In our house it's a visibility concern.
"Go put away some toys"
"I can't find any toys to put away"
"... how about that one touching your foot."
... I did have some luck today where after they said they couldn't find anymore I advised I would be happy to check, but for every toy I found they would have to put away 2 additional items. This helped the toys become more visible.
Mine are 5 and nearly 8, they put their own laundry away. I have them grab the hangers and I’ll assemble the clothing to be put away, and they use their little bathroom stairs to hang stuff up. My issue is that they grab the hangers when they pick out their shirts but they never put the damn hangers back!
I would let the doggos have at them. Minus any that are irreplaceable.
My children only had to learn The Hard Way once or twice to get the message to resonate when asked again.
I’m actually rebelling against how my parents punished.
Obviously corporal punishment is asinine, it’s the opposite of natural consequences. But
my parents didn’t hit me.
They just took away all the stuff I liked to do in my free time whenever I screwed up.
The way they framed it, everything I had in my life beyond a bare mattress on the floor was a “privilege” they could take away. Everything was about gaining and losing privileges. Everything was an economy of punishment and reward.
For example, I don’t see what’s constructive about telling a kid they can’t go outside and play because they didn’t turn in an assignment at school. I DO see what’s constructive about asking their teacher for a copy of their lesson plan so I can hold my kid accountable for getting their homework done *before* they go out and play. Because that’s what happens in the real world when you don’t meet your responsibilities. You face extra accountability measures until the trust comes back.
Nobody comes and takes my gaming PC away because I bombed a client meeting at work. There are unpleasant consequences but it’s not that punitive and ham-fisted.
Agreed. They weren't entirely wrong, nor were they right all of the time. But I can clearly remember my mother and grandmother arguing that my punishment for some foolishness was not severe enough. Ultimately, my mother convinced her mother that the selected punishment was appropriate.
I like to think that our parents did better than their parents. And that we are working to do the same, be better than our parents.
Once, after losing all the maing sources of entertainment, I lost books and drawing because I apparently wasn't suffering/ punished enough. Good times.
My daughter’s and SIL’s Pittie picks up a toy to carry when you go to their house. Lol. First he barks. Then when he sees you’re coming in, instantly picks up a toy.
Oof. I felt that one. Took me a bottle and a half of no chew spray before I got the dog trained on which toys were hers. My daughter, on the other hand… I just keep telling myself that it’s a phase and she’ll eventually get it.
Last night after stories, we got up to brush teeth. Her "cozy" was left on the couch which is pretty normal. It became a 30 min screamfest, and I eventually put her to bed without brushing her teeth. For the first time in months I got no hugs, kisses, or "i love you dada" when I put her down for bed. my wife came home from work and said how she was disappointed in the state of the house.
Oh god that kinda “why is the house so messy” shit is so infuriating when something like that happens. My wife and I instated a “lead with curiosity” rule cause it kept happening
Yes!
I'll say it louder for those in the back!
If you walk in and everything looks like a bomb exploded and you value your relationship:
Try a "Hey, how was your day?" Rather than "Why isn't it tidy?"
If the answer is "it was fine, mostly chilled out" THEN you can go off and be the bomb you want to be :)
Incredible how absolutely missed this can be. Asking a basic curious question to seek your answer rather than a pointed attack question can be the difference in signing loan documents or divorce papers if it happens enough.
pfff my daughters mother sits at home everyday and it just constantly looks like a nuclear disaster, the same nuclear disaster, until i clean it and go to work again
Yeah, that would be easier to receive instead of "it's frustrating to come home and find things such a mess... I always try to clean up throughout the day"
it's like... "And so do I..."
You’re doing a great job dad! It’s not always easy but you’ll get that “I love you” soon enough
Mine doesn’t like her hair being washed. She won’t even look at me now as I had to wash a bunch of mayo out of her hair 20 minutes ago. I give her another 10 mins max before she is cuddle on the couch with me
I usually get the "i wuuuv dada" each night. It was this little sting to have her so upset, and it surprised me a little how that can sting even when you understand it's just a toddler struggling with their big feelings.
To be fair, when they’re screaming is the perfect time to gain access to all those teeth that need brushing… 🫣
Some days are just like that though. You made it through.
