Frustratingly Adorable Things Toddlers Do
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Toddlers can be fickle. It can be one of my favorite things about them but sometimes the most frustrating thing about them. I love how this video shows just how charming and frustrating toddler can be, especially about food. I laughed so hard because I feel like this could easily be a video of me with my toddlers.
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Toddlers can be so adorable while exhibiting their most frustrating behavior. Here are a few of the frustratingly adorable things my kids do:
Unload the bookshelves. My goal in life is to reorganize all of our books and toys over and over all day long.
Only eat my food, even though the same food is on their plate.
MUST HAVE THE PURPLE PLATE. AND BOWL. AND SPOON.
Hoard all the things. They go to bed in a nice comfy spot and when I go in to check on them they are squished in a sea of stuffed animals and books.
“Help” you do the laundry. It needs to be unfolded, right?
Change their mind. About pretty much everything.
Repurposing things. My kids are constantly filling containers for one thing with stuff from another or saving boxes and bags to keep their treasures in. I love their imaginations, but I can’t save all the boxes. And we all know what happens if you throw a box away.
Find things they聽should not have.聽Like baby oil to rub in their hair right before you head out the door to a special event.
That smile when they KNOW they are doing something they aren’t supposed to.
Conditional fatigue. They can stay at the playground for HOURS but as soon as you hit the grocery store their legs are too tired to walk.
Uncontrollable Laughter. When they get the giggles with their sibling doing something you know will end in tears, I am looking at you play sword fights. Why is that giggle always the cutest? You want to hear more, but you have to stop the behavior.
Developing their sense of style. This is my favorite stage. It makes for a lot of extra laundry, though.
They are aways right.聽ALWAYS. Just ask them.
Mood swings. They always know exactly when to switch from beast mode to angel mode to stay out of real trouble. Or maybe just mine know how to work the system?
The truth is, no matter what they are doing, toddlers are so much fun. I know my life would be much less exciting with out my three littles. We just have to figure out as parents how to raise them to be healthy, happy kids!
I still remember those days when my kids were still toddlers, that look on their faces when they know they’ve done something bad, especially messing up the table during mealtime.
It is incredible how much a small child can get into and do with very little notice or prompting.
I remember so many funny things that my son and daughter did. They would always eat off of my plate!! I thought they were the only ones that did this!
I really had to smile at your list. These days are long gone for me now but I still enjoy a good laugh about the silly toddler years. They are over before you know it and a teenager is suddenly there. 馃槈
I remember how picky my kids were as toddlers. The Why? phase was a tough one.
I remember most of these when my kids were little. I love watching their sense of humor develop at that age.
Toddlers really are cute no matter what they do as long as they aren’t doing anything mean or dangerous.
I have fond memories of my triplets taking ALL the books off our neatly organized kids bookshelves. But at the time I must admit it was frustrating because they were always making a mess.
My pediatrician used to always say, “Enjoy it while it lasts, because one day too soon you will miss these moments because kids grow up so quickly.” She could not have been more right!
Tantrums or hissy fits in public places! And when you ask them why… they often don’t even know. Being calm and consistent is what you have to maintain but that can be hard sometimes.
I hate having limited internet where I can not watch videos – I bet that one was really cute. That conditional fatigue photo is priceless – I have been there! My youngest is going with his own sense of style these days – he wears collared shirts with camo shorts every day because camo is his favorite and collared shirts make him grown up!
After raising 3 kids through the toddler stage, I can totally relate! This post absolutely made me smile!
I love your list! My kids have done every single one of those things. My daughter is currently trying to figure out her style, and will change clothes almost ten times a day.
I can completely relate to these. My daughters are no longer toddlers, but they still do some of these. The laughter is always there with them. They are always laughing at everything and never stopping. I actually love hearing my girls laugh though. It means they’re having fun! 馃檪
Oh my stars! My daughter certainly has her own sense of style. It was so hard not to try and make her match. But we wanted her to have her individual flair.
These are so funny. My 9 yr old STILL does some of these things and finding things they shouldn’t.. yep, when the girls were little they both found scissors for their hair.
Haha anyone who has ever raised a child knows what this is like! SO many mood swings!
My son will be 4 in a few weeks. He has been drawing little potato people all over my walls. I get so mad but laugh inside because they are so cute.
I don’t have kids, but I do have 3 dogs who enjoy “helping” me do my work. I imagine it’s pretty much the same thing – super cute, but absolutely NO help at all.
Oh man, do I remember those days. And well. I have four kids, so I had PLENTY of “help”.
Ha, ha, ha… yes, I remember every single one of those moments. The truth is now that they are not toddlers, I miss them. HA!
OHHH man this brings back all sorts of memories! I was just watching my nephew who is one. He ate all my apple sauce.
Such adorable photos. My nephew is notorious for only eating food off his mother’s plate. They’ve stopped even bothering to order for him!
When my grandson was a toddler we never bothered giving him a plate of food because he would only eat if the food came from our plates!
Don’t you know that your food tastes better than the food off of their own plate? DUH 馃槈