Can you accept when there's no more lollies?

Someone introduced my son to lollies. My toddler has now entered sweet-tooth territory, never to return to the land of grapes-are-a-treat.What does this mean for me? More tantrums, for starters. Only now they've upgraded from code orange to code red.

At 6 am I enter his room, sweeping him up into my arms, expecting my usual good morning kiss. Instead he leans against me endearingly, and whispers ever so quietly " want lolly"

"Naftoli its morning. Time for breakfast. Mommy has no lollies."

He doesn't skip a beat. " safta ah lolly" he waddles over to the cordless phone and hands it to me, essentially demanding that I call safta for ah-lolly.

I try a different tactic. " naftoli, mommys gonna make you yummy yummy eggies !"Phew, I've bargained for five more minutes. He sits in his highchair and enthusiastically consumes yummy-yummy eggies. That was easy.

And then he starts again. " mommy want looooooooooolly! Lolly! Lolllllly!" His pitch is increasing in crescendo ( whatever that means) and his desparation is pitiful.

He slams down onto the floor, maybe the floor can grow some lollies? He refuses to be pragmatic, and stubbornly repeats the chorus " la-lee. La-leeeee"

Is he worried he will never get a lolly? Does he feel he literally can't breathe without one? How does it happen that if he doesn't get what he wants all the alarms go ringing simultaneously, causing chaos and stress levels to climb with his decibel level?!

I never act like naftoli. I act like an adult. I see how silly it is to tantrum over something trivial, and how silly it is not to accept the reality of no lollies. I always take it in stride when things don't go my way, and when my carefully laid plans go astray. In fact, I am so level headed that when I am disappointed, I say " god, you know what is best for me and you see the big picture. You know that for whatever reason, I don't need x,y,or z right now" I never cast blame, or expect those around me to produce what they cannot.

Or do I ??????

That's what they mean when they talk about parenting the child within....