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mike s
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where do i start... I have read a few posts here from people who say their kid cries. But I'm not finding anything that matches quite what I am going through, So i figured I would just ask 
my daughter, 3 and a half, freaking cries over EVERYTHING. here is the latest example which prompted me to come ask here. She is in her room, I hear something bang (she dropped her little play keyboard on the floor, and i guess it hit her foot too) she comes our of her room WAILING, i say "whats wrong??" I get a blank stare and more whining. I say "whats wrong? what happened", more of the same, totally just staring at me, and whining like her arms are being ripped off (she was not hurt.. this is what she does) I say "show me what happened". still nothing. finally mom tells her to come here, she comes, we finally get her to say she dropped her keyboard, then mom asks, "why didn't you answer your dad?" she responds "i don't know". this is her standard response to pretty much every question we ask her. I know shes not dumb, she speaks very well for her age, she does tell stories a lot, and seems to not understand concepts some times, but usually shes fine.
She wont listen at all. one of our pet peeves , is her busting into our bedroom without asking. we tell her over and over "you need to ask before you come in" 5 min later she comes busting into the room without asking. I will say "did you ask before you came in?" she will drop her head, pout, and walk out, or she will bust into crying. Now.. i didn't tell her not to come in, i simply asked her if she asked (to remind her she needs to ask).
she is argumentative... I will be making dinner "what are you making?" and I will say "steak" and she will say "no your not". I say "yes.. this is steak, trust me". her, "no its not". me.. "stop arguing with me!" her.. she start balling. Then i send her to the corner for crying. we tell her constantly to stop crying over everything. (lol.. as I am typing this, she said she was hungry, mom said "you just had lunch an hour ago", she starts crying. and not throwing a fit, just crying like someone broke her heart. Anyway, mom sends her to the corner for crying, wich in turns causes more crying.)
HELP ME!!!!!!
I am to the point of putting my head in a blender, lol.
We are so frustrated with her, out method of time out for bad behavior doesn't seem to work. We don't want to start spanking, we don't want to yell and scream.. and we DON'T want her to just "get away with it"
what kind of reaction are we supposed to have over these ridiculously annoying behaviors of hers?
A few things to add-
We have a pretty new baby also, 6 months old. She is great with the baby, as far as helping out and she doesn't seem to be jealous.
Also-
My wife is the one who works outside the home and I stay home with the children all day, so I am most of the primary disciplinarian while she's at work.

my daughter, 3 and a half, freaking cries over EVERYTHING. here is the latest example which prompted me to come ask here. She is in her room, I hear something bang (she dropped her little play keyboard on the floor, and i guess it hit her foot too) she comes our of her room WAILING, i say "whats wrong??" I get a blank stare and more whining. I say "whats wrong? what happened", more of the same, totally just staring at me, and whining like her arms are being ripped off (she was not hurt.. this is what she does) I say "show me what happened". still nothing. finally mom tells her to come here, she comes, we finally get her to say she dropped her keyboard, then mom asks, "why didn't you answer your dad?" she responds "i don't know". this is her standard response to pretty much every question we ask her. I know shes not dumb, she speaks very well for her age, she does tell stories a lot, and seems to not understand concepts some times, but usually shes fine.
She wont listen at all. one of our pet peeves , is her busting into our bedroom without asking. we tell her over and over "you need to ask before you come in" 5 min later she comes busting into the room without asking. I will say "did you ask before you came in?" she will drop her head, pout, and walk out, or she will bust into crying. Now.. i didn't tell her not to come in, i simply asked her if she asked (to remind her she needs to ask).
she is argumentative... I will be making dinner "what are you making?" and I will say "steak" and she will say "no your not". I say "yes.. this is steak, trust me". her, "no its not". me.. "stop arguing with me!" her.. she start balling. Then i send her to the corner for crying. we tell her constantly to stop crying over everything. (lol.. as I am typing this, she said she was hungry, mom said "you just had lunch an hour ago", she starts crying. and not throwing a fit, just crying like someone broke her heart. Anyway, mom sends her to the corner for crying, wich in turns causes more crying.)
HELP ME!!!!!!
I am to the point of putting my head in a blender, lol.
We are so frustrated with her, out method of time out for bad behavior doesn't seem to work. We don't want to start spanking, we don't want to yell and scream.. and we DON'T want her to just "get away with it"
what kind of reaction are we supposed to have over these ridiculously annoying behaviors of hers?
A few things to add-
We have a pretty new baby also, 6 months old. She is great with the baby, as far as helping out and she doesn't seem to be jealous.
Also-
My wife is the one who works outside the home and I stay home with the children all day, so I am most of the primary disciplinarian while she's at work.