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?

Personally, I think brisk sympathy and a sense of humour is a pretty good way of dealing with most toddler tantrums.

I agree with this 100%. Dont feed the drama, but recognise the feelings. I also think some kids are not developmentally ready to cope with choices.

A child in my nursery class had a tantrum because he couldn't find the buttonhole to match the button on his shirt. It was the spare button sewn inside but nobody could make him understand that.

This is going back in history lol. Mine had a melt down because I couldn't stop the miners strike causing power cuts. Also he sobbed and sobbed when he first heard 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed. He was ok til there was 1 little monkey left and he just lost it because this monkey was on his own. We never sang it again

I must say thank you to everyone who has posted funny stories on here. It really has cheered me up on a miserable rainy morning. Honourable mention to the person that posted the link to an old AIBU thread, written by a 3 year old - I was crying.

Also he sobbed and sobbed when he first heard 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed. He was ok til there was 1 little monkey left and he just lost it because this monkey was on his own. We never sang it again

On a tangent, but the first time I heard Five Little Ducks I burst into tears when no little ducks came swimming back. I was 32 but in my defence DD was about two weeks old and my hormones were all over the place.

My (not so toddler) 8 yr old had a tantrum yesterday cos he went into the garden in the rain wearing his sandals and his socks got wet

Mine had a meltdown because I wouldn't let her wipe myself after going for a wee. Couldn't arrange 3 crayons in a circle. Would let her electrecute herself. Cant make her baby sister sing rain rain go away with her. Just to name a few. Toddlers are wonderful and utterly frustrating. Love this thread, thank you for the laughs

For fuck's sake, I have just read the most ridiculous comment on here in the years I've been around these parts.

@ethelfleda has copied and pasted a post with the following
"He was really rude to me, my dc and his younger (baby) siblings." and replied with "Another vote for you not having children"

People not reading the full thread is annoying, but not actually reading at all is fucking ridiculous. Can't see any reason why @MNHQ don't get the ban hammer out for such arseholery.

Noddy
What I meant was, another vote for thinking you don’t already have children... as someone referred to that post upthread and said ‘you don’t have children, do you?’ As the poster said that a 2/3 year old is capable of being rude. Please calm down, no need for hammers

DS (2) had a tantrum because there were beans on his beans on toast!

Oh hahaha - I see what you mean now! Ok, I hold my hands up - I missed the ‘dc’ part. So apologies - it was a mistake and it happens. No need to get yourself so wound up about it!

I love this thread! These posts have had me laughing out loud. My DS is only 17 months. We have a LOT of tantrums but they're all over mundane stuff like nappy change, bed time, not being allowed to climb out of the window and not being allowed sharp knives /scissors/whatever the most dangerous object in a given room is. I'm actually looking forward to the funny ones as he gets older and starts talking!!!

@NoddyAndBessie you want people banned for not RTFT? . U OK Hun?

@OkPedro you sound like fun.

Currently 18month old DT1 is kicking off because I wont let him climb up the Kallax unit.

DT2 is tantruming because the yoghurt pot lid is not a sticker and wont stick to his tshirt.

I've never been so glad to be in work before bedtime.

I know we are talking about toddlers and God knows they had their fair share but even yesterday at 6 and 3 a row broke out because they insisted they must sit in the same exact spot.

There are an average of 5859477 chairs in my house (I may have a slight addiction) but no absolutely had to be the same spot

My three year old with a lip out that could serve as a dinner plate wailed that his brother wouldn't allow him to sit on said brothers head.

He was unimpressed when I pointed out that was a quite reasonable demand.

Half an hour later he was wailing that the dog would never be allowed a slushie.

Can someone reassure me the summer holidays actually do end at some point ?????

I assume this is meant to be funny but what a horrible thread. Toddlers are learning to manage their emotions - their triggers may seem ridiculous to adults but they're all consuming at the time. As for laughing at them - imagine you were desperately upset about something and your OH laughed - it's abusive.

FFS. It's not like we're laughing at them, in their presence. And toddler tantrums are funny, often.

Like the one 2-year old DSS had that involved him removing his trousers and pants in the street as a sign of his extreme indignation about some failing of his parents to bend to his every whim. It still cracks us up, and he's 29 now.

Oh yes, my 3 year old kicked off when I made her a jam sandwich after she specifically asked me for a jam sandwich...

We had full on heartbroken sobbing today because she ate the eyes off her gingerbread man and now he couldn't see...

My ice lolly is too cold 😭🔫

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff

I actually really laughed!!!!

My 2 and a half year old had a tantrum because he was singing a song and I tried to join in with him. I wasn’t allowed! So I shut up and he cried because I stopped singing - as he requested!!

Day out today, middle of nowhere. 2 yr old poops. I say "come here and let's change your nappy" screams. Wants to go to the bathroom (there isn't one) wants to do it laying on a bench (there isn't one) . Tantrums throughout the nappy change. I say that we need to clean the poo off his bum. He screams "put it back on! Put the poo BACK ON my bottom!"

And yes, I laughed.

@JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff that is hilarious, well it is to me anyway. Fingers crossed for you tonight!

@AudacityOfHope that made me chuckle, toddlers are gas gaslighting, manipulative narcissists but aren't they just the funniest little things ever! ❤️