Thursday, January 16, 2014

Why is Harry angry?!

The toddler years are full of new and exciting things, and you see their little personalities come alive as they are discovering their world around them!! With that also comes frustration, anger, and tantrums. Let's face it. A toddler's day is not always full of rainbows and butterflies and clouds made of marshmallows. So you ask yourself: why is my child angry?? Here are 67 reasons why my child MIGHT be angry... Key word: might. If none of them fit, then you are out of luck!

1. Don't know...
2. Still don't know...
3. STILL don't know!
4. He is tired!
5. He is ready for bed NOW.
6. He is hungry.
7. He is hungry NOW and does NOT want to wait.
8. He is teething.
9. You wiped his nose. (BIG mistake)
10. You wiped his face.
11. You washed his face.
12. You tried washing his hands. (Who needs clean hands anyways?!)
13. He pooped.
14. He is having trouble pooping.
15. He peed.
16. You changed his diaper!!!
17. You wiped his butt. How could you?!
18. It's time to put on pajamas.
19. He needs to get dressed in the morning.
20. You pulled his shirt over his head.
21. His sock is crooked.
22. He's "too busy" for you.
23. You interrupted his play time to change his diaper. (It's now a MAJOR existential crisis!)
24. He doesn't want to play with you.
25. The dog walked near him.
26. The dog took HER toy away from him.
27. You took the dog toy away from him.
28. The dog won't play with him.
29. You won't share your dinner.
30. You won't share your Coke with him. (Toddlers can have caffeine! Not!)
31. It's too cold.
32. It's too hot.
33. You stopped paying attention to him.
34. You left the room for a moment.
35. His toy car doesn't work correctly on the carpet. Duh...
36. He can't walk yet, and he wants to do it!!
37. He fell. (It is appropriate to laugh, as long as he is ok!)
38. His pants are sagging. (But don't try to fix them because he will freak out more.)
39. He hit himself in the face with a toy on accident. (It was quite funny. Not going to lie...)
40. You read his bed time stories out of order. (He WILL notice. Can you say OCD?!)
41. You read a new story at bed time.
42. He's too tired for bed time stories.
43. He's impatient and needs immediate gratification when he is playing with his toys. (It doesn't always work that way.)
44. He bumped his tooth.
45. He bit his lip.
46. You put lotion on him!!
47. You told him "No" when he was doing something that he shouldn't have been doing.
48. You stopped him from sticking his face in the dog's water.
49. You stopped him from licking the dog food bowl.
50. You stopped from drinking toilet water!!
51. You stopped him from eating toilet paper or just paper in general.
52. You chased after him.
53. You took the leaf away that he was eating.
54. You had to put his sweater/coat on him.
55. You stacked his cups!!
56. You cleaned ear wax out of his ear!! (Gross!!)
57. You helped him put his winter coat on.
58. He wants more yogurt.
59. The dog knocked him over. (Ok, let's face it. It was hilarious. You laughed.)
60. He needs his allergy medication.
61. You touched his hair. (Don't do it...)
62. He had a nightmare!! (or night terror?? Either way, this one is scary!!)
63. You couldn't understand what he was trying to say. (Shame on you!)
64. He hates food... (Just go with it.)
65. He did NOT want his birthday cake.
66. You are bothering him.
67. He's a toddler... No other explanation needed... (Really...)
 

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