Kai has been whining like there's no tomorrow lately. Granted she is sick and probably not feeling the greates but my God . . . she keeps whining and its driving me nuts. Its not the high pitched thing either its the long and drawn out whine when she wants attention or wants something, etc. I can't take it anymore! I love her to death but come on, this is ridiculous.

She is also doing this thing when she is in trouble where she's lying! How does a 3 year old lie!?!?!?

I am remaining calm but she is getting out of control with certain behaviors and I'm having a hard time with my patience.

On a good note: she isn't having many more accidents because I have her on a daily dose of Metamucil. The kid wont eat many veggies so in order to keep the pipes flowing, this works for now.

LOL! you dont have to teach a kid to lie! LOL they will like at 2 years old with cookie on their face...when you ask them if they ate it! LOL

I just usually say with the whining..."

Oh...what? WHAT? WHAAAAT!!! Daddy cant hear what you say when you make that noise cause it turns off his ears ..so now they dont work. You have to stop that noise first."

Good luck.

LMAO Paul that is hilarious! Her first lie was because she ate a cookie and she had chocolate all over her face. She tried to tell me that she did not eat it. Maybe that's every child's first lie. lol

I walk away when she whines. That's the only way I'm gonna be able to keep my sanity.

HA! you might be right! It might be all kids' first lie.

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Oh...what? WHAT? WHAAAAT!!! Daddy cant hear what you say when you make that noise cause it turns off his ears ..so now they dont work. You have to stop that noise first."

I tried this once but the little female version of me replied..."your ears don't work anyway"....
So then if she plssed & moaned..aka whined...I told her I'm going to send her to live with the indians...
That seemed to work until the day she asked what she should pack....
Don't know where she gets the smart mouth from.....

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Originally posted by HannahsBoy:
Don't know where she gets the smart mouth from.....

Yeah I keep asking myself that about Kai.

My daughter is doing the same thing with the whinning. It is driving me nuts also. I try very hard to ignore her. I also tell her she is not going to get what she is asking for if she is asking for it in a whinning voice. (Yeah she is asking for it alright lol) I would take my six year old throwing himself down on the floor kicking and screaming any day over this. YES I said Six lol.

As far as the lying goes they don't understand at this age the whole moral thing about lying. They are looking for the easy out. Avoid being yelled at, avoid a punishment, avoid any unplesentness. You name it AVOID what they need to lear is by lying they are entering into a whole lot of trouble. If you come up with any more good suggestions for the whinning I am all ears!!!!!!! BUT PLEASE JUST NOW WHINNING lol

O.K. I wasn't going to divulge this here earlier cuz it sounds stupid but....I really did this...
When Hannah was going through her whinning stage it just gets to the point where your head wants to explode...
So one day i just plopped my self down on the floor and flopped around for a bit like a fish out of water.
When I stopped she was standing there very quiet and starring at me.
I told her when she whines it goes in brain and makes me crazy and thats what happens.
She just stood there for a moment and let it sink in and then she started laughing and told me I was crazy.
We laughed together but it worked...now the only time she gets whinny is when she is really tired.
I did have to threaten to flop around a couple times like once at the grocery store and she wanted no part of that.
You whine...I flop.....and she knows I'll do it...

HB.... I had a guy tell me he did the very same thing in a department store. He carried on having a tantrum while shoppers stared in disbelief. His son gave him the "I don't know this guy" look '

I do the.... puzzled I don't understand" look whenever the whining started. It's nice to add the squinty eyes and raised shoulders when they use a high pitch sound. When they use their talking voice, that is when I will talk back.

Just wait till you have teenagers who accuse you of being the "horrible" parent because you made a decision that was different from theirs. Ahhh... the arguments on definitions of words such as "respect, listening, bed time, and what incomplete means"

HB that must be a guy thing cause another guy friend of mine told me to do the same thing and he assured me the whining would stop. LOL

I can totally picture you doing that btw.

Thank GOD, "I'VE NEVER" done that!

Although you CANNOT under any circumstances ask my kids..

Uh huh cause children have evidence that they can black mail their parents with. All children do! I know I do. muwahahahaha!

Advice needed please... my tween son has been "colouring" the truth for the past year or so now. At first I thought he will just grow out of it. But he hasnt. its not that he is outright lying, he just spices things up. I dont really know how to explain it. Its like if a dog simply barked at him as he was walking along the sidewalk, then he will also include that the dog "weighed 300lbs and chased him up a tree and also ate a cat along the way" Alot of this is so obvious to me because I just know. But it makes it difficult for me to engage in conversation because I just know half of it is exageration. Anyone elses kids do this????

I think a lot of teens do this. Probably won't work and someone might have a better suggestion. I am not dealing with teens yet. Have you just tried saying you don't need to make up or add on to stories to get my attention you already have it. Anytime you want my ears they are right here for you with out the needless stories? IDK sorry the only thing I can suggest not having gone through it.