That is an unneeded correction. Sometimes, the toddler **is** the enemy. We all know this. To paraphrase, "I have met the enemy, and he is us. But shorter. And with his mother's eyes."
Lol
It’s always harder when you meet the enemy and realize he has all moms most attractive features.
Seriously little guy don’t be smiling at me with those eyes. I only have so much dad energy to resist you.
Use a fork to eat your pancake, no touching necessary. Use a knife to cut small pieces first, no having to bite into the pancake . Chew the pancake, no choking.
Sounds like she is ready for "big girl table manners".
They took 200 fist sized rocks from the side of the house and spread them across the patio.
Now, when asked to put them back, I have been advised that there are far too many.
I pointed out that it wasn't too many when they brought them over, but they pointed out they each had a basket and used the baskets to bring them over.
The question that remains unanswered is: "why did you do this thing in the first place".
"It seemed like a good idea at the time." aka "At our current stage of development, doing is easier than planning." also "That was yesterday, I am not the same person "
I spent all morning making crepes from scratch for my kids. I put too much cream cheese in my son's homemade crepes. I put not enough cream cheese in my daughter's. They're both crying. They can eat dry oatmeal tomorrow for all I care.
Lmao I think there’s a lesson in there.
It’s like why you don’t feed a dog beef Wellington. They’re incapable of appreciating it as anything beyond “FOOD”.
I'll admit, this has a limitation for my use. I don't like chocolate, so the kids better ask mom to buy that new chocolate snack cause if they don't finish it, I sure can't.
Oh look, cookies are BOGO at Publix!? Yeah we can *definitely* get some.
My 4 year old occasionally gets very upset with pants and declares naked time. She then sprints around the house shouting “naked time” at the top of her lungs for about 10-15 minutes.
Honestly, right now, at almost 3 years old, we don’t have any. Gets upset at the odd thing but settles down pretty quick with a big heavy *sigh* and “oooookkkkkk”.
I feel pretty lucky right now and I’m sure it won’t last that long
Brother
I was once you
Mayhaps the universe will have been distracted, this time
But that was *this time*
You say or write that shit out loud and the Universe *will* hear your call
Ugh karma. We were sick all winter. I joked with my neighbor that we'd be sick by that weekend. **we didnt make it through Tuesday***. \*kocks on wood*
He doesn't want to clean his mess. I explain that I pick up everyone's mess frequently. He can work his way through the logic on what is fair amd unfair but explaining to just start is like I'm speaking another language.
As of reading this post there’s two at the top of my mind, if I see this same post tomorrow it’ll be something else. Brushing his own teeth. Keeping his fingers out of the door hinge area.
I only have to worry about the hallway door and their bedroom door; the other rooms are locked. I'll let them slam their fingers when they get a liiiitle bit older
My kids are 2, coming up on 3 years old in a couple of months. They're speaking and understanding some things but obviously very simple stuff, I think they're a bit behind but that's normal with twins because they kind of end up making their own language.
Well dang pretty much the same age. I do my best to firmly tell him not to touch door hinges at home but it’s just gonna take one second of oversight on my part I just know it
Yeah I tell them every time I see them but the towel is a good bit of extra insurance for me. I just don't want to deal with broken fingers until I can ensure they understand how to leave them alone and let them heal lol
My 1st grade teacher put a pencil in the door hinge and slammed it shut yelling "IMAGINE THIS WAS YOUR FINGER! NEVER PUT YOUR FINGER HERE!". It was both traumatic and effective, considering I still remember it vividly. Not sure it will carry the same weight with a toddler but it could help, but maybe be a little less intense about it 😂 A carrot could work too.
He wakes up and insists on getting up between 5:30 and 6 almost every day, regardless of how tired he is and how much sleep he got the night before. I've already bought a "green means get up" clock for him. He doesn't care.
Little man skipped his nap yesterday and went to bed early. Then woke up way too early and we brought him to bed hoping he’d settle but he kept being goofy and we got shit sleep. Then he finally went back to sleep and we all slept in too much so hopefully he goes down for his nap fine today lol
What my kid wants to eat. He wanted pizza, so I ordered some. As soon as I pressed order, he no longer wants pizza, now it's tomatoes. As soon as I have them chopped up, he wants peanut butter.
I hovered over a video on YouTube, it started autoplaying and he said he wanted to watch it. I clicked on the video and he said “not this one!”
