A few humorous real-life scenarios involving those little irrational dictators, opinionated food critics, short-tempered tyrants, and tender hearted tornados…..otherwise known as, the two year old toddler and what causes their tantrums.
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Funny Things that Trigger Tantrums in Toddlers
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Cutting sandwich in half when he wants it whole.
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Leaving sandwich whole when he wants it cut up.
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Packing the ‘crab’ water bottle instead of the ‘starfish’ water bottle.
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Can’t wear shoes in the bathtub.
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You peel the banana. She demands you put it back on.
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Poured imaginary tea into wrong imaginary tea cup.
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Doesn’t want to go to the park. Then, doesn’t want to leave the park.
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Her doll wouldn’t go to bed when she says so.
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Magnetic trains won’t go together backwards. Insists they are broken.
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Food touches other food on the plate.
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Wants a balloon blown up, but doesn’t want it tied.
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Scooping the kitty litter without him.
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Baby looked at him.
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Can’t have just ‘sauce’ for dinner.
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Someone else pushes the elevator button.
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Wouldn’t let her drive the car. “It’s MY turn!!!!”
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Asks for more strawberries. Gets more strawberries. Cries.
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Insists on going home in the ‘red car’ when you drive a white one.
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Wants only daddy to swing her….but daddy’s at work.
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Wants to go naked in winter; wants to wear jacket in July.
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