Anonymous wrote:You all are raising some brats. Crying is one thing when upset but the lying on the floor screaming for 20 minutes? Wait for it...wait for it....BUT ALL KIDS DO THAT! Nope, they don't. Only when you allow it.

Anonymous wrote:4yo DS had a meltdown the afternoon of Easter Sunday, after lunch at home, suuuuper tired (naps at school but won't at home) and high on candy. He was mad because I wouldn't let him have more candy, which is a pretty typical REASON for a meltdown, but he was so deliriously tired he was convinced he was at school and we were refusing to take him home (to eat more candy). I got it on video.

He also used to have a meltdown if I gave him a granola bar and it broke in half -- he tried to insist that he could only eat the whole ones.

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Anonymous wrote:My son ran around hysterical because his shadow would not stop following him. I told him to run under a tree, his shadow could not find him under a tree. Whew! Shadow gone. Every time he tried to walk back to the house his shadow would magically show up and he would scream.

I wish I had this on video.

This is hysterical.

+1.

I would watch this.

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Anonymous wrote:My son ran around hysterical because his shadow would not stop following him. I told him to run under a tree, his shadow could not find him under a tree. Whew! Shadow gone. Every time he tried to walk back to the house his shadow would magically show up and he would scream.

I wish I had this on video.

This is hysterical.

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Anonymous wrote:My two year old had a meltdown in Barnes and Noble because it was time to leave. He started screaming so DH picked him up and carried him out. We had to walk from the back of the store to the exit, with a 2 year old flopped over DH's shoulder, screaming "the books, the books, the books, the books!" with his arms outstretched.

It sounded like we were murdering him.

Dude, I had that experience constantly back when DS still liked to play at the Thomas train table.

Especially when some other kid touched "his" train...

Anonymous wrote:My son ran around hysterical because his shadow would not stop following him. I told him to run under a tree, his shadow could not find him under a tree. Whew! Shadow gone. Every time he tried to walk back to the house his shadow would magically show up and he would scream.

I wish I had this on video.

Anonymous wrote:My 2yo learned very early to identify all hot things and knows not to touch. And he knows "cold" also. But he can't work out how to say something is too hot or too cold, or whether he wants something hotter or colder. Bath time has been crazy lately. It doesn't matter what the temperature of the water is, he ALWAYS whines/cries "too hot!" or "too cold!" I've learned to respond by filling a cup with any temperature of water, dump it in the tub, and say "ok, all better!" which usually satisfies him. But I listen to my dh giving ds a bath (and lest you bash, know that this was ds and ME as well, until I realized ds has no idea what he's talking about):
DS: "Hot! Hotttt!" Too hot!"
DH: OK, OK, here's some cold water.
DS: Noooo! Too hot! Cold! Too cold!
DH: Now it's too cold?
DS: Cold! Collllld! Too cold! Hot!
DH: (pitch rising, getting frazzled) What is it, too hot or too cold?
DS: Toooo Hottttt!
DH: I'll turn on the cold water. . . that' ok? Isn't the water too cold now?
DS: Hot!
DH: The water is freezing, how can it be too hot?
DS: Water hot!
DH: It's not hot! I'm adding some hot water or you'll freeze.
DS: Cold water! No cold water! No hot!
DH: What? No it's not cold, or no more cold water? Or no hot water? . . .
Tears, screaming, the works.

Anonymous wrote:At least once a week, DD (3) freaks out and cries hysterically when I announce that it's bath/shower time. Then she cries hysterically when I announce bath/shower time is over. Because it was TOO SHORT and THAT'S MEAN

Anonymous wrote:This morning, my 17-month old was furiously screaming because the Fisher Price Cozy Coupe only opens on one side. He usually just walks around to the functioning door, but he took it personally this morning for some reason.