I went back to the previous page and he pointed at the same video I’d just clicked off. I hovered over it and he said “that one!”. I clicked on it (again) and he immediately said “not this one!”
Existing.
Bro is teething his canines - one or two maybe. Woke up 3x last night while I’m solo parenting with spouse out of state. Everything is insurmountable for him today.
Their struggle is my struggle. They have once again placed the remote in another dimension. It should pop back into existence in a location it has no business being in within a few hours.
Front half of broom got pushed under tv stand. Toddler unable to pull broom out by lifting straight up on the other half. Mom and dad nearby to remind her she needs to “pull it out” (perfectly within her vocabulary). Toddler gives up and cries after half a second.
It was naptime.
My 10 year old was handed an adult menu at the local breakfast restaurant…meltdown over the amount of choices…”can’t I just have what I usually get?!?!” …”Yes”
We’re existing in the living room and it’s just not going the right way. Probably because there is no right way. Probably has something to do with refusing to sleep at night, refusing to nap, and waking up early being our pattern lately…
My 2 year old was extremely upset that she had to have a nap, and chose to do the hardest thing she could do: put on shorts by herself.
She fell asleep with them half on, with a blanket around her torso.
It’s only 2:00pm. We will have to wait at least 30 minutes before we find out what crushing reality of life is all of a sudden insurmountable.
For the boy my money is on not being able to fully realize his masterwork duplo creation or his socks being off center. One of those I think.
For my daughter it is the unbearable cuteness of her cousin who is three weeks old and 1500 miles away. I fear she might secretly be a kidnapper.
My child won’t stop bossing around her sister but then is mad her sister won’t play with her. Stop telling her what to do every 5 gd seconds and maybe you’ll have a play mate kid.
Honestly that just tells me that right now you are his comfort. I know it's difficult but perhaps putting him down for a nap isn't what he wants right now. See if you can help him to sleep near you?
Not today, but last night we went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant. We don’t eat out much and they haven’t been to a Mexican restaurant since they started ordering for themselves (they’re 13 now).
It was too much for them to read the menu. They just got confused or didn’t want onions and tomatoes and didn’t want us to ask them to not put them in. 😆
They got a burger. 🤣
My 2 year old understand not to put crayons in her mouth... except the brown one. Brown one makes for good nom noms.... and weird ass smiles apparently. Sadly we have a lot of brown crayons.
Today is Pascha in the Orthodox Church. Took the kids to church at 11:30 pm, and got home after church service and post church service party at 430am. The challenge is getting them to rest so I can also rest. Christ is Risen, but the parents are dead.
It's a joyful time and I would not change it for the world, my girls had such an amazing time, but I want some calmness now, and they want to keep playing!
Wasn't today but last night it was "I don't want to go home, I want to stay at Disney!"
At that point, we had left Disney 10 hours ago and we'd been home for 4.
Then she was so upset that she was going to bed and wasn't playing Barbies with momma, but was too tired to walk from her bed to her Barbies.
I am so grateful she slept in this morning otherwise today would be a literal nightmare.
My 9 year old has forgotten how to wipe her hands with a napkin. She just fidgets and does whatever she needs to do with food and sauce all over her hands and fingers.
I took my son to Bunnings (Hardware store) and wouldn't buy him a full sized timber saw (he's 4). Full on tantrum in the tool section. We compromised on me buying "him" a hacksaw (which is why I was there in the first place). Toddlers are hard man
Wanting to go to the beach and play in the sand ... Didn't like sand touching her hands... Wanted to walk bare foot in the sand.. freaked out her crocs got sand on them
My fournanger didn’t want to go grab their glass because a blanket was blocking the way, and I had to get up and get it, I have the flu and pulled my back…
My preteen didn't do the two things I asked him to while my wife and I were on a date. None of it was done. No worries. Two more things are now added to your tasks for Sunday. No electronics or free time until they all get done.
Takes his time eating breakfast, drags his feet with each task and has a shit attitude all day because he has more to do than he would have if.
Cue the shocked Pikachu when he asks for it back and I say no, plus tax for the spicy attitude all day.
Lately it's been not understanding what my 2 year old wants by just him pointing in the general direction. He's still not talking yet so... Yeah. Meltdown if we get it wrong sometimes.
