Okay so....... yeah.

She has discovered the joys of whining. Unfortunately, whining happens to be the ONE sound I have a hard time dealing with. I can hold a baby and have them scream bloody murder right in my ear for an hour. I can murmer soothingly to a shrieker. I can play "put you down then pick you up" for hours with a sobbing infant.

But whining.... hoo boy. And so, of course, my normally happy-as-a-clam baby has chosen whining as her irritation of choice. Luckily, she doesn't have much occasion to be upset enough to do it. But when she does....zomg. I have to bite my tongue to keep from saying "SHADDAP!"

 I figure, gimme a week and I'll be inured, right? None of my boys whined. They screamed, they cried, they shrieked.. the usual... but not that much anyway. My elder godson shrieks and tantrums - no problem. My younger godson sobs and shrieks inconsolably - no problem. I handle them just fine when I'm babysitting or whatever. In fact, sometimes it amuses me... they seem so melodramatic compared to my little girl who is nearly always smiling.

But when she's not smiling.... hoo boy.

Pray for me and my nerves.

*keeps grinning*