No parent can avoid their toddlerโs tantrums, so rather than hand-wringing over them, sometimes itโs important to see the funny side.
A mum who had a stressful day with her child decided to seek reassurance from other parents that she wasnโt alone.
And sure enough, mums on Mumsnet pulled together to share the funniest reasons their kids have had an outburst.
Here are 10 of our favourites, including the cat that wouldnโt talk and the wind that wouldnโt stop blowing.
1. The sausage fell out.
โMy son, aged three, once had an hour-long tantrum because the sausage kept falling out of his sandwich.โ
2. The wall hurt her.
โMy daughter was upset with the wall today as it hurt her when she tried to bite it (and was told not to).โ
3. Not going to the restaurant he didnโt want to go to.
โMy son cried when we were going to take him out to a restaurant and said he hated the place we were going to. We said: โAlright we just wonโt go thenโ. He then had an hour-long meltdown about really wanting to go and loving that restaurant.โ
4. The dog looked at her.
โIt always surprises me how much anger there is in such little people. My friendโs daughter once had a tantrum because the dog looked at her.โ
5. I put the dirty nappy in the bin.
โI put my daughterโs dirty nappy in the bin. We had a very tearful: โBye bye poo poo, love youโ.โ
6. I made lunch.
โMy daughter sobbed big wet tears today because I had made her lunch. She kept crying โnot eating, not eatingโ at the very same time as she crammed her lunch in.โ
7. The cat wouldnโt say hello.
โThe cat wouldnโt say hello back when my son said hello to the cat. It caused a good 10 minute tantrum.โ
8. He wanted to poo standing up.
โMy son was inconsolable when I explained I could not put his bum โon the frontโ because he wanted to poo standing up.โ
9. He thought Iโd stolen his sisterโs willy.
โMy son cried for a solid 30 minutes after he saw me change his new sisterโs nappy. โWhy you take her willy?โ, he said. He genuinely thought Iโd stolen it and telling him she never had a willy made him cry harder! He still says โyou can take my boxers off but you leave my willy onโ when Iโm changing him.โ
10. I couldnโt stop the wind blowing.
โMy daughter when she was younger had a big screaming-in-the-street, laying-on-the-floor tantrum. Why? Because I couldnโt stop the wind blowing.โ