Epic Whinging - tell me its just a phase?
Is anyone else's almost 3 year old an Epic Whinger?? Please tell me its just a stage.... :wall:
Yesterday I only had my baby, whom i've realised is a joy to look after when its just him. I was calm collected and peaceful and it lead me to think that while my toddler is a lovely little boy, he whinges so much and is eternally difficult to please, which grates on my nerves.
For instance its only 11am and heres how my day started:
6:30am toddler comes running down the hall screaming "wheres my truck", has a tantrum because neither myself or dh can figure out which truck he wants and every time we present him with the wrong one he screams and blubbers and rolls around on the floor and is unintelligible. His screaming wakes up the baby, great start to my day.
7am finally find the right truck, he is happy. For 5 minutes. Wants weetbix, which i make and put on the table. He starts screaming "i don't want weetbix, i want cereal, i'm not eating that". I turn the cartoons off and tell him its perfectly good food that i'm not wasting and he's not getting cartoons until he eats it. Tantrum, then baby starts screaming in sympathy. I cave, cartoons come back on.
8am, he wants a milo. I convince him to eat 5 spoons of weetbix for a milo. Give him the milo. Screams - "i dont want it in that cup". Manage to distract him, he drinks it. Calm for a while.
9am he's hungry because he didn't eat breakfast, wants leftover pasta from last night. Screams at me as i start dishing it up "i don't want the red things". I pick the red things out. Go to serve him "i dont want that now". Me smile to myself insanely. Mutter, this will pass.
10ish- "I want dads cereal". I have no energy, serve the cereal, start pouring milk. "i dont want milk. Stop pouring the milk. "no i do want milk" laughs at me. I put in on his little table. "No i'm not eating it there". I disagree, cereal too messy for on the floor. He begins to collapse to the floor, i've just gotten the baby to sleep and i can't bare him waking up cranky. I relent. He's eating cereal on the carpet. I will clean it later.
11am - I'm exhausted. I just want silence. I love him but i want him to stop whinging.
Please tell me this is a phase and when does it end?
