On today's episode of "Why are toddlers like this"

My in-laws stayed with us over Christmas and my MIL was giving my daughter a bath. Kiddo found a random sparkle (I assume from wrapping paper or a Christmas bag) in the tub, and completely melted down. As in lost her shit. MIL removed the sparkle and saved the day, but she insisted on telling me about it and even brought it up again at breakfast the next day.

2-3 days later and she is still talking about that sparkle. She gets this distressed look whenever she talks about it. That sparkle lives rent free in her brain and it's apparently somehow Oma's fault, despite the fact that Oma actually saved her from the evil sparkle in the first place.

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Okay this reminds me of when I was a little kid and I found a black speck (pretty sure it was part of the pot the Mac & cheese was cooked in) in my Mac & cheese & I wouldn’t eat it until my mom fed me. Almost 35 & I still think of that horrible black speck in my food 🤣🤣

My daughter (about to be 4) showed me a scabbed scratch on her chest (this happened days after seeing Grammy) & said that Grammy had cut her on her chest with scissors. She said “she’s so mean.” A minute or so later, says “it was an accident” & then later explains it was her necklace (her own, not Grammy’s) that scratched her on the chest lol. Grandmas seem to be the root of all silly issues 😅

One of my twins (the Velcro baby) found out that I go exercise every morning before he even wakes up and he WEPT.

Anything out of the ordinary floating in the bath is a huge deal to my daughter too. I think they’re in their little imaginary world (ocean/pool) and anything that doesn’t belong is obviously a sea monster or something 🤣🤣 My 5 year old keeps telling the story of, “the time the electric eel was in the bath”. It was black lint…

My son got cross with me as he wanted to wear my shoes and when I didn’t let him ( I was wearing them at the time) he got cross and attempted to take them off my feet 😅

My toddler threw a play metal saucepan at my head earlier. I said 'ow, NO!' and then she threw herself on the floor and cried uncontrollably for 15 minutes. She then got mad that I wouldn't let her hold my hot cup of tea. Better call childline someone, clearly we're all awful parents.

Totally my fault but I promised my toddler a jelly bean if he got into his car seat (I was sooo late for work). I did not give him said jellybean cos I didn't actually have one😮‍💨 and months later he still reminds me

Update: today we had another complete meltdown because of sunlight refracting through the plastic of the high chair. There was nothing ON the high chair. I made sure of it. It was spotless. She absolutely WOULD not believe me that there was nothing on the high chair. Send help.

Update- my little boy had a meltdown today because I wouldn’t let him eat his scarf 🧣 😅

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Is it bad of me to think this or no?

My husband has been abroad for work (1 day and exploring for 1 day) for 2 and a half days which means I’ve had both kids (1 year and 4 year old) for 2 and a half days plus cooking, cleaning, taking them to clubs, bedtimes!
He came home late afternoon and said I’m so tired, I just need to chill. I said can you wash up whilst I sort kids dinner out, he said he’ll do it later which means he won’t do it and I’ll end up doing it so I said no do it now please otherwise I’ll end up doing it and he said well you have been home and I’ve been away so you’ve just been relaxing.
Don’t know what planet he is on but having the kids alone for 2.5 days is not relaxing. I was stressed!

When he was away, I did miss him and wanted him to come back but now he’s back, I want him to go away again😂
Is that bad?

Feeding

My son is coming up to five months and I just started giving him oatmeal and rice cereal. When can you start trying veggies or fruits? I only give him the oatmeal or rice cereal once a day right now which is what the paediatrician had said to do. I’m just curious to when anybody tried anything else with their kids cause my son eats a lot of formula and he’s VERY curious when I eat.

Really bothered by this

A friend posted this and it really bothers me because that is exactly how she parents her kid, and it's rather unfortunate because when our kids hang out together, her kid has a meltdown at least 5x within an hour. We have know them for years and it's only gotten worse. My kids will concede to hers, because they don't want to see their friend crying, but it sucks because they give up so much of their toys and enjoyment to keep the peace. We aren't hanging out as much anymore but it's rather sad to think she doesn't intervene more in her child tantrums and just let's it slide

My 2 year old won’t eat nothing but snacks

Is this normal ? He won’t even try anything I eat .. he really only like pizza fries and spaghetti… nuggets and snacks bananas some other fruit but like anything else he won’t eat if try but I don’t want to force him I’m just I feel like bad I mean he isn’t losing weight I breastfeed mostly still

Is this normal

Let’s say you’re at a softplay with your 2 year old, and some friends & their toddlers.
You buy your 2 year old a kids meal - chicken nuggets, beans, and chips. They’re very happy with it and have almost eaten it all.
They’re sat at the table, fork in hand, consistently eating, and have one chicken nugget left.
Your adult friend comes over from behind you, picks up the last chicken nugget, and eats it.
There was no indication that your child wasn’t going to eat it, and they didn’t ask. They just took it with no warning and ate it right in front of you and your toddler.
How you reacting?

Shift worker daddies - advice please?

My husband works shifts (6am-6pm days or 6pm-6am nights) so when he’s on shift we either get about an hour or 2 before he goes to work or an hour or 2 when we gets home with him.

I don’t think people who aren’t married/have babies with shift workers fully understand the impact of feeling like a solo parent sometimes.

Does anyone have any advice? I do have parents who can help but I struggle to leave my baby with others as I always feel like they don’t understand the need for tracking wake windows or feeds and our baby will not sleep unless we black out a room or go for a car drive . Everyone seems to think ‘if he’s tired he’ll drop off’ - no he’ll just get overtired and have to then pay for it during his night sleep. So I feel like it’s just easier for me to do it all myself.

When my husbands off work he is great but I do take the mental load of telling him what to do or even reminding him of wake windows etc because he’s not here and forgets routines. He’s also being tested for ADHD currently so there’s that on top of shift work.

Just looking for advice on how to stay sane/keep routines or share loads with shifts workers?

Thank you ❤️