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To ask you to share the funniest reasons for your toddler's tantrums

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Foxglovesandsweetpeas · 01/10/2017 17:50

I recently read "cutted up pear" and realised that there hasn't been a funny thread about unreasonable toddler tantrums for a while.

My ds aged 3 once had an hour long tantrum because the sausage kept falling out of his sandwich but that's pretty mild compared to some of the ones I've read about so please share.

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HarrietKettleWasHere · 01/10/2017 19:12

Not mine, I actually read it on here but it really made me laugh.

The toddler was absoloutley inconsolable because their imaginary dog had run into the road and got hit by a car and died ShockGrin

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Starrycorpulentcunt · 01/10/2017 19:15

DD had a complete hysterical meltdown because the dog came up to her when she called him and tried to kick him in the face. He went back to his bed, utterly bewildered, she called him back and then started screaming and crying that he wouldn't go away. Time for a nap methinks.

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KitKat1985 · 01/10/2017 19:21

DD1 hates things being broken. She full on sobbed when we broke up one of her easter eggs to give her some chocolate earlier in the year.

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Foxglovesandsweetpeas · 01/10/2017 19:35

These are brilliant. My DD also used to get very angry in the car on the way home from nursery. She would ask me lots of questions and if I answered one in a way she didn't like she would get very angry until I stumbled upon the right answer which could sometimes take a while (especially when the question was something along the lines of "mummy why is that cat a cat?") I soon learnt that when she asked me a question, if I asked her "what do you want me to say" she would tell me what to say and then I would repeat it back to her. This made both of us very happy.

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Deathraystare · 01/10/2017 19:41

I put her dirty nappy in the bin. A very tearful "bye bye poo poo, love you"


Oh my word! That's great!!!!

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usernameavailable · 01/10/2017 19:44

My 20 mo old dd had a full on tantrum because she hurt her nose whilst trying to bite my 3 yr old dds back! And mean mummy refused to kiss her nose better.

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LovelyPrep · 01/10/2017 19:45

I was the absolute worst person in the world actually ever (+ door slam) because I said no to Wotsits 5 minutes before dinner.

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Lofari · 01/10/2017 19:47

My 2 year old had an hour long tantrum earlier because I switched the Hoover off........

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nutmegandginger · 01/10/2017 19:48

DD was FURIOUS when she discovered that DH had the same surname as her.

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RiversrunWoodville · 01/10/2017 19:50

Dd2 (2) full on meltdown because the cat is obsessed with sitting on the edge of the bath while everyone has a bath.

Dd1 (7)cried because she got the smaller half of the biscuit, she broke it herself.

Dd2 cried because she decided to try the potty but then I flushed her poo

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MatildaTheCat · 01/10/2017 19:52

Ds was a very devoted fan of tantrums for a fucking long period of time. The one we all still tease him about was The Hairdresser Incident.

She: 'hello, how would you like it?' < innocuous but silly question with hindsight >.

He: ' Like Captain Hook'. As in the Disney character with long black ringlets. He had adorable strawberry blond curls, not long.

That particular tantrum lasted the whole of the afternoon and is family legend. Grin

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AVeryBigHouse · 01/10/2017 19:54

Dtd had two monumental tantrums on the same day...because sh wanted to sit and have a ride on a SWAN and because the bus didn't stop so that she could drive it 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️.

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MrsKCastle · 01/10/2017 19:56

Easter time. 2 year old DD2 had a chocolate egg. She desperately wanted to eat the egg, but was simultaneously just as desperate to keep it perfect and whole. What a dilemma.

Oh, I have just looked back and saw that KitKat's daughter had the same crisis- it's obviously an issue for many!

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ilovepixie · 01/10/2017 20:00

When my nephew was 3 he had a bogey on his finger! I wiped it away and he had a meltdown cos it was his very best friend!

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cricketqueen · 01/10/2017 20:02

My dd had a tantrum because I wouldn't let her take home a tin of paint from b and q.
She's also had a tantrum cause the cat wouldn't come and sit with her. 10 minutes sat at the bottom of the stairs screaming up at the cat. 'Zippy won't play with me' the cat eventually comes down, sits next to her and we get 'Zippy is sat on my step and i dont want him to' it was one of those days haha

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midnightmisssuki · 01/10/2017 20:03

I told my 3-year old that Kenny Rogers was not as cool as Cyndi Lauper - she threw the biggest fit on earth - she is a big Kenny Rogers fan and apparently Cyndi Lauper is 'that shouty lady' from the we are the world video. Grin

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HandbagCrazy · 01/10/2017 20:08

I've mentioned this before. Looking after dnephew for the day and walked through the park.

Massive tantrum as he wanted to jump in the big puddles but at the same time didn't want his feet / shoes / clothes to get wet.

Apparently offering him his wellies was wrong as then he'd have to take his shoes off Hmm and offering to dry his feet afterwards and put on clean / dry socks and shoes was also wrong.
It was a very very long 25 minutes while he cried and sputtered "but I want to but I like dry Fix it auntie Handbag, pleeeeeeeeeeeese Confused

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crazypenguinlady · 01/10/2017 20:11

My son is only 7 months old so have all of this to come but these are very entertaining to read!

Though, does it count when he realises there's no food and he freaks out? He even drops a piece of food when feeding himself and cries Grin the best was when he was playing with my keys last week's, got back to the car and I had to wrangle them out of his hand. He threw a fit until a managed to distract him with his reflection in the mirror Grin

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Elledouble · 01/10/2017 20:13

We have daily tantrums because unsurprisingly, my 2 year old is not allowed to drive the car.

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Twig45 · 01/10/2017 20:42

We had meltdown today cause I offered plain biscuits as it was the only snack we had in when I got them out he had massive tantrum absolutely convinced I was hiding the aeroplane biscuits and there was no convincing there was just plain biscuits 😂😂😂

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Oysterbabe · 01/10/2017 20:47

We were watching nursery rhymes on YouTube earlier and she cried every time the little bunnies went to sleep, followed by utter joy whenever they woke up and hopped. It must be emotionally exhausting being a toddler.

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JayDot500 · 01/10/2017 20:53

My son likes perfect things. So when he takes a bite out of a biscuit, nugget, fruit... tantrum Blush

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Caenea · 01/10/2017 20:53

My 10mo threw a wobbly earlier because I kept lifting her away from the radiator - not switched on, but she wanted to lick it and I want to teach her early on that radiators = hot/don't touch.

She sat in the middle of the living room floor, big fat tears and bright red face. Refused comfort. As soon as Daddy came back from the shop she crawled straight over to him for comfort.

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GeekyWombat · 01/10/2017 20:54

She didn't want to go home. We were home.

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MrsPeel1 · 01/10/2017 20:55

We've had 'my pooooooo' tantrums and tantrums over not being able to drive the car. And many others. My current favourite though is when I had both my children tantrumming in tandem at the fact they didn't have babies in their tummies.

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