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What has been your favourite tamtrum?

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SoupDragon · 25/06/2003 18:45

We all know that rationality doesn't feature high on the list of Toddler Traits. Following on from Lou33s Longest Tantrum thread, what has been your favourite reason for a toddler tantrum?

Mine is when DS1 (2) wanted to carry newborn DS2 in his 1st stage carseat. He simply couldn't grasp that he was physically incapable of picking something that heavy up even though I let him try. Ah, the poor little mite cried for a good 10 minutes over that one

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Twiglett · 29/12/2004 14:23

bumping this cos missed out first time and pmsl

colditzcolditzcold · 29/12/2004 14:33

My ds, at 9mo, had a book with shapes cut out of it. He tried to put one of his plastic shapes into the hole in the book, then close the book. Result? It didn't fit, he couldn't close the book, aven when he bashed it on the floor and screamed at it.

Of course, I could have intervened, but I was having too much fun watching his very first tantrum!

colditzcolditzcold · 29/12/2004 14:34

should say even(duh!)

MarsLady · 29/12/2004 14:34

when DD1 was smaller, about 3, we were on a bus. She was playing with her doll Yemisi. Yemisi was bouncing on her lap and DD1 told her to stop. Then using her Yemisi voice she said "No". This made her burst into tears. When I asked her what the matter was she told me that Yemisi had said no to her and it wasn't nice. To stop the tears escalating into screams I had to tell Yemisi to say sorry. Using her Yemisi voice DD1 said sorry and instantly stopped crying.

Maybe not a tantrum but my favourite toddler moment. I pmsl as did the rest of the bus

Blackduck · 29/12/2004 15:03

Feeding ds a custard tart - took it out of the foil cup to make it easier to eat.....cue major strop until I put it back in again!
I, on my first week of school, when met at the bus stop by my mum, managed to throw my satchel over a four foot wall!

KateandtheElves · 29/12/2004 15:11

At 2y 3m and dressed up to go out for dinner, being told by several family members that she was beautiful.

"I'm not beautiful!!!" followed by 10 minutes of screaming because she didn't want to be beautiful. She finally calmed down when we all reassured her that she wasn't in fact beautiful at all.

hatterselfamerrymerrychristmas · 29/12/2004 15:33

Broken food is a big one here too. One particularly memorable one was at a wedding - two minutes into the service dd1 (then about 22 months) started to grizzle so I delved into my handbag and produced a nutri-grain bar type thing, half unwrapped it and presented it to her. then, in total slow motion, like something in a scarey film, the bar started to bend in the middle and flop, I just KNEW it was going to break, and that it would prompt massive tantrum. Sure enough it did and dd had to be removed from the church. I'll never forget that slow motion moment though

NotQuiteCockney · 29/12/2004 15:46

My favourite was when DS1 tried to push a stepladder up the stairs. He's allowed to move that stepladder around, even thinks of it as "his", but I wasn't happy about him having it on the stairs.

Luckily he had it open and was trying to push it up the stairs ahead of him. Cue much frustration and shouting. It's even harder to calm a tantrumming child when you're trying to keep from bursting out laughing yourself.

xmascaroltygirl · 29/12/2004 15:59

dd1, aged 2:

  • Mummy?
  • Yes, pet?
  • NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!! (followed by fifteen minutes of screaming and kicking)

The parenting books all tell you to distract before the tantrum gets properly started. Can someone please tell me... where was my window for that one???

Twiglett · 29/12/2004 16:11

Ahhh Kate

I love the thought of a toddler tantrum because she doesn't want to be beautiful .. that's priceless

prufRockingAroundtheXmasTree · 29/12/2004 17:21

LOL at Kate. DD had one yesterday as she was so tired and I was making her have a sleep at lunchtime. She kept on trying to get out of her room so I sat in the doorway and calmly read her books. She kept on snatching them from me and throwing them round the room, but I kept cool and just picked up another each time. After about 6 books we got to "going on a bear hunt" I left my customary pause after "Going to catch a ..." and dd stopped screaming for all of 2 seconds to fill in with "big one"

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 29/12/2004 18:41

I was just about to post my favourite tantrum when I realised I'd alredy started the thread with it...

