Vent: My toddler had a meltdown because. . . - Page 3

[pranava]

Originally Posted by KayTeeJay

Because I wouldn let him bring his play stroller into bed.....after I'd already said "sure!" to a frisbee, a maraca, five Thomas trains and the potato masher.

That is hysterical!! My DS is going through this too. He usually has about 4 or 5 bath toys in bed with him - a rubber duck, a few boats, etc. No potato mashers yet though!

A few to add. . .

- He wants to build a tower out of a jack in the box, a cup, a plate, and a fork. It just will not stand - Meltdown!

- Trick-or-treaters came to the door, got candy, and then left. What!? They left!? No one is allowed to leave the house!! Cooooommmmeeeee Baaaaack!!!!

[kcstar]

-- I took him out Happy Halloweening, and two houses had some lights on, but nobody answered the door. I had to pick him up and carry him away, or he would have waited all night long for them to give him candy!

-- He asked me to help open a banana. When I opened it, I pulled the peel way down. He only wanted me to start it, and then he wanted to pull the peel by himself.

[westcoastlady]

~ because in his bath, some of his toys were sinking to the bottom while others were floating. He wanted them all on the bottom.

~because I gave him his cheerios in a different bowl than normal

~ because his car wouldn't stay on the book but kept rolling off (book was on a slant)

~because the big machine that was scraping our parking lot finished and left (even now, two days later he looks out the window and starts whining 'loader, loader, dump, dump)

Sorry buddy, you'll eventually have to learn that the whole universe does not exist to suit your personal desires.

[AKislandgirl]

because I took her boots off
because I put her boots back on
because I tried to help her with her coat
because I broke off a piece of banana instead of giving her the whole thing

I think we are just getting into it around here. Sigh!

[Engineering_Mama]

LOL! You ladies have made my day. My two year old usually melts down over I don't know what. Its crazy making.

[LCBMAX]

Originally Posted by kcstar

-- He asked me to help open a banana. When I opened it, I pulled the peel way down. He only wanted me to start it, and then he wanted to pull the peel by himself.

What IS is with the bananas?????

N.E.V.E.R. E.V.E.R. peel the banana all the way off. Don't even open the damn thing without your toddler's permission! This is critical parenting information. Why didn't they tell us this at the prenatal visits?

[CallMeMommy]

My toddler had a meltdown last night, but it's not the reason for the meltdown that's funny, it's *how* he melted down - he gnawed on a tree. And then a fence post. While screaming.

[journeymom]

Originally Posted by CallMeMommy

My toddler had a meltdown last night, but it's not the reason for the meltdown that's funny, it's *how* he melted down - he gnawed on a tree. And then a fence post. While screaming.

Poor kiddo must have been so unhappy! That's a pretty funny image, though. I hope he's better today.

[mrscookie]

My two year old has lots of freak outs about clothes.
Either he doesn't want to wear any clothes at all, which is fine as long as we're at home, or he has an objection to what I'm wearing. For example, he doesn't want me to wear a jacket, or different shoes, or a different bag.

[blizzard_babe]

He threw a nice tantrum this morning because... wait for it... DH gave him exactly what he asked for for breakfast. Still not exactly sure what happened there.

[blizzard_babe]

Originally Posted by LCBMAX

What IS is with the bananas?????

N.E.V.E.R. E.V.E.R. peel the banana all the way off. Don't even open the damn thing without your toddler's permission! This is critical parenting information. Why didn't they tell us this at the prenatal visits?

Ooh, I forgot about this one. Yesterday, I got a banana-throwing tantrum because I dared to START the banana. Like, just BARELY cracked it so he could peel it himself. I guess he wanted to wrestle it down himself???

Which would, of course, have frustrated him and led to a tantrum anyway.

All this leads me to believe that bananas are out to get me.

[karanyavel]

Thanks for the reminder, mamas. I'm going to be going through the toddler phase again in a couple of years (currently preggo) and I had forgotten.