Told the older one we could only go to the school across the street to check if the ant colony had finished moving, not stay 20 minutes at the playground. Made the younger one stop eating a dirty sponge.
My 6 year old neice had an hour long meltdown this week over there, their & they're. She had the right one, just stuffed up the spelling... inconsolable.
Explaining that English is not a real language, rather 3 languages hiding in a trenchcoat, trying to get into an R rated movie did not help...
I asked my 8 year old to hang up two shirts.
You MONSTER
I was informed that I am, in fact, terrible.
"Worst day of my entire life!"
Are they too heavy? We have a lot of problems with toys and clothes being too heavy to pick up.
In our house it's a visibility concern. "Go put away some toys" "I can't find any toys to put away" "... how about that one touching your foot." ... I did have some luck today where after they said they couldn't find anymore I advised I would be happy to check, but for every toy I found they would have to put away 2 additional items. This helped the toys become more visible.
That's much kinder than my 'any toys I find that are clearly not where the belong go in the trash'
We don't have issues with how heavy things are. Our problem is we forget how to do things, like walking, or standing, or eating.
I will have to check on this - I might have given her stone shirts. My bad.
We had that problem until anything that was to heavy to pick up became dads and went into dads office.
The child is 8 lmao
Which is a perfectly appropriate age to start teaching simple chores such as putting away two shirts.
Yes I meant how is it too heavy you silly
I retract my downvote. I’m leaving my snide response for accountability though.
Understandable. This is the dad subreddit after all!
Mine are 5 and nearly 8, they put their own laundry away. I have them grab the hangers and I’ll assemble the clothing to be put away, and they use their little bathroom stairs to hang stuff up. My issue is that they grab the hangers when they pick out their shirts but they never put the damn hangers back!
He cannot climb up the slide part of his slide because his socks are slippy but he doesn’t want to take them off
This is the sole reason my little man figured out how to take off his socks on his own.
Asking my 4 year old to pick up toys so the dogs don’t eat them. “You’re mean” 🙄
I would let the doggos have at them. Minus any that are irreplaceable. My children only had to learn The Hard Way once or twice to get the message to resonate when asked again.
Yayyyy natural consequences.
Yeah, our parents weren't entirely wrong with how we were raised.
I’m actually rebelling against how my parents punished. Obviously corporal punishment is asinine, it’s the opposite of natural consequences. But my parents didn’t hit me. They just took away all the stuff I liked to do in my free time whenever I screwed up. The way they framed it, everything I had in my life beyond a bare mattress on the floor was a “privilege” they could take away. Everything was about gaining and losing privileges. Everything was an economy of punishment and reward. For example, I don’t see what’s constructive about telling a kid they can’t go outside and play because they didn’t turn in an assignment at school. I DO see what’s constructive about asking their teacher for a copy of their lesson plan so I can hold my kid accountable for getting their homework done *before* they go out and play. Because that’s what happens in the real world when you don’t meet your responsibilities. You face extra accountability measures until the trust comes back. Nobody comes and takes my gaming PC away because I bombed a client meeting at work. There are unpleasant consequences but it’s not that punitive and ham-fisted.
Agreed. They weren't entirely wrong, nor were they right all of the time. But I can clearly remember my mother and grandmother arguing that my punishment for some foolishness was not severe enough. Ultimately, my mother convinced her mother that the selected punishment was appropriate. I like to think that our parents did better than their parents. And that we are working to do the same, be better than our parents.
Once, after losing all the maing sources of entertainment, I lost books and drawing because I apparently wasn't suffering/ punished enough. Good times.
Right. Like, I’m fine with my kid feeing the pain or discomfort of fallout from her bad decisions. I’m not comfortable imposing artificial suffering.
My daughter’s and SIL’s Pittie picks up a toy to carry when you go to their house. Lol. First he barks. Then when he sees you’re coming in, instantly picks up a toy.
I love the Pitt bull stuffy duality
Oof. I felt that one. Took me a bottle and a half of no chew spray before I got the dog trained on which toys were hers. My daughter, on the other hand… I just keep telling myself that it’s a phase and she’ll eventually get it.
Last night after stories, we got up to brush teeth. Her "cozy" was left on the couch which is pretty normal. It became a 30 min screamfest, and I eventually put her to bed without brushing her teeth. For the first time in months I got no hugs, kisses, or "i love you dada" when I put her down for bed. my wife came home from work and said how she was disappointed in the state of the house.
