My son used to be the sweetest thing on earth, Until one morning, he woke up and decided wining was the coolest thing his little voice could do.He whines for what feels like from breakfast time to bed time. Over EVERYTHING and anything. he throws those kicking screaming throw myself to the ground temper tantrums. I have tried the "ignore him" tactic....It seems to only make things worse. I don't want to give in to him and let him think he will get his way if he continues, but his father and I are ready to pull our hair out. I know he gets plenty of attention, I am a stay at home mom and we dont have tv so 80% of my day is just with him. I need some ideas. Please help!
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how do I get my 15 month old to QUIT WHINING?
- Thread starter mrs Smith
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You can't really get them to stop whining it is basically a phase that all small children go through. However, you can try rewarding him for not whining. For example if he likes playing with cars or finger painting, tell him "Mommy will play cars with you, but only if you stop whining." Eventually he will grow out of it, but until then you just have to deal with it. Another thing that I might mention is that if he wines over something in a public place like a grocery store, and he is whining over something that he wants do or buy not reward him for whining by purchasing it. Instead tell him to stop whining and then ignore it until you get to the car. When he calms down explain that you would have let him do what he wanted if he had said please and was good. The next time if he is good and says please as long as it is not something ridiculous reward him.
blondewithheart
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I feel your pain momma! My son did the same flip too and eveyone just old me it was terrible 2s.While I agreed it didn't make things any easier, you start to dread spending the day with them...and then feel like a terrible mother for thinking that way. I tried diversion, ignoring, putting him in his playpen for mini-time outs...nothing worked. The headaches and dread and irritation went on for about 5-6 months and somewhere in the last few weeks I got my little boy back. This age is sucha transitioning period for them. They are learning and able to explore, but all they ever hear from us is "no...no...NO!" I imagine it's quite frustrating for them - so try to remember that when your ready to explode. The only good advice I can give you is the knowledge that it WILL pass, & like so many other stages in their lives, it'll go by fast. Putting my son in (a very nice, constructive, curriculum based) daycare part time also helped. One because good school daycares have a very structured environment, and they have time to play with children their own age- critical for their development. Two- I got time to do the things I needed to do at home, so our time together we both appriciated more and had better quality. Many daycares have "drop-in" policies, where you can pay $25 a day or 2 days a week etc. As long as the place is good!
Just tell him you will not talk to him when he acts like that. Sit him on his bed or in a time out chair and ignore him until he is done. No matter how long it takes, just continue on with whatever you were doing and really ignore him. It isnt easy but as long as you feed into it, any attention that you give him good or bad is feeding into it, he will continue to do it.