To ask why your three year old is having a tantrum today.

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4am DD needed a wee (fair enough). Clearly she woke from a deep sleep as she was unusually grumpy and we ended up with a tantrum & tears “because she has tears”. Obviously, she was her usual happy bouncy self once she was allowed in our bed....I’m a sucker for that one every time. Please regale me with your three year old’s utterly illogical tantrums so that I know I’m not the only one!

Mine had a big cry this morning because she wanted marmite toast for breakfast and when I made her a slice it turns out she wanted the marmite toast she didn't eat yesterday. I was very unreasonable for not taking it out of the bin.

Because I got him dressed

And he doesn't want to have clothes on.

Because she wanted "nobody 's help getting dressed" I dared to offer a helping hand once she'd managed to the herself in more knots than an amateur houdini

Because the butterfly she was looking at flew away.

Not mine but my charge is off nursery today following a sickness bug so is very grumpy.

The Duplo man has the 'wrong legs'

I cut his crumpet into a 'seasaw shape' when he wanted a 'moon shape'

I wouldn't make the blackbird leave the garden when had the audacity to be perched on his bike. Blackbird is now very much an enemy and I'm clearly in cahoots with it for not banishing it for ever more.

I said we'll go to the bakery and get a French stick and he can eat some on the way home (Normally something he CRAZES to do) but this was met with tears because 'the bread might be pointy'

later

Not a tantrum as such but moody sulking.
Because I wrote his name last in a birthday card (he’s the youngest)

Ds wanted honey on toast for breakfast. So I made him honey on toast. When I was cutting it he told me it sounded too crunchy and he didn’t want toast he wants honey on bread. So I made him honey on bread - fine - and I started eating his honey on toast. Oh no, he wants the toast as well. Fml.

Because he didn't want to go to nursery. Then another tantrum when I said fine we'll stay home today, because he did infact actually want to go to nursery.

Dad has taken him to nursery and he was happy as larry, of course

None yet today but yesterday mine had a screaming fit because I promised him a pancake breakfast in a nice cafe and then I cruelly made him walk from the car park to the cafe. He couldn't understand why the pancakes didn't appear the second I parked the car. By the time we got to the (really lovely) cafe he was red faced and covered in livid snot.

Mine is 2.5, can I play? So far today we've had:

• screaming because the toy fish my friend bought her was in her bath

• screaming because the toy fish my friend bought her was taken out of her bath

• she said she wanted weetabix for breakfast, but cried because it wasn't rice pops or "grandad cereal" (delicious, sugary, verboten granola!)

• hysterics because she was told not to pull at the heavy boxes (we've just moved house)

• sobbing because she wasn't allowed to "show" her toy cars to the baby (because "show" most likely means "dangle over face and then drop accidentally when something distracts her")

And it's only 9.44am. FML.

Can I relish in much moment of not my kid? My 2.11 yo has happily plodded around the living room saying Bababababab and is now putting on his emergency gloves (3 sizes too big, but it was v cold and we'd lost his)

Not today but yesterday she cried because she was getting wet from the rain, then cried because she didn’t want the rain cover, then cried because she was getting wet from the rain etc... I’ve already used up my three wishes from the genie in the bottle so couldn’t make the rain stop. I’m a failure.

What doesn't make my son have a tantrum? I actually made a category on his star chart for 'no daily tantrum'. This morning we had a minor one over what type of cheese he wanted in his lunch box. One of the most memorable was when he was 2/3, I wouldn't feed him a bogey I picked off him which started an hour long strop

My almost 2yo sometimes has a tantrum when I cut up his banana, and sometimes when I don't cut up his banana.
Also if I give him water in the wrong cup.

His coat is "too boring" 😞

Because she woke up.

Because her nose was blocked.

Because she didn't have enough duvet (in my bed - she could have had the whole of hers!).

Because her sister got in the way when we were skyping DH (who is away at the moment).

Because I asked her to get dressed.

Because her t-shirt doesn't have long sleeves.

Because she was too cold.

Because she was too hot.

Because she didn't want her hair brushed.

And then I dropped her off at nursery at 8am and everything was fine

Thank you ladies & bless them: it really is very hard being 2 or 3 and having to deal with life's daily struggles (butterflies flying away, incorrect duplo legs...). Just wait until we get to the Everybody Else/Nobody Else phase (see teens thread yesterday) - all very funny, if concerning....

Because he didn't like the clothes I picked for him to wear today and instead wanted to go to nursery in his pj's without socks or underwear and two different shoes. Didn't like it when I said the socks and underwear weren't negotiable. Otherwise I would have quite enjoyed taking him the nursery with the outfit he picked! Would have given me a much needed laugh. Also when he wanted to wear two coats and I said it wasn't a good idea. "Yes it is mummy!" on repeat for 10 minutes until he forgot what he was moaning about, put one coat on and toddled off to the front door.

Not a tantrum as such, but an in-depth discussion re: flushing of toilet.

DD: 'Mummy when I go for a wee sometimes if I can't flush it you tell me to just leave it don't you'
Me: 'well I say leave it and I'll do it, I don't say leave it forever'
DD: 'You DO mummy'
Me: 'I don't!'
DD: -on toilet- 'Mummy I can't flush the toilet by myself'
Me: 'ok just leave it' (and I'll do it)
DD: 'I TOLD YOU YOU SAID THAT MUMMY YOU WERE TELLING PORKY PIES!'

Child is brilliant but frustrating

"I want to wear me fairy coat"
"What fairy coat? You haven't got a fairy coat"
"Fairy coat! Fairy coat! Fairy coat""
Tears from dd. Bemusement from me.
"Me fairy coat! It's all green and it's fairy inside"
Proper scousers, my two!

On a related subject, my three year old has just started refusing to nap. How the fxuck am I meant to get anything done now?!!!!

I’m also very upset at the prospect of no peace whatsoever from morning til night from now on..... Help!

Oh this is a bloody brilliant thread Your kids sound so funny!

I have secondary infertility, it’s been 4 years now but we’re undergoing IVF now, and (fingers crossed) I can’t wait for this stage again!! I must be mad.

DD (almost 9) was a terrible toddler. I’m sure my secondary infertility is God or the Universe saying “You don’t deserve to go through that again”

@Chattycat78 I'm almost sure that's what the free nursery hours were invented for

He hasn't yet...because I am at work. He will have as soon as I get through the door though!