Friday, July 25, 2008

Help!

Does anyone have any advice or books on how to get my kid to stop whining all the time?

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

haha Meg, how can he whine, he doesn't talk! wendy

Paul or Lindsay said...

It's called a video nanny. J/K Actually I need advice in this area also.

Katy said...

I need help with this one too. It's becoming really annoying!! Let me know if you figure something out:)

Candice said...

In the parenting with Love and logic book, They say to tell your child you can't understand them when thay whine. I think that helped me. Some times the best is to just ignore it! But remember they are kids that's what they do!

Unknown said...

Tell him he can whine to Mitt, not Mom. I bet that will solve the problem.

I watched Super Nanny once, and she said not to give in. I could give Super Nanny a call for you.

shamers said...

i agree with candice -- that's what we do, too. "i'm sorry, i can't understand you when you're whining. do you want to try again in a sweet/big girl voice?" we do the same thing with fussing. it doesn't always work, but sometimes it does!

Outnumbered said...

let me know if you find something that works. ashton whines about freaing EVEYTHING!

Nan said...

Whining is my pet peeve. I agree w/ the comment on saying you can't understand them. But then again, if Ethan isn't really talking yet that probably won't help. Just reward the positive. That's all I can offer.

Melissa Andreasen said...

If you think it's bad now, wait until he's two! Maybe it's because I have a girl, but phew! They have to grow out of it someday, right?! Actually it does get better once they really learn to talk and can express themself with words we understand.

Anonymous said...

I know the answer to this one, but you won't like it. When he whines you ignore him. Pretty soon he will begin to realize that whining doesn't get him what he wants. You have to be able to hold out on this one. Also change the activity he is doing instead of giving in to his whining. The key is to either re-direct or ignore so that he is not rewarded for whining.