Observations about the rules toddlers live by
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While children are an investment in the future, the toddler years can be frustrating beyond price.
Source: Author, Tamara Wilhite, of her daughter
Observations of Toddlers' Rules of Life
- It doesn’t matter how much I like dinner, I still have to see what happens when I throw it from my high chair
- If it fits in my mouth, it should be taste tested.
- Putting something in a container is fun. Whether it is the shape sorter, the trash can, or the recycling bin doesn’t matter.
- I want what I’m eating. I want what you’re eating. I also want to nibble on your new sweater.
- I like what I’m drinking, but I want what you’re drinking, too.
- The neighbors’ dog is more interesting than the neighbor’s baby.
- I will fit where you don’t think I can go.
- I am the car key gnome that hides your car keys in the morning. But only after taste testing them first.
- If you bring two spare changes of clothes for me, I will need three.
- My shoes exist to be removed.
- Same for socks.
- Any old woman is a grandma. All grandpas are subject to stranger anxiety.
- A conversation can consist of an hour of raspberries.
- Uh-oh applies whether I dropped it intentionally or not.
- If I see it, I must climb it.
- If I can’t get down, you must rescue me.
- I have every right to complain of boredom after I’ve thrown all my toys out of the play yard.
- I don’t know that if it happens once, it won’t happen again. That’s why I’ll do the same thing 10 times.
- Mommy shrieking when I bite her is a funny sound.
- Gaps in the fence are custom made get-aways. If I don’t fit trying to get through, you’ll hear me screaming as I demand that you let me out.
- Doors are meant to be opened. What’s on the other side doesn’t matter.
- I will make the biggest mess when you are doing the laundry. Ditto if I just had a bath.
- Twigs, leaves, and dead bugs are all natural sources of fiber.
- The Terrible Twos can start at 12 months.
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As parents, it is easy to project how an adult thinks onto a young child. It helps to understand the world from their point of view - while helping teach them what NOT to do.
I like the way you presented it, from the point of view of a toddler..it's funny..voted up!
Eric Newland Level 4 Commenter 4 months ago
Amen on that last one. A-freaking-men.