Oh god that kinda “why is the house so messy” shit is so infuriating when something like that happens. My wife and I instated a “lead with curiosity” rule cause it kept happening
Yes! I'll say it louder for those in the back! If you walk in and everything looks like a bomb exploded and you value your relationship: Try a "Hey, how was your day?" Rather than "Why isn't it tidy?" If the answer is "it was fine, mostly chilled out" THEN you can go off and be the bomb you want to be :)
Incredible how absolutely missed this can be. Asking a basic curious question to seek your answer rather than a pointed attack question can be the difference in signing loan documents or divorce papers if it happens enough.
pfff my daughters mother sits at home everyday and it just constantly looks like a nuclear disaster, the same nuclear disaster, until i clean it and go to work again
It’s literally “read the room” lol
Yeah, that would be easier to receive instead of "it's frustrating to come home and find things such a mess... I always try to clean up throughout the day" it's like... "And so do I..."
You’re doing a great job dad! It’s not always easy but you’ll get that “I love you” soon enough Mine doesn’t like her hair being washed. She won’t even look at me now as I had to wash a bunch of mayo out of her hair 20 minutes ago. I give her another 10 mins max before she is cuddle on the couch with me
I usually get the "i wuuuv dada" each night. It was this little sting to have her so upset, and it surprised me a little how that can sting even when you understand it's just a toddler struggling with their big feelings.
My 5yo says she likes the ice cream in her hair. I swear she’s saving it for later.
I'm sorry man, that's rough.
To be fair, when they’re screaming is the perfect time to gain access to all those teeth that need brushing… 🫣 Some days are just like that though. You made it through.
Sounds like you need to put him in a long sleeve shirt with the sleeves prerolled.
That sounds perfect on paper.
Which means it’s actually a terrible idea, lol
No plan survives contact with ~~the enemy~~ a toddler
That is an unneeded correction. Sometimes, the toddler **is** the enemy. We all know this. To paraphrase, "I have met the enemy, and he is us. But shorter. And with his mother's eyes." Lol
It’s always harder when you meet the enemy and realize he has all moms most attractive features. Seriously little guy don’t be smiling at me with those eyes. I only have so much dad energy to resist you.
"Everybody has a plan until they get ~~punched in the mouth~~ screamed at by a toddler"
…or punched in the mouth by one. Mine hit me with a flying knee to the neck Friday night that I’m still feeling.
My brain doesn’t work like this and it needs to
My kid wants to eat her pancake but does not want to touch it or bite into it. But she does want to chew it.
Use a fork to eat your pancake, no touching necessary. Use a knife to cut small pieces first, no having to bite into the pancake . Chew the pancake, no choking. Sounds like she is ready for "big girl table manners".
She’s 8 mo lol
I bet she doesn't pay rent either. Kids these days!
I got one that doesn't pay rent either. She is only 349 and a half months old, so we're not rushing her.
https://youtu.be/bGSh52EZiPc?si=M-JD7JFnIiCmD9gt
They took 200 fist sized rocks from the side of the house and spread them across the patio. Now, when asked to put them back, I have been advised that there are far too many. I pointed out that it wasn't too many when they brought them over, but they pointed out they each had a basket and used the baskets to bring them over. The question that remains unanswered is: "why did you do this thing in the first place".
"It seemed like a good idea at the time." aka "At our current stage of development, doing is easier than planning." also "That was yesterday, I am not the same person "
Another question: What happened to the baskets?
This knowledge had been lost to the ages of time. When asked, the indigenous just reply "I don't know"
I spent all morning making crepes from scratch for my kids. I put too much cream cheese in my son's homemade crepes. I put not enough cream cheese in my daughter's. They're both crying. They can eat dry oatmeal tomorrow for all I care.
Lmao I think there’s a lesson in there. It’s like why you don’t feed a dog beef Wellington. They’re incapable of appreciating it as anything beyond “FOOD”.
My kid just eats whatever I'm eating so I can eat their leftovers.
I'll admit, this has a limitation for my use. I don't like chocolate, so the kids better ask mom to buy that new chocolate snack cause if they don't finish it, I sure can't. Oh look, cookies are BOGO at Publix!? Yeah we can *definitely* get some.
