CaptainMummy
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Paige is 5 1/2 and has always been a whinger. Now, more than ever. It really gets on my nerves!
I tell her I am not listening when she speaks in a whiney voice, so she will speak properly for one minute, then revert back to a constant whinge. When I ignore her, she goes on and on and on and literally wont stop, so I end up sending her to her room and tell her to come back down when she is going to speak like a big girl.
Usually, it starts when her sisters annoy her (even when they don't actually do anything to her, she still moans about them) which is fair enough but I tell her constantly to take an activity to her room so they cant get to her, but she chooses to ignore me so its her own fault.
Another thing is she is still so so dependent on me. She doesn't do anything on her own. Even when she is just drawing she wants me to do it too. She would rather sit on the couch and moan about having nothing to do than get up and find an activity and go do it.
Tbf, we don't do much just the two of us... Although most nights she stays up an extra 30/45 minutes and we play monopoly, draw etc. I have a really hard time with my younger two (who also spend ALL DAY whinging and fighting and just being crabs) so almost every single day is spent seperating them all, they cant do anything peacefully. Nothing at all. They are complete horrors.
I don't know what to do. I cant put up with the constant whines. I have spent the last 6 weeks with it constantly (summer holidays) and I'm completely done.
Help!
I tell her I am not listening when she speaks in a whiney voice, so she will speak properly for one minute, then revert back to a constant whinge. When I ignore her, she goes on and on and on and literally wont stop, so I end up sending her to her room and tell her to come back down when she is going to speak like a big girl.
Usually, it starts when her sisters annoy her (even when they don't actually do anything to her, she still moans about them) which is fair enough but I tell her constantly to take an activity to her room so they cant get to her, but she chooses to ignore me so its her own fault.
Another thing is she is still so so dependent on me. She doesn't do anything on her own. Even when she is just drawing she wants me to do it too. She would rather sit on the couch and moan about having nothing to do than get up and find an activity and go do it.
Tbf, we don't do much just the two of us... Although most nights she stays up an extra 30/45 minutes and we play monopoly, draw etc. I have a really hard time with my younger two (who also spend ALL DAY whinging and fighting and just being crabs) so almost every single day is spent seperating them all, they cant do anything peacefully. Nothing at all. They are complete horrors.
I don't know what to do. I cant put up with the constant whines. I have spent the last 6 weeks with it constantly (summer holidays) and I'm completely done.
Help!
he wants me with him all the time - he won't/can't/doesn't like playing independently. If I suggest we go out sometimes he whines and moans. But when we go he loves it! I don't give in though - if we have plans (which are never horrible ones!) we do them.
