Any parent of a young child will know that tantrums can strike at any moment - and for any reason.

No matter how seemingly ridiculous to a rational adult, the cause of a toddler throwing a wobbly is varied and unpredictable... and reasoning with them is usually fruitless.

One mother decided to note down the reasons for every single tantrum her three-year-old daughter, or 'three-nager', threw in a 24-hour period.

Tantrum time: Any parent of a young child will know that tantrums can strike at any moment - and for any reason

'Please, pull up a chair, pour a glass of wine and enjoy these completely reasonable reasons why my three-year-old daughter cracked it today,' Jenna Gallina wrote on Babyology.

'I wish I was making this up.'

The Cairns mother's offences ranged from serving the wrong breakfast, and then serving the right breakfast in the wrong bowl, to sitting on her youngster's imaginary friend and turning the page of her story book 'incorrectly'.

'I wish I was making this up': Ms Gallina wrote about her daughter's tantrums on Babyology

'Completely rational': Ms Gallina's daughter's tantrums were caused by being served the wrong breakfast, quickly followed by another for getting the right breakfast... but in the wrong bowl, and with the wrong spoon

Other causes of a meltdown included when the daughter put her shoes on the wrong feet and put her underwear on backwards.

It starting to rain, an episode of Peppa Pig ending, and a teddy bear falling off the bed were also reasons for tantrums.

And almost half of the 44 tantrums occurred before nine o'clock in the morning, the writer noted.

But despite the frustration of trying to reason with an unreasonable toddler, Ms Gallina encourages other parents to remember they aren't alone.

44 COMPLETELY RATIONAL REASONS WHY MY THREE-YEAR-OLD TANTRUMED TODAY She wanted to wear her Elsa shirt (which is in the dirty clothes pile). She put her underwear on backwards. I put the wrong episode of Strawberry Shortcake on. I didn’t get her breakfast quickly enough. She didn’t want cereal. She wanted oats. I gave her the wrong bowl for her oats. She wanted the bowl that her uneaten cereal was in. She spilled oats on her knee. She wanted the small spoon. I gave her the yellow blanket instead of the pink blanket. She wanted to wear her Elsa dress instead of her Elsa shirt. It’s not her birthday today. Her seatbelt felt funny. Her brother looked at her in the car. The cat wouldn’t let her pick him up by the tail. She couldn’t open the wrapper to her muesli bar. I opened the wrapper to her muesli bar too much. Her muesli bar broke in two. When colouring in, I used the wrong colour of blue for Cinderella’s dress. I sat on her imaginary friend. She put her shoes on the wrong feet. Peppa Pig ended. I cut her sandwich into triangles. I cut her second sandwich into squares. I wouldn’t let her play in the car. I suggested we take a nap. She dropped her hat on the road. I didn’t let her answer the phone. I sat on the wrong side of the couch. It started to rain. I had to cook dinner. Her brother talked to her. She spilled her water. I used the red towel to clean it up. I should have used the pink one. I had a shower without her. I helped her brother with his homework. She lost her doll’s pink shoe. I asked her to take a bath. I asked her to get out of the bath. The towel felt itchy. Her brother got his pyjamas on quicker than she did. I turned the page of her bedtime story incorrectly. Teddy fell off the bed. I didn’t tickle her arm properly. I yawned. Source: Babyology.com.au Advertisement

'I sat on the wrong side of the couch': The mother's offences ranged from yawning, to sitting on the daugher's imaginary friend, and turning the page of a book incorrectly

Sibling strife: The little girl's brother was also to blame, for looking at his sister and also for talking to her

'Let’s prepare to do it all over again tomorrow,' she wrote. 'Because, even the worst of tantrums can be erased with a simple cuddle, kiss and “I love you Mummy”.'

Popular Tumblrs, blogs and Facebook groups have popped up in recent years where parents contribute pictures of their children crying - and what caused the hysterics.

Father of two Greg Pembroke was one of the first to begin charting his sons' tantrums on his blog Reasons My Son Is Crying.