To think my toddler is ridiculous

[ginandnappies]

What is with these tantrums?! Why do they loose their mind over placing a pillow down the wrong way? Please tell me I'm not alone! Let's share our silliest toddler tantrums. Ps am I being unreasonable to laugh in his face?

My 4 year is currently sobbing in her bed because she wants to be 3 again.

DH made it worse by saying she wouldn’t be 4 forever, she’ll be 5 on her next birthday. She doesn’t want to be 5 either.

It’s been a long and tiring day

I've just seen NoddyAndBessie's full on strop because people are not banned for not reading the full thread. Bonkers.

It's not hard to be discreet in your amusement. If your first reaction to your child not coping with their emotions is to start laughing, maybe you need to grow up.

Here, 7 things never to do during your toddler’s temper tantrum.
1 Laugh. Temper tantrums can be amusing at times, but think about it: Is it right to laugh in your child's face? "At this point when the toddler is upset, the message of laughing is that his feelings are ridiculous," notes Klein. "The toddler interprets this as they are bad for having such feelings." A sense of humor is crucial in parenthood, but it’s best never to laugh at the expense of your child.

Mine is only 11 months but I can already see the signs of all of this starting! He's been in a right grump this morning and hoping he is better when he wakes from his nap.

This thread is hilarious!

@GinSpinster

I don’t think anyone is advocating laughing in their child’s faces, or not acknowledging their feelings. I think the point of this thread is so everyone can have a laugh about it online, without their toddler knowing.

In fact, while the tantrum is happening you probably feel like crying not laughing. It's OK to laugh afterwards though even with the child when they are much older.

Mine was inconsolable earlier today because he couldn't see any birds out the window 🤷‍♀️

@Ulverstonian , the OP herself said she laughed in her child's face. And plenty of other anecdotes of parents unable to control themselves.
I know I'll be painted as some sour fun-sponge, and how dull it must be in my house blah blah, but really....there's a time and a place for laughing, and when little personalities are forming, be careful not to crush their confidence for the sake of a teensy bit of self control.

Dd was a lovely, willing cheerfull toddler who very rarely had a tantrum.

Was a very, very smug mother until she hit 11 and hormones kicked in.

She once had an epic meltdown when offered a choice of apple pie or lemon cheesecake because she didn't know which to have. Apparently my suggestion to ha e a small slice of each was ridiculous. As was have a small slice of one now, and a small slice of the other later.

Because if she had the wrong one first it might take away the sweet tooth she had, then she wouldn't fancy the other piece at all AND be sad she had only had a small piece.

The PMT was strong that day. Cried for an hour on her bed. I cut 2 small pieces in the end, decanted some cream into the gravy bowl and left it silently on her bedside table. She came down half an hour later, l puffy eyed and snotty and said she felt better now and had eaten them both together.

2 year old couldn’t wear orange trousers. We don’t have and have never had orange trousers. Screamed for over half hour about it 👍

My DS now 16 was king of tantrums, when he was about 3 he wanted me to unmelt the cheese on his cheese on toast & when he had his hair cut at the barbers he wanted me to pick his hair up off the floor & put it back on his head! He refused one day to walk or go in his buggy & I was heavily pregnant at the time so couldn’t carry him, we got home & I threw a tantrum of my own by chucking his buggy in the front garden!

My nephew had a co plate melt down because I would t let him eat a raw potato, every time saw him for the next week he kept asking for the potato.

But the best is when I wouldn't let him whack his brother over the head with a Spider-Man toy.

My eldest nephew wanting pasta, plain but with the same sauce his brother had. Gave him exactly same as his bro had. Pasta and sauce, he wasn't happy as was plain but with the sauce his brother had. I could go on with the hilarious tantrums!

I don't have toddlers anymore a tween and a teen, but I remember tantrums over the smallest things, it won't last forever and you will remember them to laugh at with them when older.

onlyoneoftheregimentinstep, you are the insane one, wtf, abuse??? I have had so many of these moments with my 2 DS, 8 and 5, that I should have been quicker of the mark and gone down the lines of the "unmumsy mum" I could write book and after book of their insane behaviour, yes I laugh at times, it's that or I would lose my shit on a daily basis !!

@Frouby are you my mother? This is so me over pudding choices!

Today my tot has had a wobble because we wouldn't let the potatos stay in bed - we were harvesting off the allotment. Apparently I'm mean and they're tired.

I've helped her cut her dinner - absolute no no!

And finally that the dog wouldn't eat the mudpie she lovingly made.

Toddlers are hilarious and ridiculous all at once. My dd has reached the point of calming down then coming to twiddle my hair with a snuffled sowweee mummy. Even though she hasn't got to be sorry, we understand she is frustrated, confused etc and just offer a hug.

And for those touting the abuse line I'm nearly 43 - my mother still regales me with some of my more epic toddler moments! No harm done.

Terrible twos!

My 6 year old niece had an epic tantrum because the TV programme she wanted to watch was not shown. 15 minutes of yowling at the foot of the stairs was inexplicably hilarious to everyone except her. The pièce de la resistance was when her dad put the football scores on the telly and she stood in front of the screen and screamed 'If I can't watch what I want to watch, neither can you'. We laughed so much she launched into her tantrum again

Well riceuten, that's exactly the sort of behaviour I'd class as abusive. Mocking a child until they break down again. Jeez.

"Read me the ugly duckling!"

"No, not that one, the other one!"

Wtf???!

aged almost 2, my DD (now 19) was walking backwards in the kitchen. i mildly advised that she was in danger of tripping over the dog’s water bowl. NO MUMMY I CAN GO BACK!

and proceeded to trip over the dog’s water bowl, coming to a soggy halt actually sitting in it. and then stood up, with the bowl wedged over her nappy. her father and i laughed until we cried.

toddlers are just tiny drunks. they make no sense, they are utterly irrational and then they fall over.

Thank you for the best laugh I have had all week.
My grandaughter is two so I expect that it will be my turn soon

'when we were on holiday and the “tide keeps covering the sand! Make it stop it!”

He’s now adamant we cannot go on holiday again, unless I can “stop the tide doing the covering”'

He thinks you're King Canute?!

This one is really hilarious!

I'm sorry (not sorry) GinSpinster but if it's a choice between losing your shit or laughing then I'm laughing.

Maybe if the only options you can see are 'losing shit' and mocking children, you need help in how to parent.

My now 14 year old used to tantrum when he was a toddler when he bit into his cheese and crackers because they were broken and he didn’t like broken crackers 🤔