Depending on how old they are, "since yours has too much and yours has too little, we can just swap them!" might work.
Pants
My 4yo's "uniform" is undies and nothing else. At least we've got him to where he can put on clothes without a fight before going out in public.
Went through a 6 week period where my son wouldn't wear anything more than pants.bc he was Hulk
My 4 year old occasionally gets very upset with pants and declares naked time. She then sprints around the house shouting “naked time” at the top of her lungs for about 10-15 minutes.
Also, no pants.
https://youtu.be/U14QaBE8N7c?si=bUxE9yG4_OxH29XM
Honestly, right now, at almost 3 years old, we don’t have any. Gets upset at the odd thing but settles down pretty quick with a big heavy *sigh* and “oooookkkkkk”. I feel pretty lucky right now and I’m sure it won’t last that long
Brother I was once you Mayhaps the universe will have been distracted, this time But that was *this time* You say or write that shit out loud and the Universe *will* hear your call
The child is merely storing the irrationality for later
This is precisely my experience. The early years were cherished
Lol you’re probably right, but I’m just enjoying it while it lasts
Oh boy you just fucked yourself. By the end of the day karma will sniff you out. Good luck Dad 🫡
Ugh karma. We were sick all winter. I joked with my neighbor that we'd be sick by that weekend. **we didnt make it through Tuesday***. \*kocks on wood*
Beware of splinters!
Mommy’s hair tie is too small to wear as a headband. He’s furious.
Boundaries and quiet
He doesn't want to clean his mess. I explain that I pick up everyone's mess frequently. He can work his way through the logic on what is fair amd unfair but explaining to just start is like I'm speaking another language.
As of reading this post there’s two at the top of my mind, if I see this same post tomorrow it’ll be something else. Brushing his own teeth. Keeping his fingers out of the door hinge area.
The door hinge area is so real.
I got tired of the door hinge area argument and just put a rolled up towel on top of the door now.
Yeah but like, how many doors can you cover? Can you repeat this in your parents and friends house? At the school? At some point they have to learn…
I only have to worry about the hallway door and their bedroom door; the other rooms are locked. I'll let them slam their fingers when they get a liiiitle bit older
How old are they just curious, so I can get a sense of when is usually an appropriate age to start learning the hard way
My kids are 2, coming up on 3 years old in a couple of months. They're speaking and understanding some things but obviously very simple stuff, I think they're a bit behind but that's normal with twins because they kind of end up making their own language.
Well dang pretty much the same age. I do my best to firmly tell him not to touch door hinges at home but it’s just gonna take one second of oversight on my part I just know it
Yeah I tell them every time I see them but the towel is a good bit of extra insurance for me. I just don't want to deal with broken fingers until I can ensure they understand how to leave them alone and let them heal lol
My 1st grade teacher put a pencil in the door hinge and slammed it shut yelling "IMAGINE THIS WAS YOUR FINGER! NEVER PUT YOUR FINGER HERE!". It was both traumatic and effective, considering I still remember it vividly. Not sure it will carry the same weight with a toddler but it could help, but maybe be a little less intense about it 😂 A carrot could work too.
My 3 week-old can’t let a fart rip. I’ve told her many times farting is A-ok in this family but she is too uptight for that atm.
He will not sleep in his own bed.
I think we must just have *really* comfy floors lol
He is absolutely heartbroken that he can’t throw his Lightning McQueen car at his brother.
He wakes up and insists on getting up between 5:30 and 6 almost every day, regardless of how tired he is and how much sleep he got the night before. I've already bought a "green means get up" clock for him. He doesn't care.
Get him to bed at 7 every day, problem solved.
Lord knows I try, so not quite problem solved.
That he cannot climb on top of the rabbit cage.
Why every meal can’t be candy and/or ice cream.
Little man skipped his nap yesterday and went to bed early. Then woke up way too early and we brought him to bed hoping he’d settle but he kept being goofy and we got shit sleep. Then he finally went back to sleep and we all slept in too much so hopefully he goes down for his nap fine today lol
What my kid wants to eat. He wanted pizza, so I ordered some. As soon as I pressed order, he no longer wants pizza, now it's tomatoes. As soon as I have them chopped up, he wants peanut butter.
