by Sabrina Garibian posted in Parenting

My toddler cried about a million times today about the goofiest things. For fun I kept a record of the reasons she cried.

Here they are:

Her banana was too big.
She didn't want her banana cut in half and now it's "bwoken."
Her hands are too cold. Her hands are too warm. Her hands are too sticky. Her hands are too wet. Her hands are too big. Her hands won't fit in her pockets. Her hands are stuck in her pockets. Her hand is stuck in her sleeve. Her hands are cold again.
Her blanket was too blue and she didn't want it to be blue. "Too bwue mamaaaaa. Too bwueeeeee."
I braided her big sister's hair first.
Her sister got Elsa socks and she didn't.
She only wanted me to hold her and not any of the other kids. In fact, she kept kicking them away and shouting "Mine!" Her Duplos wouldn't stay together.
The sun was too sunny.
Her fishies wouldn't stay in the bowl because she kept dumping them out.
She was mad her daddy's shoes wouldn't stay on her feet.
Her big brother brought her some water. She wanted to get it herself. "I do it!"
We found her when we were playing hide-and-seek.
She sat in the snow and got snow on her body.
Her ice melted.
I wouldn't let her hold a very sharp vegetable knife.
Her blanket wouldn't stay flat. "I do it flat! I do it flatttt!"
I helped her get her socks on and made her put on her own shoes.
She couldn't get her last spoonful of pastina on her spoon and got i...