Come and share your toddler's most unreasonable demands

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My dd is an expert at it.

Whilst at the zoo yesterday " Mummy I want to feed the tigers" followed by a mild tantrun when I told her she couldn't "But I want to!"

Most demands are made when I'm in the midlle of something such as cooking dinner, washing up etc. Without fail she asks to go to the loo when there is something that needs to come out of the oven.

tantrum sorry

YABU

Toddler: 'Want shreddies for breakfast'
Me: 'No problem'. Shreddies are duly provided.
Toddler eats shreddies with relish (seemingly).

10 minutes later:
Toddler: (Wailing) 'I didn't want Shreddies for my breakfast. You take them away now.'
Me: ??????????

MAKE IT STOP RAINING. NOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

Once when I saud we couldn't afford something or other, handing me my breif case with " Well.... Go and work harder then"

Crabapple99 That's a gem!

Ds2 (3) this morning: 'mummy I want you to be a boy like me'. Never going to happen and tbh I wasn't that thrilled by it's follow up when I said no - 'mummy I be a girl like you'.... Needless to say that was also followed up with a 'nope. Sorry. No can do' :o

(panicky wail) MUMMY CUDDLE!!

I proffer cuddle, DS2 climbs up onto lap into open arms, then over my shoulder, kneeing me in the tits as he disappears over the back of the sofa.

dull thump as he lands on the floor.

(panicky wail) MUMMY CUDDLE!!

I proffer cuddle, DS2 climbs up onto lap into open arms, then over my shoulder, kneeing me in the tits as he disappears over the back of the sofa.

dull thump as he lands on the floor.

(panicky wail) MUMMY CUDDLE!!

Repeat about a fizillion times.

The flip side of this is the unreasonable demands that you no longer bat an eyelid at...

a request to eat a chocolate spread and frozen pea sandwich is seen as a good opportunity to increase veg rather than the natural reaction which should be 'uuurrgghhhh. no.'

Hello. We're going to move this thread to Parenting. (Very reasonably and with no tantrumming at all.)

"mummy when you grow up can you be a builder and then you can build our house inside McDonalds"

How old will I be on my birthday?

You will be 4 darling.

NO! I DON'T WANT TO BE 4. I WON'T BE 4. Wailey wailey wailey. Etcetera. Repeat ad infinitum.

Sigh.

This thread has had me rolling around on the floor!!

DD is full of these contrary statements. The latest one this afternoon was the announcement that she had gone over enough speed bumps today, followed by a mini meltdown when it turned out there were more speed bumps to go over!

An old lady asked DD2 (4) what she thinks she would like/might get for Christmas..

DD 'Well I have asked Father Christmas for DisneyLand, and I've been extra specially good too '

Eeek.. Father Christmas will not be in her good books this xmas!

I love these threads - I'm crying with laughter already. At the moment we get "Thomas, Thomas, THOMAS" ok, thomas, cue music and start of episode "NONONONONONONO thomas!" gggrrrr. I wanted to watch Ben and Holly anyway, maybe I'll have a tantrum about that

Ooh forgot the 'demand of the day'..!

DD2 (again!) kept telling me she was hungry at lunchtime - DH was doing roast and taking longer than expected - kept saying 'Lunch will be ready in a minute!'

After about 10 times of being told this, she sat on the sofa with her head in hers hands, sighed, and just said
'Can you just get me something to eat... please '

I agree that parenting is the best place for this thread.

I often feel like that Andy guy from little Britain who looks after the disabled guy. (I forget his name)

Andy: Where do you want to go on holiday?
Disabled guy: I want to go to Paris.
Andy: Are you sure?
Disabled guy: yes
Andy; ok.

(The pair rock up at the Eifel tower)

Disabled guy: I don't like Paris.

Andy walks off wheeling the chair resignedly.

DD; Mummy I want pizza
Me: Are you sure?
DD: Yes

(Mummy wrestles pizza out of packet and puts it in oven, serves etc)

DD: I don't like pizza!

Another classic that wasn't so much a demand.
We went to an alll Saint's memorial service as we lost my mum this year. Very solemn and reflective. DD started saying very loudly "Booboos, booboos, booboos, booboos, booboos etc" throughout the service! Mum would have loved it!

DS believes that he can command pigeons.

Also that I can magic blackberries from thin air.

DD definately believes that I have a magic hat from which I can produce anything.

I got told to buy her a baby brother or sister the other day!

"Peppa Pig, Peppa pig, Peppa Pig, PEPPA PIG" repeat ad nauseaum, with increasing distress and volume until Peppa bloody pig comes on the tv or there is unholy meltdown if we happen to be in the car/in the supermarket/not within reach of a tv or its 6.30 and olive the ostrich dares to come on the screen!

My daughter is the master of this, gems include

"mummy, stop the wind"

"mummy, the moon/ streetlights/ sun are too bright turn them off"

"mummy it's not Tuesday, it's Thursday, it's Thursday" stamp, tantrum (on a Tuesday)

DD "I don't want a biscuit"
me "fine, you dont' have to have a biscuit"
DD "but I don't want a biscuit"

My ds had fullblown screaming tantrum in Tesco because I wouldn't buy him a yellow plastic colander....

DS wants it to be his turn to drive! He is three!