Toddlers Who Are Melting Down for Totally Ridiculous Reasons

There are hashtags and groups all over social media dedicated to the truly bizarre reasons kids under 4 or 5 seem to meltdown on a daily basis.

Sometimes more often than that.

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And though it may seem like parents are making fun of their sweet little emotional powder kegs, the truth is, if we don’t laugh about it with people who understand we’ll just totally cry instead.

These 16 toddlers aren’t ours, and therefore, they are funny.

16. More is better, obviously.

“My daughter had a 15-minute meltdown because her brother’s name has more letters in it than hers.” 

15. They really don’t understand “for your own good.”

“My 2-year-old had a 30-minute tantrum because I wouldn’t let her touch the cat poop in the litter box.” 

14. She is going to tell her therapist about this one day.

“Our little girl cried because her jeans had buttons. That’s how we discovered that she’s afraid of buttons.”

13. Eh, I think I would have said, “why not.”

“My almost 2-year-old daughter had a fit because she couldn’t keep a zip-lock bag on her foot.” 

12. I guess they didn’t live up to the image in her mind.

“I took the 3-year-old girl I was babysitting to the zoo. We were looking at the elephants when she got mad at me and cried for two hours because she wanted to see ‘real elephants.’” 

11. Awww, poor little sweet soul.

“When my son was 4, he got mad because I wouldn’t let him keep an earwig as a pet. I made him leave it outside when he came indoors and he was SO UPSET that his earwig would die without him.” 

10. This is fair. It’s never too early for donuts.

“My 3-year-old niece sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night and says she wants donuts. When her mom tells her it’s too early, she throws a fit.”

9. What is WRONG with you? How DARE.

“I was playing pretend doctor with my 3-year-old daughter when I put an imaginary bandage on her arm. She yelled at me that it was the wrong kind, then ripped off the imaginary bandage and threw it away.”

8. The drama is strong with this one.

“My daughter started BAWLING because I said, ‘OK, dude, let’s get to bed!’ She yelled, ‘I not a dude! I just Natalie!’ I then said, ‘I’m sorry, Natalie!’ and she screamed at me not to say her name.” 

7. Because she wanted to be the villain in The Princess Bride?

“My daughter had a meltdown because she didn’t have six fingers on one hand.” 

6. He wanted to say his farewells.

“My sister threw an hourlong tantrum because she couldn’t bring her hamster to our grandmother’s funeral.” 

5. A little Sheldon Cooper in the making.

“I’m a nanny and the little one I care for threw a tantrum because her sister got out of the car on ‘her’ side.” 

4. The crab, too, wishes she was there.

“Our female fiddler crab died and my 3-year-old daughter was devastated that the crab did not have the chance to go to the zoo with her.” 

3. I would ask if she had a reason, but she doesn’t need one.

“My little sister had an absolute meltdown when I told her she was born on a Thursday. She wanted to be born on a Wednesday.” 

2. You shall never convince her of this as long as you live.

“My daughter threw a tantrum because someone took a bite out of her strawberry. It was her. She took a bite out of her strawberry.” 

1. Let me guess, he wouldn’t listen when you tried to warn him.

“My son flipped out because he tried to eat a piece of candy and a piece of broccoli at the same time, and they tasted bad together.” 

I am fast approaching these ages with my own kids, and one of them has always had a lot of big feelings – I’m bracing myself!

Do you have a funny story about a toddler in your life?

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Totally Serious Reasons That Toddlers Were Crying

I know there is some controversy on whether or not it’s okay to post all of the silly and hilarious reasons your little emotional teapot is crying today. It’s not nice, some say, to make fun of your kid on the internet before they are old enough to understand what that means or say it’s okay.

That said, there’s something to be said for parental solidarity, and being able to laugh with other people going through what you’re going through, and just for keeping your sanity amidst the sea of chaos that is living with kids under five.

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In the spirit of connection, not of meanness, I share with you these 17 truly baffling reasons kids are having meltdowns out there.

16. It’s those days you have to try very hard not to chuck grapes at a child.

“My 2.5-year-old asked for five grapes. When I accidentally brought six he had a meltdown, so I took one away. He then cried harder because I took one of his grapes.”

15. That is not feminist at all.

“My toddler had a gigantic tantrum because ants were only called ‘ants,’ and there weren’t any ‘uncles.’” 15. And that’s how we knew she was a parseltongue.

“My sister threw a tantrum because she couldn’t climb into the snake enclosure at the zoo. She said they looked lonely.” 

14. I mean honestly maybe there should have been.

“The 3-year-old I nanny had a tantrum because I didn’t pack his bathing suit…to go to his grandma’s funeral. I guess since we kept saying it was a ‘celebration of Grandma’ he thought that meant there would be a pool party.” 

13. She just has a lot of feelings, okay?

“I work in childcare, and today a toddler was crying hysterically in the corner. When I asked her what was wrong, she sobbed, ‘He took my ball…and then he gave it back!”

12. Is this sweet or crazy? You decide.

“My daughter bawled because she didn’t want me to get wet — I was taking a shower.” 

11. It’s an acquired skill.

“My nephew flipped because he couldn’t fake burp.” 

10. It is supposed to be a sign of good luck in some cultures.

“I’m a nanny of a 3-year-old who had a meltdown — I’m talking devastated crying — because his brother’s car window had bird poop on it and his didn’t.” 

9. I mean it’s probably not about the cup.

“My son had a nuclear meltdown because he wanted water in the green cup, and I gave him water in the green cup.”

8. Well onions are good at making us cry.

“I teach preschool and two of my 3-year-olds got into a HEATED argument because they thought only one of them could like onions. There was sobbing. Rage. Tears. All over onions.”

7. Get it right, lady!

“My 3-year-old asked for ‘water, ice,’ and lost his mind when I called it ‘ice water.’ You’d think the world was ending.” 

6. You need to get that girl some friends. Or some talking dolls.

“My daughter has a meltdown every time we play with her dolls because I can’t make four different voices at the same time. She screams and cries because there’s just one doll talking and not all four.” 

5. That is a long time to hold onto a wrong.

“For about a year my daughter sobbed every time we got our mail because the door to the building opened from the right and she wanted it to open from the left.” 

4. I don’t even know what that means but it kind of sounds legit.

“My 2-year-old threw a fit because she couldn’t put her shirt on like pants.” 

3. Let him murder your face, dangit!

“My 2-year-old had a meltdown because I wouldn’t let him put a pillow on my head and then jump on it.” 

2. A tiny stockpiler in the making.

“My 2-year-old brother throws a tantrum every day because he wants us to buy more bandages.”

1. Hey, his body, his choice.

“My toddler threw a fit at the doctor’s office because we had to measure his height. He’d done it before just fine, but this time it resulted in a full nuclear meltdown. It took three of us to get his height. The shots, though? Those were OK. He just quietly sat still and let them happen.”

My kids are still 3 and 17 months, so I’m guessing a lot of this craziness is still on its way to my house!

What’s your favorite (and by that I mean insane) reason your own kid melted down?

Share it with us in the comments!

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