Why did you do that? “I don’t know”
I’ve always heard that toddlers don’t have impulse control, but it’s been hilarious to see it in real life. When my 3.5 year old son does something out of pocket, like randomly dump a whole bottle of water onto the floor seemingly out of the blue, and my immediate reaction is “wtf why did you do that????” He always looks right into my eyes and gives me a sweet and genuine “I don’t know”. And while we correct the behavior in the moment (“we don’t make messes/we need to clean this up”) it always makes me laugh that they really DON’T know why they did that. It’s like their brain just turns off for a second and there’s nothing in there except a couple tumble weeds and some wind 😂
The look on his face immediately after trying to figure out what he was trying to achieve by doing that is priceless.
If you don’t laugh you cry, right?