Mum documents hilarious reasons for her toddler’s meltdowns from hating new book to running out of cutlery to put away
A SCOTTISH mum spent an entire year documenting her toddler son's most hilarious reason for having a tantrum.
Rachael Saunders, 34, has taken dozens of snaps capturing the triggers which have caused Fraser, two, to throw himself on the floor - from hating his new book to running out of cutlery to put away.
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Other ridiculous reasons for the tots outbursts shared in the gallery include not being allowed to swallow a key, The Simpsons going to an ad break, not being allowed to jump out of a window and being offered a marshmallow.
The mum-of-two and her partner David, Fraser’s dad, have shared the adorable gallery, put together over the last 12 months, to put a smile on other parents faces during lockdown.
Former recruiter Rachel, who lives on the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, said: "I saw someone posting online about the various silly reasons kids like to cry and get upset, and I thought 'I could do this with mine'.
"The really daft reasons entertain me the most, like the marshmallow – how many kids throw a tantrum because you offer them a sweet?
"I've been doing it for about a year now and is proving very popular on my social media – before lockdown, a lot of my local friends would pull me up in the street and say they were loving them and looking forward to the next one.
"They'll definitely be coming out on Fraser’s 18th birthday – he’ll probably disown me."
The Co-op worker, who is also mum to daughter Meghan, 12, moved to Barra three and a half years ago.
She said that the rib-tickling gallery has given their family based in the North West of Scotland a much-needed chuckle amidst the global health crisis.
Rachael added: "I shared the pictures to put a smile on people’s faces – everyone needs it at the moment.
"Because it’s so remote where we live anyway, we haven’t found the effects of social distancing as painful as others – but I’m hearing a lot from friends and family about how it is on the mainland, and people are really scared at the moment.
"If I can cheer people up, even just a little bit, then great – that’s the plan.”
Rachael was inspired to share her gallery after parenting blogger and dad-of-one Matt Coyne - aka Man vs Baby - asked his followers for examples of their kids' most bizarre lockdown tantrums.
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