My three year old dd cries all the time at the moment - is this normal?

[Lavelle]

She cries if she doesnt get her own way, but also if you make her wait 5 minutes for something, or if you ask her to put on her coat and shoes (things she can do perfectly well). They have started to comment on it at nursery too.

Any experiences/tips? It is really wearing me out and dh is totally fed up with it.

We dropped her afternoon nap today. She had it yesterday, then tantrumed for an hour. Not worth it. Of course, she's also not at all tired.

This thread's great as my dd nearly is crying cos I didn't unpeel all of the banana..... She also hates tights and socks have to be on in a particular way.,,, give us strength!!

nearly 3 i meant

I just logged onto Mumsnet thinking I would start a thread precisely on this subject. My dd1 is 3.5 yrs. She whinges and cries all the time. She genuinely thinks that she is going to get sympathy, cuddles and frankly whatever she wants by behaving like this. My dh and I rarely let her get away with it but after months and months of this behaviour she still doesn't realise that it is not helping her cause. Today I wondered how I was going to continue coping as I got very angry at her and was so shocked at my own behaviour that we both ended up bawling our eyes out. I have no support in the way of family and friends in the UK as we are relatively new here. Does anyone have any tips on how I can manage her better and not end up distraught like today? :(

This is driving me insane too, she constantly whinges at the slightest thing. I have always ignored her but lately I have been getting cross with her - help

If it turns out not to be a phase and instead be a personality trait, I don't know what I will do for the rest of our lives. I keep thinking this must have a detrimental affect on our relationship and I wish there was some psychology I knew about to make things better. I really, really, really hope it is a phase.