I can't take it anymore. I have one unmentioned child who has an excessive whining problem. I'm talking to the point of meltdown. This child whines about snacks, whines about what to do, whines about what to wear, whines about what is for lunch, whines about what is on TV. This bad habit must be stopped. Let me reiterate that this is a Good child with a Bad habit.
Begin experiment A
We'll call it "Break the Whining Habit During Spring Break or Mommy is Having Herself Committed."
Actions include. . .
Stopping the child EVERY time whining takes place and CALMLY saying " I would love to listen to you when you can ask me in a normal voice." After being asked in a normal voice I will respond with "Good, now I would be glad to help you."
Also, hubby will be schooled in the ways of dealing with said whiner.
After experiment A has been tested for one full week, feel free to approach me and let me know how my results are fairing.
Experiment B involves thumb sucking and TWO children. That's a whole new post.
6 comments:
Ooh- I'd love to hear the results of your experiements. Especially the thumb-sucking. I am beside myself with that one!
Hmmm...I wonder who that could be. Good luck with that!!! If you need a break send her on over...
And good luck on the thumb sucking. I sucked my thumb until I was in kindergarten and the only reason why I stopped was because my Kindergarten teacher told me that only babies sucked their thumbs.
Oh please let me know how it goes... I have one too and she sucks her finger so it would be nice to pick up some tips on how to break her of that too! I guess the key is to break them before they break you!!!!! You have inspired me to stay calm... Thank you! and good luck.
Makes me glad mine can't talk yet! I love your Disneyland pictures!
How is the schooling of husband going?
Aww..Kayleen...I have a slightly older whiner...but here is how I broke the other two of this annoying habit.I ignored it and refused to listen. I also did a demo of whining and it got thru to the urchin pdq
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