'tan-trŭm

n: a fit of bad temper; as in when a 15 month-old named Nora Tess is sleepy enough not want her pajamas on unless she could do it herself. "Nora could not be teased into her pajamas, and could not be tickled into her pajamas, so she felt it necessary to throw a tantrum."

This spectacle took me by surprise; actually, Fiona threw her first and only tantrum just a few months ago at a grocery store. But I conferred with Granny, and it was true-- the stomping, crying into the loveseat, rolling on the floor-- all symptomatic of the T-word. Fortunately, we were able to put the pajamas on and let is pass loudly into the past. And nursing extinguished her fire for the night.