Vent: My toddler had a meltdown because. . .

[pranava]

My toddler had meltdown because. . .

- at breakfast I moved his sausage from the left side of the plate to the right to make room for some pear.

- after putting the lid on a tuppeware bowl, he could not get it off.

- While eating at the table, he said "down", so I got him out of his seat and put him down. Meltdown. He wanted back up!

Anyone want to join me and help me laugh at my day?

[AFWife]

From a few weeks ago: I wouldn't let him eat lotion...

[AllyRae]

-I wouldn't let her strip completely naked (including taking off her diaper) in the middle of our YMCA.

-She wasn't allowed to take off her shirt at the homeschool co-op today (can you tell most of our battles involve her desire to be nude in public? : )

[4Marmalade]

I don't even know the root cause of half of our meltdowns

[Wild Lupine]

DS had a meltdown because he wanted the yogurt on the left hand side of the refrigerator and I gave him the one on the right. It was the same brand, size, and flavor of yogurt.

[lisalu100]

I won't let her stand on the coffee table.
I flushed the toilet, she then told me she wanted to.
I closed the dishwasher, she then told me she wanted to.
I closed the car door, she then told me she wanted to.
I left the room. I said I was going to, and asked her to come with me.
She has to hold my hand in the parking lot.
She wants her brother to take her to the bathroom.
The other toddler is standing on her stool/taken her sippy cup/toy/etc.
I could go on. And on. And on. And on. And on some more. Because it never stops.

[taramoon13]

lisalu: i know exactly what you mean. i don't know how many times i've turned the dishwasher off after just turning it on so ds could do it.
here's mine: meltdown because we wouldn't play elvis in the car for once even though we listen to it every other time

[scottishmommy]

Over anything she doesn't want to do. She has a full on screaming fit over every little thing. I'm exhausted!

[physmom]

I helped her build a tower when she asked me too.

I wouldn't let her put her toys in the oven (and somehow I STILL keep finding them in there!)

I won't let her touch the hot pans on the stove.

I set her doll up so it looked like she was reading a book (I think she was jealous! )

I wouldn't let her drink the water we used to clean the pain brushes off with.

-Most of these happened earlier in the week, she seems to be in a better mood today, thankfully!

[Latte Mama]

Oh my toddler had a meltdown yesteray when he woke up from nap. He woke up and smiled so the world is all good right? Not 2 minutes later he is out of be and on the floor crying and screaming for some still unknown reason.

He'll be waking up soon from his nap today, ay yi yi.

I really can't figure out why he has meltdowns half the time. the other times are really minor reasons.

[maptome]

I pulled a live caterpillar out of her mouth.

I took off her socks.

[sapphire_chan]

O....M.....G...... this phase needs to END yesterday.

I should've been warned by her labelling a cup as "Daddy's" because he drank from it once, just once. She'll use it, but every.single.time we have a conversation about it being okay to use it and Daddy won't mind.

And then when he gets home from work, she brings him the cup.


Which is fine.Screaming because I used an orange toothbrush??

No wonder I feel like yelling more myself lately. Honestly, if it "worked" I'd probably be hoarse.

[ellemenope]

LOL

These are too cute.

I took DD to the natural history museum today by myself (along with fifty bus loads of field trips.) I was the one melting down.

[springmum]

- he asked for a kleenex, I gave him a kleenex, he didn't want the kleenex!

- he asked for a particular song, I put it on, he didn't want it on!

- he asked to wear particular shoes, we start putting them on, he wants the other ones!

- he wants _________, I give him __________, he doesn't want it!

See the pattern? It's making me crazy....seriously.

[LCBMAX]

... there are microscopic tears in his toast - TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! Toast must be completely solid with no tears in it!
... the banana (still) breaks if he holds it with two hands and pulls apart (after numerous attempts to complete this maneuver and have it stay in one piece)
... he wants mommy milk, screaming this directly into my exposed and available breast

[EviesMom]

He wanted to open his snack himself, despite asking me to open it for him.
No running in the street.
I wouldn't let him walk the dog by himself and "stay 'dere, Mama" while he went out with dog and leash.

We have had times where he is DETERMINED to be MAD about something, anything. If I say yes to 8 different things he's pulled out of the cupboard to add to his lunch plate, he'll go back for a 9th, until I say "You have enough. I'll get that for you if you eat everything else!" He genuinely seems to be fishing for a "reason" to throw a fit. It's hard to be three!

[mamacolleen]

...I don't fit inside the laundry basket.

...I don't fit sitting on the mini tricycle at the park.

...I don't fit on the little shelf in our kitchen where the tupperware goes.

...I put her doll on the table top when she *gasp* asked me to put it there.

[butterfly_mommy]

We had to come inside after staying outside and playing/decorating with his cousin and auntie and myself for over an hour after getting home.

[lifeguard]

because I put him in the car, 'cause I took him out of the car, 'cause we went in the house, 'cause we took off our boots, .... sometimes nothing is ok.

[EviesMom]

The one that made me laugh was about a year ago, when my then two year old insisted that he wanted to drink water from his cup. And he wanted NO sippy top on it. And he wanted to stay laying down while drinking the water. I tried to explain a couple of times, he started to throw a tantrum, I said fine, fight with gravity then. "No! Not like gava-dee!"

There were probably 3 weeks running that he tried that every single day once or twice a day. Then he cried because he got wet. I explained that's what happens if you try to drink laying down. And again, that I couldn't change that.