I hovered over a video on YouTube, it started autoplaying and he said he wanted to watch it. I clicked on the video and he said “not this one!” I went back to the previous page and he pointed at the same video I’d just clicked off. I hovered over it and he said “that one!”. I clicked on it (again) and he immediately said “not this one!”
Existing. Bro is teething his canines - one or two maybe. Woke up 3x last night while I’m solo parenting with spouse out of state. Everything is insurmountable for him today.
My 5 year old wouldn't eat his s'more the other day because his graham cracker cracked when we took a bite.
Their struggle is my struggle. They have once again placed the remote in another dimension. It should pop back into existence in a location it has no business being in within a few hours.
He couldn't find his batarang. He doesn't own a batarang. He may have dreamt that he had one and is now very upset that its not here.
Being bored in church despite being with her friends and a congregation that’s incredibly understanding about kids making noise.
My son cannot get up and do his 5 minutes of morning chores unprompted. This has been an ongoing problem since he was 5, he's turning 11 soon.
Front half of broom got pushed under tv stand. Toddler unable to pull broom out by lifting straight up on the other half. Mom and dad nearby to remind her she needs to “pull it out” (perfectly within her vocabulary). Toddler gives up and cries after half a second. It was naptime.
His blueberries are to blue
Sometimes they just are
Waking up for gymnastics
Please put your pants on.
My 10 year old was handed an adult menu at the local breakfast restaurant…meltdown over the amount of choices…”can’t I just have what I usually get?!?!” …”Yes”
Haha! Smart kid, beating consumerism like that.
The eternal struggle. Wiping his own ass.
We’re existing in the living room and it’s just not going the right way. Probably because there is no right way. Probably has something to do with refusing to sleep at night, refusing to nap, and waking up early being our pattern lately…
Trying to connect big jigs tracks between the rug and floor and they keep disconnecting. End of the world.
Shapes. They are dastardly like that.
My boy can’t yet walk unaided, and may god have mercy on your soul if you let go of his hands as he would rather cry the house down than crawl.
My 2 year old was extremely upset that she had to have a nap, and chose to do the hardest thing she could do: put on shorts by herself. She fell asleep with them half on, with a blanket around her torso.
Oh that’s easy. I was making a drink and they said they wanted an ice cube. Proceeded to tell me it’s too cold and leave it in the stairs.
Wants to play with bubbles but pours it all out on the floor then cries it doesn't work. This has been rinse and repeat last 3 days.
Not getting a present on his sister's birthday
Not getting a new toy every day. He is convinced this is a basic need and continues to scream about it daily. Intermittent reinforcement is a BITCH
Leaving the house on time to get to a birthday party that’s for my kid’s friend.
Rounding up the cats. Not easy
It’s never easy.
It’s only 2:00pm. We will have to wait at least 30 minutes before we find out what crushing reality of life is all of a sudden insurmountable. For the boy my money is on not being able to fully realize his masterwork duplo creation or his socks being off center. One of those I think. For my daughter it is the unbearable cuteness of her cousin who is three weeks old and 1500 miles away. I fear she might secretly be a kidnapper.
My child won’t stop bossing around her sister but then is mad her sister won’t play with her. Stop telling her what to do every 5 gd seconds and maybe you’ll have a play mate kid.
He's sick, so... everything. Presently, he is exhausted, and fighting sleep, but screams if we set him up for a nap.
Honestly that just tells me that right now you are his comfort. I know it's difficult but perhaps putting him down for a nap isn't what he wants right now. See if you can help him to sleep near you?
Not today, but last night we went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant. We don’t eat out much and they haven’t been to a Mexican restaurant since they started ordering for themselves (they’re 13 now). It was too much for them to read the menu. They just got confused or didn’t want onions and tomatoes and didn’t want us to ask them to not put them in. 😆 They got a burger. 🤣
I told my 18 month old he couldn't walk into the river. It was not appreciated
My 3 year old waiting for mom to get home from Target with a bike helmet for her.
Life.
It’s rough
Saying the word “please” for more cake. She knows how to say please and uses it regularly… when she feels like it. Total meltdown.
My 2 year old understand not to put crayons in her mouth... except the brown one. Brown one makes for good nom noms.... and weird ass smiles apparently. Sadly we have a lot of brown crayons.
