To think my toddler is ridiculous

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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?

age 2 dd has a meltdown because thomas won't stay on the track. No not when you keep knocking it off as it passes you.

My two year old had a tantrum this morning because he wanted chocolate cake for breakfast. I said no (we didn't have any in the house even if I wanted to give it to him). He demanded that 'mummy make it' and then screamed and screamed. Finally persuaded him to eat his Weetabix and then he realises that I've moved the coffee table.... End of the world! He then had another tantrum this afternoon because I was offered to take him out to jump in muddy puddles but he said stay home. Then when I said ok and went to make us hot milk and coffee, he screamed that he wanted muddy puddles. Can't win!

Last weekend DGS was in tears because I wouldn't let him throw away the apple he'd taken one bite of, and get another one. I took the one he had into the kitchen and cut the bite off and gave him the apple back which he ate like an angel

My now 4yo's best involved bread being "big". I solved that problem to cause another because the bread was now "broken".

Also had strops because daddy couldn't mend our local ruined castle, destroyed in the civil war...

Slightly more rational strops because mummy and daddy can't make the rain stop!

Tantrums because splashing in a puddle made her soaking wet - we had warned her, and she wouldn't stop jumping in the puddle. See also refusal to wear wellies, still wanting to go in puddles, angered by soaking wet feet... bit more reasonable as not yet able to reason but still difficult to manage at the time!

Definitely need to laugh for my own sanity.

My toddler started the tantrums at age 1, we are now almost 20'months.
Today was a day filled with tantrums one of them because I wouldn't let her wash her feet in the dogs water bowl .
I pray the tantrums go soon, it's been a long day! 🙄

Mine are teens now but I remember my youngest threw an epic tantrum for an entire afternoon because she didn’t want to go out

We weren’t going out, had no plans to go out, I’d told her over and over we weren’t going out.

I thought I was going to lose my mind

Mine has been inconsolable on and off all day as she was playing “doggies” and the cat wouldn’t join her in woofing.

There was also major meltdown when DS(18) got down on his hands and knees and tried to join in because he’s not a dog 😂

I also laugh at my toddler all the time. This evening, my husband and I laughed because he kept screaming everytime his baby brother touched his cars but he wouldn't move them. He kept trying to move his baby brother instead who is massive and who laughed at him everytime he did which got toddler more angry which meant we laughed at them both even more. Are we abusive? Nah. Just laughing at the ridiculous situation.

@PookieDo sorry that she ended up in A&E, but it is proper funny 😂

It’s all about them learning! Learning limits and learning to male decisions, boundaries!

But you have certainly made me laugh, the ridiculous things they do and say!! And no, I am laughing/crying just reading them , so I don’t know how you coped!!

@Daytimetellysucks That reminds me of the day that DD2 decided she didn’t like penguins and didn’t want to look at them

There were no penguins in our house, none on the tv or in games. And we weren’t going out. So where the penguins were coming from I have no idea

If anyone is abusive it's the bloody toddlers themselves, with their illogical demands and constant gaslighting

Oh what a wonderful thread! I have laughed til I cried reading these posts.

I had horrific depression when my babies were small and as a result large chunks of their baby years are missing from my memory. They probably did have ridiculous tantrums but I can’t remember any of it. I know DS had one tantrum because I have a photo of him mid tantrum (I didn’t take it- he was in the background of a shot my ex took) but I have no idea what the tantrum was about. Something to do with the fridge I think. I would give anything to relive those years with all their wonderful nonsense.

DS who is 2 had an absolute meltdown just before bathtume because he asked me to put the moustache on Mr Potato Head and when I did he was distraught and took himself off to a corner covering his eyes.

Other memorable ones include not letting him drink dettol, eat his yogurt with a knife or pull off the cats tail

We've just got a new puppy and it's crapping everywhere and chewing anything in sight. Last night I mentioned he was driving me round the bend. My toddler had a meltdown because I wouldn't take him with me (round the bend) 🙄

Loving these stories. I so wish mine were toddlers again!

DC1 had a big thing about wanting to be picked up. But as soon as I picked him up, he went ballistic about wanting to be put down. Then he went ballistic about wanting to be picked up. And so it went on. He's nearly 18 now, and hasn't asked to be picked up for a while now.

I think the 'solemn toddler' anecdotes on here are even better. I almost want to have more babies, just to do the toddler thing again.

I was visiting my friend when home from my training hospital for a few days. (I was godmother to friends DD, almost 3) A colleague who lived in the same city was also home and rang me to arrange a get-together.

Goddaughter went full meltdown after the phone call because 'you didn't let me talk to Jean. You knew I wanted to talk to Jean. I don't love you. I love Jean'. She had never met Jean and I think this was the first mention of her in front of goddaughter.

Eventually peace returned for a while, then goddaughter looked thoughtful before going back into screaming demon mode because 'I don't know who Jean is'.

My 'kids' are now in their 40s and I have no GC.

I have laughed at the memories triggered by so many of these

As for laughing at them - imagine you were desperately upset about something and your OH laughed - it's abusive.

I had a complete meltdown in Stockholm because I got too hungry. Literally sat on a wall crying and so upset all I could say was "I don't want to eat mashed potato' (we'd walked past a mashed potato stand like an hour before). You will be shocked to hear he laughed in my face; I did not feel abused.

Let's cut exhausted parents of toddlers some slack to not have to have non-stop empathy for absurdity.

I love Jean

actual tears here!

My DS was useless at having tantrums, he would just lie face down, no crying or any noise just as stiff as a board. I used just pick him up and move him into a corner out of the way.

DD asked for a biscuit, there were two left so I thought I'd be nice and offer both so I could get rid of the packet. Big mistake, she screamed she only wanted one for about 20 minutes and ended up refusing to eat either as she didn't know which was hers!

Love these stories. Tantrums OH and often had to turn away so we were not seen to be laughing. I have left a toddler on the floor in a rage having a mega tantrum in a store, standing behind him it was some time before he twigged he was alone, miraculously the noise stopped as he was more interested in where I was.

Twins having a melt down they set each other off, that is another level of hell.

Oh god you've caused me to have a flashback to when DS was around 2. He always had a cup of warm milk before bed.

Every night he'd ask for warm milk. I'd put the milk in the microwave to heat, at which point he'd stand underneath it crying and pointing (non-verbal!). By the time the minute it took to warm the milk was over he'd be so distressed and angry that he couldn't drink it Trying to give him it just made him more angry, so I took to just leaving it somewhere at toddler height for him to 'find' once he'd calmed down

Every night. For 6 loooong months!

Love these! I’m also a serial thread killer so I apologise if the stories stop here

I remember my ds having an absolute melt down when I put the contents of his potty into the toilet-he wanted to keep his poo forever and it wasn’t mine to chuck it away 😂