While loop getting stuck in infinite loop

I am trying to figure out why my program is printing the same statement repeatedly. I am able to get this method to work fine when I am putting in good values, but I have an else statement set up to catch invalid selections. When my else statement runs, it prints infinitely and the while loop never commences. I can't figure it out. I am going to paste the entire method, but bold the problem area. I hope this is clear.

public static int[][] placeCheese(int [][] gameBoard, String Player1Name) 
{ 
    Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
    int turnTaker = 0;
    int validRow = 0;
    int validCol = 0;
    int RowIndex = -1;
    int ColIndex = -1;
    while(turnTaker == 0)
    {
        while(validRow == 0)
        {
            System.out.println( Player1Name + ", please place your cheese by choosing a row, or choose -1 to exit.");
            RowIndex = console.nextInt() -1; 
            if(RowIndex < gameBoard.length && RowIndex >=0)
            {
                validRow++;
            }
            else if(RowIndex == -2)
            {
                System.out.println("Thanks for playing, " + Player1Name + " has forfeited!");
                System.exit(0);
            }
        }
        while(validCol == 0){
            System.out.println( Player1Name + ", please place your cheese by choosing a column, or choose -1 to exit.");
            ColIndex = console.nextInt() -1; 
            if(ColIndex < gameBoard.length && ColIndex >=0)
            {
                validCol++;
            }
            else if(RowIndex == -2)
            {
                System.out.println("Thanks for playing, " + Player1Name + " has forfeited!");
                System.exit(0);
            }
        }
    if(gameBoard[RowIndex][ColIndex] == 0)
    {
        gameBoard[RowIndex][ColIndex] = 1;
        turnTaker++;
        numPieces1--;
    }
    else 
    {
        System.out.println("this space is already occupied, please choose again.");
    }
    return gameBoard;
}