Use your words!

M was crying the other day and P was holding him, trying to console him. Moo ran up and said, very sweetly, "Don't cry, M. Don't cry... use your words! Don't cry."

Haha! That's what I tell Moo when he's crying and/or whining incoherently about something, like not wanting peanut butter on his toast. I tell him, "I can't understand yo. Use your words."