glad to see everybody!... i was feeling abandoned
my dd also does the whining... the pre-verbal whine to get things. she is behind in her language development, so i just try to encourage words (regardless of voice)
i'm also having trouble getting her to go for the options i give her... for example when she tries to climb on the storage unit, i will tell her she can play on the floor or she can climb on the couch... well, as i'm sure you know, it is not nearly as interesting to climb on the allowable piece of furniture as it is to climb on the mysterious, exciting, very vivid white storage piece. so i try to redirect and playfully get up on the couch with her... or play on the floor with her. all this usually ends with mad tears and kicking legs, which i then describe as i empathize with her
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jennifer - formerly jhaud
Air Force wife to Bill - 2001
mama to Genevieve
aka gigi or monkey - aug 2004
mama to an angel in heaven
- july 2005
mama to Evangeline
aka evie(licious) - june 2007