My almost two year old is awesome, smart, funny, but her worse trait is that she cries for EVERYTHING. Anytime she wants something, her go to is to start crying. I try my best to calm her down and tell her she doesn't have to cry, just ask for what you want. She knows to say, "may I have..." Because she used to do it all the time. But that seems so far away. Please help. It's so bad that I burst into tears today. Any advice?
Re: At my wits end
The best decision is to not giving her what she wants, when she starts crying. This will show her that she cannot gain anything by behaving this way. If you manage to get through this couple of times without indulging, she will stop acting like this.
In addition, you can try to distract her with something else, like to show her something, she would be interested in. Then she will take her mind off tears and find herself a new toy.