GRRRR! 3 year olds

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!:cursing: if I hear mom I don't want to, or I don't like this...or anymore whining I am gonna run away!!!!!
Is this just a phase???

No...as a mom of a 4yr old and 6 yr old...it stays forever!!!

Put him in time out for whining. That's what my mom did when we were little. She taught pre-schoolers and didn't let any of them whine either, so why should she let her kids whine? Whining accomplishes nothing. Teach them that early and they'll figure it out. No one likes to go into time out all the time.

As the mom of a 13 and 10yo I am going to have to agree with sammi.

hehe...well thats so hopeful ladies.
We do use the corner a lot for whinning...but today it is just really wearing on my patients. I guess we all have those days!

I actually have too many of those days with my 3-yr-old. If we could just get out of the house ONE morning without a whine I would probably pass out from joy. LOL

My DS is 6 and I think he will be whining till the end of time.

I will not talk to him until he can talk to me correctly. If he keeps doing it remind them that "mommie has a hard time understanding what you are saying when you whine" . If they really need/want something, they will stop. That is what has worked the best. Although if its near bedtime, I don't think anything works.

Nope, almost 9 year old and just turned 6 year old...they both say it ALL the time. :thumbdown:

Its very typical for a three-year-old (and even older) but that doesn't mean you have to just tolerate it. Constant whining and complaining are socially unacceptable behaviors that you have to teach your children to stop doing. My oldest son (almost seven years old) is a TERRIBLE whiner and we've been battling it since his toddler years.
As soon as whining comes out of his mouth, we simply say, "I'm sorry, but I cannot understand you when you talk like that" or, "I'm sorry, but I can't hear whiny tones so you'll have to talk like a big kid". That usually stops him. Half the time, he doesn't even realize he's talking in a whiny voice.
As for the obnoxious whining where they simply want to annoy/punish/aggrivate you until you give in, we do either a time-out or even the occasional spanking when they continue to disobey when we say "stop whining".
Its an uphill battle, and its sooooooo frustrating. But it does get better with age.

ya, dana...typical, but can be corrected. lol!! don't run away just yet! HUGS!!

i don't know what her deal is today...but she has been in the corner more than out LOL! We are doing better....for now.

dana puts baby in the corner.

my son did not start whining until he was older and now he whines alot. He is 11. I just tell him to go to his room until he can start talking without whining. He usually stops right then. I have to say there is two different types of whining, at least for my son there is. One where he is overly tired and is whining because of that. Another where he is whining because he wants something and isnt getting his way. I punish for the second...the first Im a little more patient with because I know I get cranky when I am super tired and would not want someone getting mad/upset with me for being tired. I will tell him to go to bed and remind him a couple times that he will feel alot better once he gets some sleep and when he wakes up he is usually alot happier and not so whiney

Warn and ignore! We say to our 4-year-old, "I can't understand you when you talk like that." If she corrects her tone, we'll listen to her, if not, then we don't respond until she talks like a big girl. Works like a charm because the whining doesn't pay off for her in the way she hopes it will.

Unfortunately, it's a behavior that will likely stick around awhile.

lizzyfizzy said:

dana puts baby in the corner.

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