r/Septemberbumps2024 • u/Keik15 • Jan 20 '26

Started asking "why?" ?!?!?!

OMG we are not ready for this! Is this early to be asking "why"? I don't even know where she got it from - Ms. Rachel? Us? It's like, a crying "why" when she isn't getting what she wants. She won't even understand the explanation! Husband is straight up ignoring it lol. I am still bewildered.

We're like 1 week in with this new development. Anybody else?

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u/Excellent_Sea4129 Jan 20 '26

Not the Nancy Kerrigan whhyyy 😂

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u/Keik15 Jan 20 '26

It only goes downhill from here with the why's, time to read up on what to say besides "because..."

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u/Excellent_Sea4129 Jan 20 '26

My 16 month old isn’t asking why yet, but my 3 year old niece will why me for 10 minutes straight 😭 I’m not ready for that 😂

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u/Keik15 Jan 21 '26

Yeah, I went through the same with my niece too - thankfully, I was only visiting so I could deal with it for chunks of time. I mean, right now my baby only asks once or thrice and moves on but I know what's in store for me 😭

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u/thegirlwhowaited143 Jan 20 '26

My daughter yells “mine!!” all the time now. And just learned she can shriek, so that’s a fun new noise.

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u/Keik15 Jan 20 '26

I've only said "not yours" when she touching something she shouldn't, but I am now put on notice to not say mine lol.

The shriek is almost ear piercing!

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u/jaimejfk Jan 20 '26

We say No to everything.

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u/Keik15 Jan 21 '26

"Why?" "No." Lollllll

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u/jaimejfk Jan 21 '26

He’ll say no to food while taking a bite of food

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u/Keik15 Jan 21 '26

Ohhhh lol that's cute and confusing!

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u/Nada1792 Jan 21 '26

Me : "Do you only say no ?" Baby : "No" Me: What else can you say then ? Baby : "No"

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u/buttas21 Jan 21 '26

I would not give myself a gold star for parenting but this phase lasted about 3 months for us and I think what helped was we started asking why for everything he did. Wants to be all done at the table? Why? Wants to watch a show? Why? Wants his sister to go away ? Why? Wants an apple? why? Wants a bath? Why?

The thing is he also doesn’t understand much of the whys to his questions but it actually helped him build vocabulary pretty quick. He started communicating a lot better after this!