It's funny what makes kids cry! I was checking out a Buzzfeed post today that featured the stupid things that make kids lose it . . . here are a few examples:
- Mom told a little girl she had a big brain . . . little girl didn't want a big brain
- Dad suggested a toddler boy should play with his train . . . toddler boy didn't want to play with his train
- Little boy couldn't wear his brother's boots
That list could go on.
Some things that made your mom cry when she was a tiny tot:
- Strangers wouldn't acknowledge her greetings
- Touching grass
- I once wouldn't give her a napkin (she shredded napkins into tiny, tiny pieces)
- Not enough rubber bands
- Too many rubber bands
- If we wouldn't give her "stick" (she called tape stick) when she asked
- The caveman doll her sister got for Christmas
- Turning the TV off when her favorite commercial, one about chicken, was playing (there was Cajun music in the background which she loved)
- Putting Erika, when she was a baby, into the wrong side of the car, your Mom's side
- Reaching the end of a book
Most times, once the waterworks started, she was inconsolable . . . drove me nuts for a while until I figured out how to deal with it . . .
. . . I just had to wait out the storm.
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| Wish I'd hung on to this thing . . . this caveman made a grunting noise when you squeezed his belly! |
"Toddler (noun): emotionally unstable pint-sized dictator with the uncanny ability to know exactly how far to push you towards utter insanity before reverting to a lovable, cuddle-able child"
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