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How many times a day does your dc say "Why?"....

Mrs MannersMrs Manners member
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I swear we are going for the record here. Every response to every thing I say is "Why?". It's not really a "challenging authority" thing, more that he just wants you to explain out the reasoning behind everything. I know that's how they learn....I guess i just thought this would be a shorter phase and I'm just hoping I don't pull my hair out first.

Ds was a very late talker so I realize we may be coming into this stage later than others. Any tips? I do try the "Why do you think?" response but it doesn't work.
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  • nictelnictel

    We haven't hit this yet, but believe it or not, I can't wait for it!  My DS was a really late talker, so we're not quite there yet.  Every new speech milestone for us is such a blessing!

    Lately though, he has been constantly saying the following:

    "What is it?  I need to know what is it!"

    "Where is (insert person, friend, pet, stuffed animal here)?"

     "What is (insert person, friend, etc) doing?"

    and the new favorite, "What does it say?"  about every single piece of writing he sees...

    I'm thrilled at his speech, but I have to say sometimes I get tired of answering, especially the "I need to know what is it!" since it's often some object that I don't know the name of, like some piece on the inside of the dishwasher, some type of odd looking plant, or fictional animal in a book...

    Don't have a lot of advice, but good luck!  Sounds like you have a smart, curious kid! 

    PS.  It's always nice to hear success stories about preemies who were late talkers :)

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  • shopgirl78shopgirl78 member
    too many!

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  • schnappycatschnappycat member

    898238427 times a day, give or take. :) 

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  • CD+ALCD+AL member

    Ugh!  I don't think I can count that high.  DS is a really bad "why-er," and his "why phase" has lasted far, far, far longer than I ever thought it would.  Let's see...DD is almost 14mos old, and it started at some point mid-pg with her...yeah, it's gone on forever.  <<sigh>>

    I struggle with it too b/c on one hand I want to encourage him to ask questions, be curious, wonder how things work, etc., but on the other hand, for crying out loud...You just said that you were hot, so why are you asking me WHY I'm taking your jacket off.  

    Can you tell I'm a little frustrated too?  It has gotten a little better though.  I just try to answer the genuine questions as best as I can (in some cases having to say that IDK), and for the questions that are just asinine and just for the heck of asking why, I try to get him to come up with the answer himself and tell me why. 

     
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  • jsugrinjsugrin member
    A gazillionBig Smile.  We're lucky though and the "what do you think?" helps a lot around here.  For us I've found that either he knows the answer and is processing it or once he learns the answer that he needs to process it and then repeat it to confirm that he's actually got it right.  Now of course once I stop a string of repeat why's with his own thoughts it just means we move on to another series of why's but at least it gets us out of the same loop.
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  • CountryatHeartCountryatHeart
    In the past two weeks, she started asking it about a zillion times a day!
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  • shouldbworkinshouldbworkin

    eleventy-billion ... I've counted. Wink  Some days I just cannot handle the battery of questions that come out of DD's mouth. 

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  • jeroljerol
    Too many to count....but the most annoying recently is "what are you doing?".  Well, clearly you see I am making a sandwich!!  So, stop asking!
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  • Mrs.JLCMrs.JLC
    One day I tried to keep track and I gave up. We were somewhere in the 30s and it wasn't even lunch time. I was just counting the "why?" and not the "what is that?, what are you doing, where are we going, what's his name, where are THEY going, who is that, how does it do that....."  We drove an hour to meet some family at the beach the other day and I wanted to scream when I got out of the car. I too know that's she learning but she asked about every person in every car for an hour. GAH!
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  • sapphirebride06sapphirebride06
    My son went through this for several days but then it morphed into "where did you buy _____ (insert random thing here like bed, book, door, wall paint, etc.).  Now that get's annoying!  He asked where we bought the light switches, the light fixtures, etc. 
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  • CD+ALCD+AL member
    OMG!  To the two pp's with "What are you doing?" and "Where did you buy ____?" My DS totally does that too!  I think maybe we all just need a vacation...I'll take 2hrs to myself to do anything BY.MY.SELF.  I'll even scrub toilets for 2hrs solid if that's what it takes to get time to myself.  Anyone with me?Smile
     
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  • STP2006STP2006

    We also get the one "where did this come from?" in reference to every food item that lands in front of him.  Sheesh.

    And when the "why do you think" doesn't work one last time, sometimes I look at him in frustration after just one more "Why?" and say "Z !!"  to which sometimes he gets it and gives me a break, and sometimes I get "Why Z, mommy?"

     

    Gotta love it...

     

     

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  • Mrs MannersMrs Manners member
    imageCD+AL:
    OMG!  To the two pp's with "What are you doing?" and "Where did you buy ____?" My DS totally does that too!  I think maybe we all just need a vacation...I'll take 2hrs to myself to do anything BY.MY.SELF.  I'll even scrub toilets for 2hrs solid if that's what it takes to get time to myself.  Anyone with me?Smile
    I'll take your LO to the park with mine if you come scrub toilets at my house for two hours :) Heck, we'll stay gome 4 hours and let you take a nap when you're done. My house needs some serious TLC right now. The main floor is clean because we had guests this weekend but the rest of the house is a hot mess.
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  • DeputiesWifeDeputiesWife

    a million!!!!

    but its ok - i dont mind answering =) 

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  • flgatorflgator member
    imageschnappycat:

    898238427 times a day, give or take. :) 

    this. :)

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  • CD+ALCD+AL member

    imageMrs Manners:
    imageCD+AL:
    OMG!  To the two pp's with "What are you doing?" and "Where did you buy ____?" My DS totally does that too!  I think maybe we all just need a vacation...I'll take 2hrs to myself to do anything BY.MY.SELF.  I'll even scrub toilets for 2hrs solid if that's what it takes to get time to myself.  Anyone with me?Smile
    I'll take your LO to the park with mine if you come scrub toilets at my house for two hours :) Heck, we'll stay gome 4 hours and let you take a nap when you're done. My house needs some serious TLC right now. The main floor is clean because we had guests this weekend but the rest of the house is a hot mess.

    You've got a deal...It would be totally worth it to have a nap all by myself.  Of course, if I actually had the opportunity, I probably wouldn't know what to do with the time to myself and wouldn't be able to sleep, but I'll take that scenario as a problem.  Wink

     
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