How is it that kids know exactly the tone and volume to whine to drive you mad?! There is no real way to discipline the whining besides ignoring them. Which only seems to rev up the whine...making it louder and more annoying. Right now I am making an attempt to ignore the current whine, "GO TAKE YOUR SHOWER!! I WANT TO WATCH TV!! Mom! MOM! MOM!!"
(She wants me to take my shower so that she can sneak the TV. Yes, it starts this early.)
Here are some other whining moments I've heard in the recent HOURS of my life:
"Drew's looking at me!! He won't stop looking at me!!"
"Drew's arguing with me! He won't stop arguing with me."
"Ahhhhh!!" "AHHHHHHHHHH!!" "AHHHHHHH!" "AHHHHH!!"
"I want the pink cup. Drew can't have the pink cup!! IT"S MINE!"
"NO!! I WANT THE PINK CUP!!! AHHHHHHHH!!"
"But MOM!! Drew's ________ ME!!"
hitting
biting
pushing
pinching
pulling
"I don't want to sit in this chair.
eat that.
walk.
take a nap.
take a bath.
comb my hair.
brush my teeth.
Then there is always the incoherent crying that comes with a whine. The one that makes you want to pull your hair out. Parenting is fun in small doses, if you spend too much time doing it you may end up like your mother. Ha ha!
2 comments:
you are too funny! can't wait til zander gets to that age--i've always wanted to be like my mother! ;) hang in there! some days are better than others! ~camille
How many days till school starts??? I love the new Staples ad on TV with the dad skipping up and down the aisles singing about what a great time of the year it is.
I do have a big button that I'll loan you. It boldly says in bright red "NO WHINING." When they start in, you just point to the button. I wore it one year on vacation. The boys were embarrassed, but I had many mothers ask where they could buy one!
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