Gaaaaaah. My 2yo is SO, SO WHINY. it drives me crazy. Constantly, all day, she just whines and whines. She can't just ask for something - it's an all-out whine fest each time. I'm trying my best to be patient but today, I think I'm gonna lose my mind.
Is this a phase? Anything I can do to encourage her to use a normal voice when she wants/needs something? If I ask her to say it nicely, she starts bawling her eyes out.
Ahhhhh. I want a drink 
(and it's only 1045am here. Lol)
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@pinkcupcake: we use the "I can't understand you when you're whining" trick. It really helps!
honeydew / 7444 posts
I do the "i can't understand when you're whining" bit too. But we've actually gotten to the point where when she's crying/whining i say, "Please use your words. What did umma say?" and she'll respond, "no whining" 
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
DS is only 17 months and we have already started the "use your words please" to encourage his verbal development and to calm him down from his whiney/tantrums!
pear / 1517 posts
@pinkcupcake: my 19 month olds whining drives me batty, but I'm hoping my patience will improve after I'm no longer pregnant!
honeydew / 7091 posts
Oh no My 15 month old has started whining a lot lately, and it's so hard to figure out what to do about it because she doesn't really have any words to use. I've been trying to teach her signs, but she ONLY uses the sign for 'again', so she signs that for *everything* and then gets mad when I don't know what she wants. "Food, water, toys, milk, snack, upstairs, Daddy?? I don't know baby, learn some words!!!!"
I hope it's not a phase that sticks around through 2, because it's already driving me crazyyy
grapefruit / 4278 posts
I know the feeling. We've tried the "use your words" and "I can't understand you when you're whining" with some success. But sometimes he's just going to whine. I had to step out of the room during dinner last night before I lost my freaking mind... then all I hear is "Momma, sit down!"
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
my 19 month old has been so whiney lately when she doesn't get her way, even her daycare provider has commented on it. She's been "off" all week...soooo hard to deal with.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
@mrbee: @Freckles: I will try that tactic next time! (Probably within the next five mins or so , if the morning was any indication of how much she plans on whining today...)
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