Toddlerhood

Maybe I deserved it since Abby was such an easy, happy infant who slept through the night at 8 weeks and only cried when she was hungry. But this current state of Toddlerhood, where my this-minute-happy-baby is laughing and playing and the now-whiny-crying-baby is an utter mess, is taking a toll on my emotionally and physically. I am exhausted.

She used to wake up so happy, and would talk or play until we went to her room. These days, from the moment she wakes up, she lets out a little whimper which develops into a full-blown, whiny cry until we get her. Nothing is wrong, she just won't communicate with us like a normal human being and has taken to acting like a cavewoman who yells/whines/cries for what she wants. Keeping in mind that Abby's vocabularly has soared the past few months, it's very difficult to imagine why she thinks that whining uncontrolably is more effective than saying "Mommy, milk" or "book please," etc.

It is mentally exhausting trying to figure out why she is doing this, and it's physically exhausting dealing with a seemingly perfectly normal child who one minute is a little angel and the next a 2.5-foot devil.

Thoughts? Comments? Discuss amongst yourselves and let me know in about 15 years when I wake up from this state of Toddlerhood.