Oh no... it can't be... please tell me it's not possible...

[GordonTheGopher]

DS has entered the WHY phase (he's 2.4).

How many years does this last as it only started this morning and I'm losing the will to live.

mine constantly asks why, rarely listening to or caring about the answer. Ask him what he thinks and he looks blankly at you before repeating the question. Ah, methinks, he wants a conversation. Sadly no. He just wants to drive his mother insane.

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Ds1 did this from age 3.3 (late talker) - and although he has now slipped into a stream of consciousness style of speech aged 5, he did seem to say why an awful lot. He asked 'why' 240 times in 45 minutes once.

we're on "what's that?" too.... a spider, a tree, another tree, my face, still my face, yes, also my face.... Argh!

Trouble is he's too young to understand complex answers. So he just keeps saying it again and again!!!

We're on No.

Nooooo mummy, no no no no no no no no NO! Mum! EEEEE!

Hmm, my DS is 3 and a half and he's STILL IN IT!

DD2's why phase has lasted for about 18 months so far. The best ones include:

Me: It's nearly time to collect dd1 from school.
DD2: Why?
Me: Because the school will be closing soon.
DD2: Why?
Me: Because it's nearly half past 3.
DD2: Why is it nearly half past 3?

That one is repeated nearly every weekday in termtime, and I still haven't worked out a satisfactory answer to 'Why is it nearly half past 3?'.

Another time:
DD2: Can I do painting please?
[I start getting her paints out]
DD2: Why are you getting my paints out?

'Why do you think?' rarely works on her because she usually just says 'I don't know.'

We have a good one at the moment always along the lines of:
Ds:Mummy what day of the week is it?
me:Wednesday ds,
ds: Why is it wednesday?
me: because it's the day after Tuesday and the day before Wednesday.
ds: why?

argh!

DD (2.6) instead of saying- 'whats that Mama?' says 'I don't know what it is!' in a strange little voice Still waiting for the 'why' to start... she hasn't quite understood 'why' if I ask her a question 'why...' something.