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Crazy toddler requests, someone please shoot me!

I guess those of you who have been through this already are saying to yourself with a smile, “Welcome to Toddlerhood”. Woah. It is enough to drive the sanest person bonkers.

My son is obsessed with having blue cheese….and no, I don’t mean the blue cheese that normal people eat. I mean, blue COLORED cheese. There is no such thing, yet he insists there is and he wants it. NOW!

Try explaining that to a hard-headed toddler. Then I ask if he wants a blue spoon and he says yes. That satisfies him for all of 3 seconds. Then he wants “two”. Good thing I have an extra. 1 second later, they are both on the floor.

“Hey kiddo, do you want a blue cup?” He wants the blue cup with Elmo, but it’s empty and when I give it to him, he tries to drink air. So I fill it with water, but that’s not cool. He dumps the water.

Now he wants a banana. We don’t have any, sorry. I have dried bananas, which the little man usually inhales. Nope, not good enough. “How ’bout some applesauce?” Noooo. Yeeaaaah

“What color spoon do you want?” He says yellow. Cool, because that is the one that is already in my hand. He threw the two blue ones on the floor, remember?! So I bring the yellow, but now he asks for blue again. Fine, here is the blue one (lucky for him I have THREE).

This is only about five minutes of the “fun” I experience on a daily basis.

Now there is some strange kvetching going on from his high chair because I’m typing instead of giving 125% of my attention to him. You know, the world revolves around toddlers and they must have ALL of your attention ALL the time. Gotta run! What are some totally absurd requests your tot makes???

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I just had to chuckle... my son is 11 months and he loves to throw stuff on the floor and see if it "bounces" back. Thank goodness we aren't germaphobes... I wipe whatever it is off most of the time and hand it back, within reason of course! I'm not looking forward to the I-wanna-pick phase, LOL by pink_elephant
Oh yeah, the "I wanna pick" phase is frustrating because they pick something and then it's not what they want after all. My son has gotten VERY particular about what cups he uses and for which drink and whether or not he wants the top on or off, with or without a straw, etc. by Csara
All I have to say is: by Trina
Oh boy ... I can hardly wait for my turn!!! by Tearianna
For some reason all of this is making me think I'm totally ready for another. Does that make any sense or is it just proof that he really is driving me crazy? Or maybe I'm secretly hoping that a new baby will be a new source of entertainment for him so it's not all me. by Csara
by pink_elephant
hilarious. It is crazy the things kids get in their heads that they "need"... by absolutelybananas
LOL I'm sorry, C! It can be completely exasperating! We haven't had any absurd (as in impossible) requests yet, but she often wants "rainbow" dishes. We have a set of toddler dishes with 6 pieces each in 6 colors. She used to insist on having every item a different color and would refuse to start her meal if anything matched. Now she just laughs when some match.

The attention thing. Ugh. It's like I have 2 shadows, only I have to be careful not to knock over one of them! Some days she will literally follow one step behind me so that I run into her if I turn around. by Margarita
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Originally Posted by Margarita

Some days she will literally follow one step behind me so that I run into her if I turn around.

LOL! J's new thing is following DH around and pushing on his butt like he's pushing around one of his cars. I think he really thinks he's making daddy "go". by Csara
Now why does *that* seem cute???

B has a jacket that has a pull-string on the bottom (I guess to adjust the size at the bottom?) and N will hold onto that while he's walking. It's so cute. She's taking Daddy for a walk. LOL by Margarita

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