Here are just some of the many ways that you can quickly annoy most toddlers…

• Put salad or vegetables on their plate
• Show affection or give praise to any other children in your house
• Dress them in jeans (on a Monday)
• Hug them too tight
• Not give them your total and undivided attention while they are going to the toilet
• Look crossly in their direction
• Not let them hoover
• Not let them bring their dolly pram to the supermarket (or their own shopping trolly Santa brought them)
• Don’t let them talk to whoever happens to be on the phone. Note: talking doesn’t really mean talking. When you do let them on the phone they can wave and smile thinking Grandad can see them!
• Don’t let them use your phone to take pictures (of walls, ground, fingers etc…)
• Not kiss the ‘exact’ spot that hurts after diving from the sofa
• Suggest that it’s time to take a nap
• Hold another baby.
• Give them any food that’s not beige
• Go to a different room in the house without taking them with you
• Strap them into their carseat (on a Wednesday)
• Say horrible things like – you have to put your coat on if you want to go outside!
• Cut up their food – “I can do it!!”
• Put a polar neck on them- ever!
• Ask them to share and give someone else a turn!