But I just want to say that my SIX YEAR OLD still gets grumpy over incorrect banana etiquette. The rule here is I must use a knife to make a small horizontal slit in the banana skin where the stem joins the banana. If I dare forget and peel the darn thing, she will NOT eat it.

And I was the same way at her age, but for me it was specific dishes for specific foods... cottage cheese must go in the bumpy white bowl, bacon must go in the Budweiser ashtray (you don't want to know), no foods must ever touch, etc., etc.

Sorry, but this phase may last a while. We're still having seemingly random meltdowns (much milder but more bizarre now) and DD is 6! I *think* I stopped having weird meltdowns by the time I was 8 or so, but my husband still has them at 25, so...

--K

[Ktietje85]

My son likes to rip displays apart...especially if they involve paper he can scatter. Oh, and he likes to dump bottles of water all over the place. Can't tell you how many gallons of water I've lost because he got into them, usually when I just had brought our new ones home and hadn't put them away.... Of course, the last one was up on the counter, which he got to because he likes to climb. A lot.

Luckily the tantrums the second time around (I have a 2.5 YO DD too, DS is 15 mo.) are so much easier to deal with. They did (and do) stress me out so much with #1. Now I just kind of look at him, raise my eyebrows, and walk away. He usually stops very quickly because he doesn't get any attention at all when he does it. He screeches and throws himself on the floor and I just totally don't care, so he gets up and resumes playing. lol. DD, on the other hand...constant challenge! More easily frustrated, loves to yell and now talk back.... So fun! If you say to her "You need to go sit in your seat for dinner," you're likely to hear, "YOU need to sit in YOUR seat!" in a nasty voice! Sigh...aren't they fun?! (It makes me feel like I'm raising myself though, that's the really sad part.)

[mston]

Because last night I was breathing.
She pushed my face away and said no breathing, and when I dared not comply, she lost it.

[lisavark]

this is the greatest thread i have ever seen. i cant remember when i last laughed so hard!

and the bananas...oh gosh yes, bananas. why DONT they teach us about bananas in prenatal class??? im going to start a class for that. seriously. toddler banana etiquette!

[Smokering]

Because she woke up.

Also, although I've learned to comply before she reaches meltdown status these days, at night she likes me to sleep facing her. If I roll over before she's completely unconscious she'll grab my nose or ear or jaw and firmly direct it back into position. It's sweet, but very annoying.

[nettlesoup]

My 20 month old daughter started with the meltdowns just recently. But I'm not quite sure how I should be reacting to them! It's usually so funny I just sit there laughing, and I really can't help it. Is this the start of the terrible twos? And if so, when will it get better? At the moment I can't get anything done without her wrath being unleashed.

The other day she was tantrumming, and it was the funniest yet. I'm not even sure why it started, but she ran into the kitchen screaming, then started repeatedly opening and closing a cupboard door in a complete rage. She screamed louder when I tried to comfort her, then again when I tried to leave her alone. Then she went completely mental when Daddy came through, and clung onto my leg for dear life, as if he was going to eat her or something. It really is impossible to keep a straight face!

[OkiMom]

Are you guys all living in my house? I can see (and have seen many) any of these happening in my house.
Just yesterday (today they were both sick so I don't count that) we had tantrums about:
- the clothes didn't have monkeys on them, the clothes didn't have the right monkey on them.. the skirt wasn't the right one for the shirt (DD2, she is a bit of a clothing person)
- I found the wrong stuffed minnie mouse, she wanted the small one not the big one (DD1)
- I told her she couldn't play cars with DS.. who isn't even born (DD1)
- We were out of banannas when it came time for afternoon snack.. even though they had them for breakfest and morning snack.. HOW COULD WE RUN OUT?? The world is coming to an end
- I wouldn't carry both of them at the same time (together they weight around 75 lbs, way more than I can carry around)
- because it was pouring and we couldn't go to the park.. because it stopped raining and I suggested going to the park.. because I said since she wouldn't stop screaming we weren't going to the park.. (DD2, shes a bit of a tantrum thrower.. DD1 was NEVER this bad)

I could go on but the girls need to be put to bed and its past mommy's bedtime as well.