Why do little kids whine so much? Can't they see it irritates their parents (not to mention anyone else within hearing distance)? Don't they realize it is not the best approach to getting what they want? Are they unaware of the correlation between whining and being sent to another room (preferably floor) of the house?
Hannah can start making preliminary whining noises in anticipation of events. For example: if she's playing with something and Jacob (on the other side of the room) moves even one muscle, she immediately switches to "whine" mode. "No, Jacob. Don't! Jacob's coming over! He's going to wreck my (whatever she's doing)." In his defense, Jacob might only have blinked in her direction. In Hannah's defense, Jacob does often come over and destroy whatever she's trying to set up, play, etc.
Still, is the whining really necessary? I don't know how to make it stop. It's as if it's a default setting, pre-programmed to initiate at the slightest provocation. And then I have my own default setting that seems to engage at the repeated sound of whining. It's called: Mom is getting really annoyed!
A Calloused Foot
13 years ago
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Just ask if she wants cheese with that whine.
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see, parenting is so easy : )
Hey thanks for the help yesterday...it was great having you here.
cheers,
PS)Thanks to Scott as well for his work on that end.
Ok Carolyn this is going to sound really mean. Todd used to do that all the time. Then one day I whined back at him..teasing him repeatedly...he did not like it at all. Eventually, when he whined, I whined..Todd told me to "stop I dont like that Mommy" and then like majic..he stopped too. Hey its worth a shot right???
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