It has been a hard week. My toddler got the daycare bug that was going around. Hubby was sick. I stayed home to take care of both of them, and I’m itching to go back to work. I love my toddler to death, but sometimes the seemingly irrational behavior of toddlers is a bit much. About a year ago I compiled a list of some of the reasons these little people cry. Little did I know how much more I was in for.
Here are some of the reasons my toddler has hysterically cried during the last week:
- She couldn’t find her sandals, so I got them for her. She was upset. I put them back down, but it didn’t matter. I had already ruined it. Yes, this was at a friend’s house. Yes, it was around a lot of people I had never met before.
- Her banana broke in half, and I couldn’t put it back together. I took this same banana out of the peel, as she always wants. Not that day. The banana would not go back in.
- She wanted toast but was upset that it took a couple minutes to make. I should have had instant toast-making powers. While we’re talking about toast, I should note that another day she got mad because she broke her toast in half. And I could not put it back together again.
- She wanted water, so I got her water. Turns out she wanted seltzer. I should have known. I got her seltzer. She wanted water.
Curious about others’ experiences, I asked some fellow Boston Moms Blog contributors why their toddlers were crying. Here are some of the injustices they faced:
- “She asked me to get her out of the car. I should have known it meant she did not want me to help. At all.”
- “It was time to go upstairs to bed, but my son started crying and told me he was too tired to go to sleep.”
- “We were eating ribs and my son asked me to cut the meat off the bone. Then he started crying because there was no meat on the bone.”
- “I called it macaroni and cheese instead of mac and cheese.”
- “My daughter gave the dog her cheese stick then was mad that he ate it.”
- “He wanted ‘up.’ (He was in my arms, I was standing up.)”
I share this list with you not only for a laugh, but to help you remember: We’re all in this together. Hang in there, mama. I’m told it gets better!
