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Friday, June 13, 2008
I don't like whining, it makes me GRUMPY!
My kids have hit a whining spell lately and it is driving me CRAZY! So this is a plea to all you parents out there and those of you with younger brothers and sisters...how do you make it stop? Most of the time I can calmly remind them that they need to ask for things without whining. I can be adult about it even. But for the past few days I haven't been sleeping well and all I want to do is pull out the duct tape and make them stop! I wouldn't, but the thought does have it's appeal. I know the situation is reaching critical condition because Samuel is starting to whine at other people and not just me! Ack! MAKE IT STOP!!!
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Print this sign out and tell them what it means and post it EBERYWHERE!! My kids are in it too. The summer sleeping is hard on them. When I can darken their rooms enough for them to sleep at 8 then they do much better, however...energy does not equal task at hand right now...I guess I am not much help huh? Also, they know things are changing with the move and can probably feel your residual stress....Tell John you get tomorrow off...sleep...that helps me :) Hang in there!
This is the one thing I have actually succeeded at. (I fail at all other parental skills on a daily basis) All I do is say, like a broken record, "I don't speak whine" "My ears can't understand whine" and I don't stop until she changes the sound of her voice. Of course, there's only one of her... I don't know what it would be like to be ganged up on...
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