Twiglett · 29/12/2004 18:42

@ soupy .. well it was a year and a half ago

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 29/12/2004 18:43

And it's still my favourite!

tillykins · 29/12/2004 18:47

My baby is 14m old and has tantrums... I'm sure he shouldn't be having them until he is two. He throws them over anything involving "no" such as playing with the cooker, phone, remote control etc etc. And sometimes tries to BITE if I take something off him, and regularly throws himself on the floor and screams
I try to tell myself he's having tantrums early because he is advanced
Very wearing and not nearly as amusing as the rest on this thread - he was such a nice baby

NoPearls · 29/12/2004 19:01

These are sounding very familiar... Recent tantrums have included:

DD being presented with a spoon for her yogurt that 'was not pointy enough'

and

Coming home from Nanny's and about to turn left towards the main road:

Dd I want to go right
Me We can't go right, it's a dead end
Dd I want to go right (repeat until at fever pitch - continue for 15 minute drive home...)

pooka · 29/12/2004 20:36

dd (18 months) trying to manouevre her push chair into the wahsing machine drum. It just wasn't going to fit! Horror of all horrors

nailpolish · 29/12/2004 20:41

dd1 likes to wear bibs for the 1st time in about a year because dd2 does just now. anyway, she wanted me to put it on her with the pattern facing out. she couldnt understand why i had to turn it round to get the pattern to face 'out'. i eventually had to tell her to close her eyes while i put it on so she could see the end result of the pattern facing out. i was exhausted after that one!

nailpolish · 29/12/2004 20:45

most common is 'the wrong spoon and bowl' you have a dozen bowls but it always the same one that needs to be used - washed in between courses etc at mealtime

suzanneme · 29/12/2004 21:23

My all-time favourite (so far!) has been 2-year-old DD screaming for 35 minutes because she doesn't have a beard!

tillykins · 29/12/2004 21:27

thats really funny suzanneme, what a lot I have to look forward to...

kid · 29/12/2004 21:34

DD and DS argue over everything. One I thought was hilarious the other day. The lady in the chipshop gave me 2 lollies for them, a red one and a purple one.
I was all prepared for them to argue
DD: I want the purple one

followed instantly by

DS: I want the red one

The look on their faces when they realised they weren't going to argue over it! Until DS got the stick dirty on his one and wanted DD's one

paolosgirl · 29/12/2004 22:11

DS throwing (yet another) tantrum because he wanted five grapes and I'd given him six - so I ate one to make it five, and he threw another wobbly.
That's the only funny one I can think of. The rest of the time his tantrums (lots each day when he was younger)were far from funny.

mishiclaus · 29/12/2004 22:32

pmsl at tantrums

my ds is 14mths and he does the dram queen throwing himself on the floor while peeping to see ur reaction...the one he did the other day was he decided to pull the dogs tail..usually a lovely mild dog but she barked at him and he got the fright of his life then slapped me like it was my fault he pulled it in the first place.....lovely tots hey

TwasTheNightBeforeXmasOwl · 29/12/2004 23:15

dd (nearly one) has wonderful tantrums...there are so many i cant single one out. approx 15 a day right now. favorites include...me trying to feed her with a spoon the other week...oh no, apparently i cant do that anymore she scowled at me and then began silently bashing her head really hard on the back of the highchair, staring at me all the time. most tantrums involve however, for various reasons (me not letting her eat a lego brick, shiny paper, slam her fingers in the cupboard etc..), putting both hands over her eyes and throwing herself forwards onto the floor. she then kicks and screams. when i went to a friend's house xmas eve dd started to demonstrate the reason why i have been in despair with her lately and all my friends could say was "aaaahhhhh, how cute..looook, how can such a tiny baby do that, isnt it sweet!) they all find it very amusing that at nearly one shes not 17lb yet and can do all of these things!! asked them if i could leave her there for a couple of weeks seen as they found it so cute but strangely they declined my generous offer...cant think why? its funny in a way that all their (considerably larger) babies will sit with dd all looking lovely like theyre having a carpet picnic then when my child starts...the bigger ones back away!!