Experts tell us how to best bake a cake, change the oil in our car, turn on our lovers, and raise our babies. Guidance is good. So is inspiration. But when it comes to personal interaction, what too often ends up happening is we forget instinct. And no one knows pure instinct better than babies. They haven't read any books or have been corrupted by modern society. They often try to tell us something and we're not listening.

Think about it like this: If baby won't go to sleep at the time mom and dad say it's time to sleep, there are many parents who turn to crying it out to "teach" a child that it's bedtime. No exceptions. Some love ferberization, others don't. I'm not a fan. I listen to my children because I want them to listen to me. They have their own needs and by essentially agreeing to be their mother by creating them, I owe them that. They know more about what they want than we do, so we need to be all ears. But this is more than just about crying it out.

I don't want to say toddlers are completely irrational little creatures ... but toddlers are completely irrational little creatures! For first-time parents, learning how to survive in The Land Logic Forgot can be quite a challenge -- you never know what's going to flip your kid's switch from the "cute and funny" setting to "cyclone of sobs, screams, and flailing limbs." At first, toddler tantrums seem to make no sense at all: Really? He's throwing a fit over the color of his pants?! Until, that is, you learn to let go of that whole "making sense" thing and just roll with whatever seemingly benign circumstance happens to turn your kid into a raging lunatic on any given day. Read on for some of the most common -- and most unexpected -- toddler tantrum triggers we've seen.

What do toddlers do while they're sitting on the potty? Well I'm glad you asked. Many things, as it turns out. Sure, there's the difficult, serious work at hand. But that takes time. What to do while you're waiting for Godot? Let these little people demonstrate the options. In a totally tasteful way, of course!

Remember that refrigerator box you used to play airplane? You drew your little controls on the insides, and colored the wings in crayon on the outside. What an adventure. Well ... someone did that, only they made a spaceship. And he didn't use crayons or a refrigerator box. And it's way, way more amazing than you could even imagine.

Daniel Sherrouse created a spaceship simulator for his 1-year-old son, Noah. He planned it while Noah was still just a little kicker in his mother's belly. Let's just say, it's the kind of toy you grow into.

Most of you are probably way, way too young to remember the TV show Square Pegs (featuring Sarah Jessica Parker in her pre-pre-pre-Carrie Bradshaw days), but that was the first thing I thought of when I saw this clever toddler's shape-sorting shortcut. See, the title of the show was, of course, based on the saying "You can't fit a square peg into a round hole" (Parker played a not-so-popular high school student) and the whole point was how square pegs shouldn't try to fit into round holes because there ARE square holes (work with me here) where they WILL fit in, but most people still spend their entire lives trying to squeeze into the wrong shape. 

Except I don't think this kid will turn out to be one of those people. Granted, her way of, um, "playing" this shape-sorting game isn't exactly the way it was intended to be played ...

Shocking! Prince William was recently caught trying to kiss a strange young lady. The whole thing was caught on video, too. And get this -- the young lady in question actually refused his kiss. Can you imagine? Well, what if I told you the "young lady" was actually just a toddler?

No scandal here, and no reason for Kate to worry. At a recent public appearance Prince William tried to kiss a four-year-old little girl -- and she leaned away like "Eww! I don't know you at all. Get away, weirdo-man!"

Your kids are perfect, right? They say "please" and "thank you" at the right times. They chew with their mouth closed. Wash their hands often. And they never, ever use potty talk.

Well, at least that's how you like to view them. Reality, however, paints a very different picture. It makes no difference who you are or how you raise your children. No matter what your race, nationality, financial situation, or location, there is one hard and fast rule: Kids are gross.

Maybe some kids are grosser than others. Maybe some are only gross on occasion. But come hell or high water, kids will find a way to make you want to toss your cookies. You really can't blame them, though. It's in their nature.

Whether it's your own kid, a relative's, a friend's or just some stranger's kid sitting near you at Burger King, trust me, you're bound to be grossed out to the max.

Here are 6 of the grossest things kids just love to torture us with.

When it comes to involving toddlers in wedding ceremonies it can be dicey. Sure, they're all adorable in their mini tuxedos and sweet little dresses, but they're also about as predictable as ... well, toddlers.

Take the little flower girl in this video that's recently gone viral. I bet she was all sorts of excited leading up to the big event, getting her fancy dress and having her hair all done. However, when it came time for her to walk down the aisle, she didn't walk so much as run ... screaming all the way. Check her out.