Whining. Omg. I can only handle it for so long. Yesterday LO was whining crescendo-ing into a tantrum because it was bedtime and we weren't getting him down quick enough, but he wasn't exactly cooperating either!
Lol, what about you?
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I just don't like feeling like I'm parenting two people when in reality I have one child and one husband. So having to remind my husband to do things he said he would do really makes me worked up.
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Whining over nothing. Ohhh I don't know why it gets me so mad!
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Whining and being rough with our dog. DS doesn't doesn't seem to get it that our 10+ year old lab doesn't want him to jump on her!
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Refusing to hold my hand and then running away or sitting down and whining.
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"Apple?"
"Okay, here's your apple, sweetie."
"No. Have banana?"
"Sure. Banana for you."
"No. Cracker?"
"Fine. Cracker."
"No."Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
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The fussiness and flipping out at little things.
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I don't find that one particular thing makes me flip, it's more a build up. So, like today, she made a big fuss about breakfast, wanted to eat but wouldn't touch whatever I made her, made it near impossible for me to get her dressed then ran away from me a zillion times at playschool, while my morning sickness was particularly bad. All that together and I do feel ready to scream. Thank god for nap time.
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@deerylou: THIS!!!! Drives me insane! I give you a banana, and she says NO and hands it back after she peeled it.
WHAT DO YOU WANT, CHILD?!
Or last night's flip out over peanut butter ON a banana. i have no idea why it was so traumatizing for her.
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Refusing to get dressed in the morning. It's made me cry my eyes out a few times too many. I don't want to leave any more than DS does, but no one's told me yet I'm free to stop showing up at work
And the food meltdowns... lol. Last weekend I made a hummus sandwich and offered DS a piece. Cue half-hour of wailing at the table. Apparently he wanted the sandwich, but he didn't want it because it's sticky, but he did want it too! And then he stopped crying and ate the whole giant sandwich - nothing left for me! Gaah!
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Whining and no, no, no. Hitting. We're in land of threenager + terrible threes!!
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When she's tired and whiny and needs to nap. But won't nap. So I'm like ok I'll rock you. If she falls asleep-- fine. But sometimes she will fight so hard? She'll scream and arch and wiggle while yawning and rubbing her eyes. And I'm like... You want to nap. You need to nap. I'm doing ALL THE THINGS. so freaking sleep child.
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The fighting sleep. It takes two hours to get my 3-year old down some nights.
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The indecisiveness. The other day I was outside playing with him and Hubs was meeting with a contractor outside. I needed to go inside to get dinner started, so I asked him if he wanted to help me cook. He loves to help me cook on his learning tower, so he screamed "Yeah!" But as we were walking into the house, he screamed, "No, want to see Daddy!" So I took him over to Hubs. As soon as I walked away, he screamed, "No, I want to see Mommy!" So Hubs brought him inside. Soon as the door shut, "No, I want to see Daddy!" I kept him inside and fnially he calmed down when I let him help me dredge chicken in flour.
Seriously, kid. MAKE UP. YOUR DAMN. MIND.
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the whining. its like nails on a chalkboard to me and i can feel my blood pressure rise almost immediately.
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Since this thread is accidentally in comparenting, I'm reading all these as if everyone was talking about their SO and it makes me chuckle.
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Name calling. Oh it's bad.
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@jedeve: DH *totally* flips his shit when I give him a banana with peanut butter on it. IT'S TOO MUCH TO HANDLE
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@jedeve: I answered based on what annoys me about my husband because of the category! Whoops!
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Ungratefulness... mostly "what's for dinner?" "chicken and broccoli fried rice." "awwww. I will eat everything but NOT the broccoli." Or even when I give him a cookie, "awww, I wanted ice cream." Or even WORSE, I buy him a toy and "awww, I wanted a different toy, something bigger." I will not hit my child, I will not hit my child...
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Another vote for whining. Oh my!
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@jedeve: I had to go back and read them again with that in mind - hilarious
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@Chuckles: I think my favorite is @Mrs. Taco:'s response.
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My almost 3 year old not listening AT ALL. Drives me nuts. Really, doing the opposite of what I say, all.day.long.
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Selective hearing!
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For me it's when I'm trying to get something done and he keeps annoying me, getting in my way and messing up what I'm doing. ugh!
@deerylou: @blackbird: Ugh, DS is guilty of this too, but I don't give in to it anymore. He asks me for something, I give it to him and he will say no. I say fine don't eat anything at all then and leave it out for him. Few seconds to a minute later, he is eating it.
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@mrskc: usually DH eats the banana then, and she freaks out lol.
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Constant changing mind - asking for 1 thing then refusing it a minute later
Whining and crying and refusing to use wordsGahh these make me so upset!
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Rolling/getting up/kicking during diaper changes. I pretty much have to leave the room immediately now so I don't tell or get rougher than I mean to trying to get a diaper on.
And constant whining and indecisiveness, especially in the AM. We give him a few shirt choices, for instance, and won't wear any of them. When D finally chooses one for him he freaks the eff out about.
And not listening to me. He'll look right through me when I'm trying to talk to him, or he'll do the exact opposite of waft I say (like running away at the park when we're trying to leave). It's particularly grating because I know he knows what he's doing. He gives me a look that lets me know that.
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@blackbird: have you seen the book Betty Goes Bananas? I think you'd really appreciate it (as would basically any other toddler parent). http://www.amazon.com/Betty-Goes-Bananas-Steve-Antony/dp/0553507613
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@Chuckles: I'll have to check it out!!!
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