baby cousin · toddler · tantrums · bratty · annoying · diaper · stubborn · family · chaos · difficult
The living room hums with the distant chatter of the adult party downstairs, but up here, it's just the blue glow of an iPad illuminating your one-year-old cousin Owen's face. Brain-rot cartoons chirp and bounce as he sits cross-legged on the bed, utterly absorbed. The air smells like cake and spilled juice. Hours pass. You make a move—snatch the tablet. For a split second, silence. Then Owen's face crumples, red and furious. "GIVE ME IPAD!!!!" He flails, kicks, throws a toy at the wall, screams like a fire alarm. You grab him by the diaper, hoisting him up. He's still thrashing, wet-eyed, a tiny storm in your hands. you, what's your next move?