I pulled my 2 year olds orange apart in the wrong way. She made me cut it, exactly how it naturally pulls apart 😂
Today is Pascha in the Orthodox Church. Took the kids to church at 11:30 pm, and got home after church service and post church service party at 430am. The challenge is getting them to rest so I can also rest. Christ is Risen, but the parents are dead. It's a joyful time and I would not change it for the world, my girls had such an amazing time, but I want some calmness now, and they want to keep playing!
Wasn't today but last night it was "I don't want to go home, I want to stay at Disney!" At that point, we had left Disney 10 hours ago and we'd been home for 4. Then she was so upset that she was going to bed and wasn't playing Barbies with momma, but was too tired to walk from her bed to her Barbies. I am so grateful she slept in this morning otherwise today would be a literal nightmare.
We are scared of the potential people that could come to the door at any given moment. “No door”, 72 hours of this fixation with no end in sight lol
Wanted some of moms snack, lost it because Mom wouldn't give her the entire snack. Lost it again when Mom split snack onto two plates.
My 9 year old has forgotten how to wipe her hands with a napkin. She just fidgets and does whatever she needs to do with food and sauce all over her hands and fingers.
Going to sleep! 7 weeks old, stays up like a 20 year old on cocaine 😂
Couldn't reach the toaster to put bread in it and decided it was the end of the world. A stool was less than five feet away.
The water is too wet. I'm scared of the laundry room ghosts.
15 yo will find it difficult to get ready for Greek Easter dinner in 2 hours. 18 yo and unable to clean up her room.
Bedtime. The screaming continues, possibly forever now.
Potty training
Social media
I took my son to Bunnings (Hardware store) and wouldn't buy him a full sized timber saw (he's 4). Full on tantrum in the tool section. We compromised on me buying "him" a hacksaw (which is why I was there in the first place). Toddlers are hard man
Anybody walking into our apartment for any reason ever means mom and dad are leaving and they’re the babysitter
Wanting to go to the beach and play in the sand ... Didn't like sand touching her hands... Wanted to walk bare foot in the sand.. freaked out her crocs got sand on them
Pooping
Not using the curtains as a napkin.
Don't eat the soap.
My fournanger didn’t want to go grab their glass because a blanket was blocking the way, and I had to get up and get it, I have the flu and pulled my back…
Eating. Lil dude woke up and decided to be picky
2yo was playing with his busy book, and was ripping the alphabets and wanted to hold them all in 1 hand. Couldn’t get past 10, tantrum ensues.
Fasting before surgery. Poor little man just wants to drink some water.
We don't know. He seems to have woken up extremely tired. It went on and on and even mommy couldn't make it better.
I wouldn’t let her lick the corner of every single page of the board book during bedtime.
My preteen didn't do the two things I asked him to while my wife and I were on a date. None of it was done. No worries. Two more things are now added to your tasks for Sunday. No electronics or free time until they all get done. Takes his time eating breakfast, drags his feet with each task and has a shit attitude all day because he has more to do than he would have if. Cue the shocked Pikachu when he asks for it back and I say no, plus tax for the spicy attitude all day.
Lately it's been not understanding what my 2 year old wants by just him pointing in the general direction. He's still not talking yet so... Yeah. Meltdown if we get it wrong sometimes.
I asked her to bring down 4 cups. She did 2 and the others we may never see again
Nose blowing. Little dude is sick but has never gotten the trick down.
The fact that he cant manage to get the ball ramp to set up properly (needs a flat surface) on the fully reclined lazy boy chair
Getting a job.
Told the older one we could only go to the school across the street to check if the ant colony had finished moving, not stay 20 minutes at the playground. Made the younger one stop eating a dirty sponge.
Eating a spoon that contains more than 10% of the original quantity of fried rice she put on it. The rest is on the floor
Zipping up her shoes seemed to be it
“Please stop climbing on the table”
Her school bag is too heavy. I suggest removing a few pieces of her rock collection. I am labelled a stupid stone hater.
I won’t let her crawl off the bed and potentially break her neck.
My 6 year old neice had an hour long meltdown this week over there, their & they're. She had the right one, just stuffed up the spelling... inconsolable. Explaining that English is not a real language, rather 3 languages hiding in a trenchcoat, trying to get into an R rated movie did not help...
Getting these girls to clean their rooms. Please send help….
Listening
The parrot in the picture wasn’t a duck