he use to be a baby [hmmm]

I made the mistake of showing him a photo of his Christening Day!

moominmarvellous · 05/05/2014 14:44
Hmm
violator · 05/05/2014 15:10

Screaming fit when breakfast was produced.
Screaming fit when it was removed.
Screaming fit when it was produced again (finally ate it)

Meltdown when DH suggested a trip to the park.

Tears when I told him not to smack me in the face with Percy train.

Tantrum when he realised we were going to visit grandad.

Then I left for work. I'm knackered and I haven't even started work yet.