Funny ways kids act out

[lmk1]

Ds takes off his shoes and socks when he's upset with us about something. The sock throwing really bothers my mom because she has that Russian belief that walking without socks will give you everything from pneumonia to rheumatoid arthritis (even in sunny Miami where we live). I just think it's funny that he chooses that way to express his displeasure, and I wonder why he's picked that instead of taking off his shirt or something else.

[stormborn]

That's cute! How old is he? My 18 mo will stick her lower lip waaay out and point to it dramatically. Or hit us, but that's not nearly as cute.

[lmk1]

Originally Posted by stormborn

That's cute! How old is he? My 18 mo will stick her lower lip waaay out and point to it dramatically. Or hit us, but that's not nearly as cute.

hahaha. I agree...hitting isn't as cute Ds is 27 months. He's pretty cranky today because he's sick. He's been bursting into tears all day.

[avalonfaith]

my son is 4 and 4 months. we alreay have "the stomps" happening over here. i already have people calling him "emo".

[NortheastSuperstar]

My DS2 is 6y1m and in morning kindergarten. He calls us "baby mommy" and "baby daddy" when he gets angry. When you're six and trying to be so grown up and responsible for yourself, being called a "baby" is a huge insult coming from him

We try to re-direct him with expressing his strong feelings without calling people names. It's just cute how that would be his worst insult.

[academama]

My son--who has been walking for months and months--still has an "angry crawl." He drops down on all fours and stomps away, crawling. Why he reverts to crawling, I don't know--except that he's done the stomping thing since before he learned to walk. It's actually really funny and cute, though of course I try not to laugh at it because he's really being bratty.

[Trinitty]

Our DD (22 months) will get really mad and hit objects saying "BANG!". She has hit me before, but only when she is super tired.

Trin.

[Kuba'sMama]

My ds (6.5) always had a way with words he would use that when mad. For example, when he was 5 years old and mad at his dad he angrily called him a "small brained dinosaur". How can you get mad when he is clearly applying so much acquired knowledge? lol. I think we couldn't stop laughing. My husband is a Scout leader and his scouting name is "hawkeye". Another time he was angry, he called him a "blind pigeon", in direct rebuttal to the whole "hawkeye" business.
My daughter is more mainstream in her approach (tears, "you don't love", "mean mommy", etc)

[gretelmom]

My 4.5 yo is famous for saying whatever he's mad about three times. Like "I don't WANT healthy food, I just want junk, Junk, JUNK! Why do you always make me eat healthy, Healthy, HEALTHY?"

The 2 yo says "NOT NICE!" when we do something that makes him mad, or if his brother does. "Mama NOT NICE!" I try not to laugh, but it's so cute.

[Surfacing]

Originally Posted by Kuba'sMama

My ds (6.5) always had a way with words he would use that when mad. For example, when he was 5 years old and mad at his dad he angrily called him a "small brained dinosaur". How can you get mad when he is clearly applying so much acquired knowledge? lol. I think we couldn't stop laughing. My husband is a Scout leader and his scouting name is "hawkeye". Another time he was angry, he called him a "blind pigeon", in direct rebuttal to the whole "hawkeye" business.
My daughter is more mainstream in her approach (tears, "you don't love", "mean mommy", etc)

Smart little cookie!

[ASusan]

DS says, "BAM!" , accompanied by a swat with his open hand. We have been trying to teach him "no bamming." I told DH that teaching him that might backfire. Just yesterday, DS started with "BOM!" which clearly is a replacement for BAM!

[cappuccinosmom]

My 4 yo "threatens"....if he doesn't like something he says "I will make my angry fists and angry eyebrows and show them to you!!".

My 2 yo also does some great eyebrow manipulations. He's taken to "practicing" throwing himself on the floor, so that he's ready when he needs to use that ploy. He never screams or falls down violently. It's sort of a slow, silent collapse.

[LynnS6]

when ds was in 1st grade, his school gave "Thinking Room passes" for kids who misbehaved in class. When ds was really mad at us, he'd write out a thinking room pass for us!

[MusicianDad]

Right now, when DS is mad he'll grab his blankie (aka my old shirt), sit on the floor right where he is, toss it over his head and say "uh uh! No!"

When she was about 4 years old, DD's main form of being mad at you was pushing her head into your leg (or where ever it came up to on whom ever she was angry with) and repeating her request over and over, increasing in volume each time. She lashed out if you tried to redirect her or move her in anyway. That led to an very interesting shopping trip when I was pretty much trapped in the grocery store with a 4 year old pushing against my leg in the produce aisle shouting "I don't want 'nanas!" over and over again.
When we were out though, mostly she just subjected me to her "angry bells" when she was upset with something. She had bells attached to her shoes so I could hear where she was, and she'd kick her feet in such a way as to ring them in what she considered an angry tone and said "the bells are angry, papa. The bells are angry."