How can you not love this face?
But...
You know there was a "but", right?
THE WHINING...oh, my gosh, THE WHINING!!!
If she is not completely happy, every syllable that somes out of her mouth has the most annoying, broken record, sing-songy tone of angst. Allow me to demonstrate...
Maaaammmaaahhhhhhh...Savannahwon'tletmeplayinherroomandshewon'tplaywithmeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
What do you do about the whining? I think for the longest time, we just assumed that she would grow out of it. But, she turns 4 in a few weeks and the whining is louder and more annoying that ever.
We have started to really call her attention to it, because, honestly, I think a lot of it is habit. We will ask her to repeat herself in a regular voice and, [gasp] miracle of miracles, she is capable of talking in regular sentences...
Prince Charming will also talk back to her in a whine to show her how it sounds - that ususally gets her laughing and she will make a point to speak in a normal voice.
So, are we doing the right thing? Will it get better? Or is she destined to rival Fran Drescher for most annoying voice?
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I was apparently a whiner as a child. I say that b/c I distinctly remember my mother telling me over & over to STOP WHINING. In 2nd grade I wrote "Stop Whining" in my new year's resolutions.
ReplyDeleteBut I also distinctly remember not having a clue what Mom meant by "whining." My son wasn't much of a whiner - I mean a little bit around age 2-3 that we were able to minimize with "Use your big boy voice." I think the biggest challenge is making them understand what whining is exactly and getting them to comprehend precisely what you expect them to DO and NOT DO.