Irrational toddler tantrums

[gollygoodnessgraciousme]

Aibu to ask for your stories of completely irrational toddler/young child tantrums?

Pretty sure I could write a book but this morning dd2 was playing her plastic flute thing and threw a massive strop because "the flute is annoying meeeeeeeeee. I don't like it when it makes a noise!!!! Waaaahhhhhhhh".

My ds also will also throw a tantrum about 'broken' food - banana needs to be whole, pancakes, sandwiches! I wonder why it seems to bug them so much?

My son will repeatedly have a meltdown because he doesn’t want to go out, even if we aren’t going out anywhere.

My two and a half year old DD was absolutely heartbroken and sobbed hysterically because "I don't want to be 2 anymore, I want to be 5!"

Oh I can so relate to this, this was my 3 yr old with his m&s dinosaur egg!

Sorry that was @winedayfriday

Ds 2.5yo very annoyed today that he could drive us to the supermarket, bit of a meltdown ensued. For some reason a carton of juice made everything better though.

My 2 and a half year old had a tantrum when we were out the other day because I got him the drink he wanted.

I asked him what drink he wanted, he picked an orange fruit shoot, so I bought it for him. Cue massive tantrum

Sometimes you just can’t win 🤷‍♀️

You are not alone ......
IF MY 3YO HAD ACESS TO AIBU
More commonly known as “Cutted up pear”

A friend's toddler had the mother of all tantrums, dashing herself to the floor screaming and flailing her limbs around because she wanted to bring home the hopscotch grid painted on the playground and her mother had to refuse on the basis of physical impossibility.

One of the children I nanny had a total tantrum the other day because her siblings didn't like the ice cream she had chosen. To clarify, she liked it, she wanted it and she was enjoying eating it but apparently it was too much to be told no one else would have chosen it. I was torn between comforting her and laughing

Love this! How classic! Gave me the best laugh!

My daughter had a meltdown because she wanted to be a kitten and she didn't have hair and a tail. Kept demanding I get her hair and tail out of the coat closet (which apparently has everything in it)!

DS, 2, had a uber major meltdown because I gave him the toast he had asked for. When I took it away to get him something else, he had an even bigger vomit inducing tantrum because I had dared take it away even though he didn't want it

I wouldn't let him play on the ceiling...

Just enjoyed a bit of nostalgia rereading the cutted up pear thread, can you believe that 3 year old would now be 11 and probably just about to go to secondary school!

DD loses her mind when we put her socks on because she thinks her feet have disappeared and wants them back.

DS will tantrum when I’m holding DD. He only wants “Mummy hug” when DD is having a cuddle.

DD will tantrum if she has collected all the toys when playing but DS still has one to himself and she demands that she be allowed that toy too...

This morning DD complained about being hungry after throwing her breakfast all over the floor - literally the second it landed on the floor she had a huge cry and demanded her brothers (they had the same breakfast...)

DS insists he’s older than his sister because he’s bigger, they’re twins and DD was actually born about 1 minute ahead of him.

My 2 year old DS had an epic melt down in the bath the other night after demanding I let the water out of the bath because it had gone cold only to scream crying as it went down the plug hole as he tried to pull it back out! The joys!!

Cried and hit me because I won't let her play with the poker. She's only 11 months

I also will never forget the full on meltdown tantrum I witnessed in a very busy carpark. A little girl had thrown herself on the ground and was wailing because "I don't want my shadow touching my feet". Her poor Dad picked her up and she screamed even worse

My dd had a meltdown yesterday because she was sad and crying because she wanted to be happy but couldn't because she was sad.

It's like an infinite loop...

He wanted a dandelion. I gave him a dandelion. It was too small. I gave him a bigger one. I don't know what was wrong with that one but it triggered an almighty tantrum. I'd have let him pick his own but he was strapped into the car ready to go out and I stupidly thought it would be quicker to just hand him one.

Today my dd had a huge meltdown because she couldn't wear mummy's earrings 🙄 she's 2 and I have no plans to let her have pierced ears until she's at least 10!