3 year old complains and whines about everything! Help!

[Mamabearwhere]

I have a 3 year old (almost 4) who has previously been the happiest and most content child, really playful and bubbly etc. Recently, I’d say over the summer, she slowly started becoming really whiny about evvvvvveryrhing! Examples

“I’m too cooooold”
“I’m too hoooooot”
“I want this food” then “I don’t like this foooood”
“I don’t want to go to nursery”
“I don’t want to go to sleep EVER”
“I’m tiiiiiiiired”

And the most popular phrase of all

“I’m booooored” even when she’s doing something exciting like being at a play date or at the playground. She just says that for no reason.

Allllllllllll day long. Honestly the list can go on.

I don’t know what to do or how to help her. I’ve tried being calm, I’ve tried having 1-2-1 special mummy time, I’ve tried being a bit stern where applicable but I’m out of puff now.

Her sleep has also gone completely pants and she’s waking up a lot, wanting me to stand beside her in the middle of the night.

Anyone experienced this? What can I do to make this phase more bearable and to help her come out it?

Oh and she pushes every boundary when it comes to manners, talks back, shouts, resists etc etc

Very typical of the age, the whining. I found it harder than the terrible twos tantrums, personally. The good news is, they don't stay three forever. Grit your teeth and try to ignore.

I suspect this is a confusing developmental stage for them: suddenly they can do all these wonderful verbal things and they are getting a sense that people use them to manipulate their environment but they can't seem to get it right and it's very frustrating.

Same problem here. It's rubbish. I am just gritting teeth and pushing through. Plus I do tell her that it's not fun for me when she complains all the time.