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AIBU?

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Toddlers are so irritating

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MiniPumpkin · 04/01/2022 10:12

I remember years ago seeing a meme about how toddlers are the most irritating thing in the world. I feel like this today. Constant cheek from my 3year old dd, used the naughty step this morning and i got ‘you can’t do this to people’ and ‘I’m going to my grans’.
Save me 🤣
Yanbu- yes this is a hard stage
Yabu- no they are lovely, get over it

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Fluffycloudland77 · 04/01/2022 11:41

Just the sound of ndn toddler yesterday had me on Rightmove.

DuneFan · 04/01/2022 11:43

We get "mummy mustn't do that. That's RUDE." Including at top volume in church on Christmas Eve.

We've just hit the why/what stage. Why is it called breakfast. Why is this road long. What is up Mummy's bottom. Aaargh.

So much fun but also very much looking forward to my hospital appointment this afternoon!

Sausagesausagesausage · 04/01/2022 11:44

Packed mine off to preschool with glee this morning, though I think he's equally as fed up with me. Highlights from the last few days include calling everyone he meets "a stinky bum" and telling me I should take myself to the waste dump and live there.

georgarina · 04/01/2022 11:44

Oh also got told to "keep your ears on" when I said it was bath time, and "it's not a disaster" at the splashes from mad pirate game

stiltonandcrackers · 04/01/2022 11:49

My 3 yr old told my DH, who is Asian: " I don't want to cuddle you daddy as you have brown skin, I only want to cuddle people with peachy skin like mummy"!!!!!!! 😳😳😳😳

Bunnycat101 · 04/01/2022 11:49

They are incredibly annoying but also incredibly cute, lovable little things to make up for it. I spend lots of time thinking ‘it’s a good job you’re cute’ about my 2yo. I packed mine off to nursery despite being off for older one’s inset day. From the carpark it looked liked lots of other families had done exactly the same thing so felt quite reassured I wasn’t alone.

Chely · 04/01/2022 11:55

They get worse. Younger years are better, 9 & 16 year old dd's are complete arses to me. 6 year old twin dd's and baby dd are lovely though. DS is so easy but who knows what the teen years will bring.

Ginpostersyndrome · 04/01/2022 11:58

@Fidgetty

She has to be right. Black is white, day is night... she will argue it!

Oh I feel your pain - I have one of those and she is EXHAUSTING! I feel I concede far too much just so I don't have to engage in her arguments as you can't win - at five I can't imagine what she'll be like as a teenager. I dread it actually.

Yes OP they are incredibly irritating little tyrants. YANBU.

Just in case it helps... I had one of those from age 2 to 6/7. Ever since then she's been a genuine delight and she's 19 now...

Tumbleweed101 · 04/01/2022 12:13

I work in a room full of threenagers 🤣. Have enjoyed the Xmas holiday break with my own children who don't get out of bed til lunchtime these days!

RockAndRollerskate · 04/01/2022 12:23

Thank you for this. Felt guilty about being happy that 21mo was going off to nursery this morning. Also have a 2 week old.

21 month olds are so hard to entertain! Emptying the fridge and climbing shelves are far more interesting than any activity or toy I can produce. Walks are prime tantrum territory because he wants to be carried home!

DuneFan · 04/01/2022 12:29

Rockandrollerskate we have a "decoy" cupboard of tins and packets that I allow emptying of - and a plastic supermarket trolley - hours of fun.

3mealsaday · 04/01/2022 12:30

@RockAndRollerskate

Thank you for this. Felt guilty about being happy that 21mo was going off to nursery this morning. Also have a 2 week old.

It's sweet that you felt guilty

I was doing a cha cha in the hall when I came back from dropping my 4 year old off this morning. In my defence, he's been at home since mid December (illness, then holidays).

givethatbabyaname · 04/01/2022 12:37

@Florencenotflo

My DS is exactly the same, with extra tips on how to drive “properly”.

So I have a 6yo boysplaining driving to me WHILE back seat driving, from his car seat, that I have to do the seat belt on, because he can’t reach.

FML.

didihearthatright123456 · 04/01/2022 12:41

I have nearly 3 year old twin girls. When they don't want to do something, they don't understand that they need to insert the word dont So DT's - shall we get dressed? DT's scream "I want to get dressed" before running off and hiding.

It works in all scenario's, taking medicine, going to bed, putting their coat on

We understand it now, but it doesn't half confuse other people when they ask them a question lol

usethedata · 04/01/2022 12:44

My 2.5 year old DS told me to "cheer you up and don't be grumpy" when I sighed at his latest tantrum this morning. Was due back at childminder tomorrow, but she has just tested positive for covid. I may not make it through the coming days....

Minniem2020 · 04/01/2022 12:47

DS is nearly 4 but speech delayed. He has managed to learn "no I don't ( insert whatever it is I've asked him to do) though and has started telling myself and DP to get out.
They are cute though

Gonnagetgoing · 04/01/2022 12:49

My DB's 3.5 year old is currently going through a threenager stage and lots of screaming.

Boxing Day morning - all sitting happily at my DM's house eating breakfast when he suddenly emits a loud 2-3 minute piercing scream like something out of the Exorcist - we all stared, thought he'd burned his tongue, bitten tongue or something. No, something had gone down the wrong way.

Refuses plasters or ointment on cuts...

And he was screaming blue murder when DB rang me on Facetime the other day unsure why. Always wants his mum and not dad.

WellJuhnelle · 04/01/2022 12:49

🤣 my almost 4 year old has taken to telling me to ‘just RELAX mummy’ if I tell her off or ask her to do something. Infuriating but then she also tells me I am beautiful and the best mummy in the world. As frustrating as it can be I am really enjoying this age!

runningfromtheoutlaws · 04/01/2022 12:58

I really miss this age, youngest is 9. Full appreciate how hard it is though!

FlibbertyGibbitt · 04/01/2022 12:59

Enjoy because in a flash of an eye they’re in they’re 20s and lead their own lives. I miss those days ☹️

LadyOfTheFlowers · 04/01/2022 13:12

I'll swap you 3 teens and 2 tweens mixed with no internet....

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MiniPumpkin · 04/01/2022 13:22

Glad we are all in this together, I’ve got the flags at the ready for dd returning to nursery tomorrow

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CustardGoodJamGoodMeatGood · 04/01/2022 13:22

I'm sick of hearing 'dont want it' or 'dont like it' or 'no' from 2yo DD. For dinner she had a bowl of soup, half way through and after declaring it was yummy, she decided she no longer liked it.

She is very funny though, DP had a sandwich the other day and when he walked in the room, she said 'oh no what has he got now' like DP is constantly eating

TommyShelby · 04/01/2022 13:23

I tried the ‘I’m going to live with nanny!’ Line with my mum during a tantrum at a similar age. She replied ‘go ahead! Do you think she’s going to put up with this nonsense?!’

As per usual, she was right

BotterMon · 04/01/2022 13:33

I voted YABU just because your child has a great sense of humour!

Yep - I got mine a t-shirt made which said "Yeahbutwhy" on it as DD said that "word" eleventy billion times a day for what felt like years.

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