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jaylensmom

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My usually whiney 4 year old has kicked it up a few notches and is driving me crazy...I'm not really into spanking and I think he knows it...If he wasn't 4 I would think he is trying to provoke me :) He's been going beyond crying and he's now screaming and yelling what he wants after I've told him not a zillion times...He's been doing this for the past few days...Today I didn't allow him to watch tv from the time he started until he went to bed...It's so darn frustrating that I want to cry...Ok that's enough of my venting...
 
Been there, done that.... try sitting in a corner - nose first. :) They hate that....

Oh, and {{{HUGE HUGS}}}. It really is just a phase.
 
ugh I feel your pain...except my culprit is a year younger and a stubborn redhead. I'm HOPING it's an age thing but none of my other kids have been like this.

Hugs..let it out! Have a good bubble bath and a cry to go with it! Stick to your guns and he'll realize you are serious when you say no. Don't give in to him even if that would be easier!
 
Is there something in the air??? My 2.5 year old was really pushing my buttons today too!
 
Have you tried saying, "You may not talk to me/act this way." and then send him to his room and not allow him to come out until he can act properly? I started doing this with my son when he was 2, and it made a world of difference PLUS I didn't have to listen to him scream.

Best of luck!
 
joelsgirl said:
Have you tried saying, "You may not talk to me/act this way." and then send him to his room and not allow him to come out until he can act properly? I started doing this with my son when he was 2, and it made a world of difference PLUS I didn't have to listen to him scream.

Best of luck!
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My sister in law does this with her daughter. I really remember her doing it when Elly was about 3, and now that she's 5, she just has to say once to go to her room. She totally knows the drill and knows she can't come out until she's ready to be nice!
 
joelsgirl said:
Have you tried saying, "You may not talk to me/act this way." and then send him to his room and not allow him to come out until he can act properly? I started doing this with my son when he was 2, and it made a world of difference PLUS I didn't have to listen to him scream.

Best of luck!
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I've sent him to his room and made him stay until he stops the crying but then he starts screaming "I want to get out"...and he repeats it about a zillion times...
 
Oh, I totally feel your pain! I have been repeating over & over to my 3 1/2 year old, "I can't understand you when you whine so when you are ready to talk I will be ready to listen". Ahhhhhhh.....it really wears a girl down listening to a whiner!!!
 
joelsgirl said:
Have you tried saying, "You may not talk to me/act this way." and then send him to his room and not allow him to come out until he can act properly? I started doing this with my son when he was 2, and it made a world of difference PLUS I didn't have to listen to him scream.

Best of luck!
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I do this when Logan (my 4 year old) acts out really badly he is not aloud to come out until he calms down and is ready to apologize to me, I've been doing this for as long as I can remember, it always works, it gives him a couple minutes to think about what he is doing and the time calms me down too (since it ticks me off when he acts out)
 
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