Guest guest Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Ok...here we are.....almost 5 years old...and I think Im going to lose it! Sydnie doesnt listen....she doesnt think crap stinks and some days she drives me nuts..... Its mostly when we're with people...but she does it at home as well, just not as bad..... Today wasnt good....I met my mom at Party City and then went to grab a bite to eat. One trip to the bathroom didnt work for long.......threatening etc.....I think Im going crazy.... time out does ok here...spankings are a joke....bathroom trips used to work....what do i do..... Taking Barney videos away doesnt seem to be helping.....I dont know what else to do. I get alot of NO and stomping the foot...... My mom said today well she's been petted and let by for so long! UH NOOOOOOOOOOOO she has always gotten spankings....sorry for those who dont agree with them lol.....I mean sometimes Im afraid I could snap her arm in half (ok not funny, but you get my point).... Any suggestions....by the time I got home I was a wreck....felt like I couldnt breathe....this isnt a usual thing....but geeeeeeeeeeeeez ~Angie mom to Sydnie (5/26/00) and Saylor (4/30/04) May God Bless You As He Has Us www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke www.babiesonline.com/babies/b/babytate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Was the place you chose to eat noisy? It's quite possible that she's having trouble with the noise. Or perhaps she needs a little bribery? A movie or something for having good behavior? She is young so that might take awhile to get through to her, but constant reminders whenever she begins to act up on the outing might help. If she really likes going on these types of trips getting up and leaving and just going home while letting her know why you're going home would probably work.....but she really has to like doing whatever you're doing and you have to follow through with the threat consistantly for her to get the idea. :-) Oh and liked it when her older sisters would give her a quarter or two to get a piece of junk out of one of those stupid litter machines. That was enought to distract her for awhile. But truthfully I just quit taking her with me unless abosulutly necessary during this period of her life. :-) It lasted a few years. :-) That made her happy and ME happy. :-) But if that isn't possible in your situation you might want to keep track of how she's acting in the different places you go to see if she acts better in some then try to plan going to those she has problems in when she's in school or something. Perhaps some times of day are better then others...gee don't ya just love trying to figure out what's setting the kiddos off? Perhaps the noise in the places you're going to are getting to her, or perhaps she's just being typical for her developmental age, in which case you'll just have to continue on hoping she grows out of the stage before you go nuts. hehe good luck Joy PS, never really got the positive reinforment thingy for a long time, perhaps inconsistancy on everyones part, but once she got the idea that filling up her sticker chart would get her _______, her behavior became much easier to control. Maybe starting a sticker chart system, earn 5 stickers or something like that, for outings and letting her have/buy some little trinket thing before going home if she's earned enough stickers would help? (could be something easy to fit in your purse or the diaper bag so it's always available) If she's never had the positive reinforcment done this way it might take awhile for her to figure it out and you might have to kind of be pretty flexible in rewarding her at first...like rewarding her alot and for things you normally wouldn't until she gets the idea eventually you can cut back on things but it might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Was the place you chose to eat noisy? It's quite possible that she's having trouble with the noise. Or perhaps she needs a little bribery? A movie or something for having good behavior? She is young so that might take awhile to get through to her, but constant reminders whenever she begins to act up on the outing might help. If she really likes going on these types of trips getting up and leaving and just going home while letting her know why you're going home would probably work.....but she really has to like doing whatever you're doing and you have to follow through with the threat consistantly for her to get the idea. :-) Oh and liked it when her older sisters would give her a quarter or two to get a piece of junk out of one of those stupid litter machines. That was enought to distract her for awhile. But truthfully I just quit taking her with me unless abosulutly necessary during this period of her life. :-) It lasted a few years. :-) That made her happy and ME happy. :-) But if that isn't possible in your situation you might want to keep track of how she's acting in the different places you go to see if she acts better in some then try to plan going to those she has problems in when she's in school or something. Perhaps some times of day are better then others...gee don't ya just love trying to figure out what's setting the kiddos off? Perhaps the noise in the places you're going to are getting to her, or perhaps she's just being typical for her developmental age, in which case you'll just have to continue on hoping she grows out of the stage before you go nuts. hehe good luck Joy PS, never really got the positive reinforment thingy for a long time, perhaps inconsistancy on everyones part, but once she got the idea that filling up her sticker chart would get her _______, her behavior became much easier to control. Maybe starting a sticker chart system, earn 5 stickers or something like that, for outings and letting her have/buy some little trinket thing before going home if she's earned enough stickers would help? (could be something easy to fit in your purse or the diaper bag so it's always available) If she's never had the positive reinforcment done this way it might take awhile for her to figure it out and you might have to kind of be pretty flexible in rewarding her at first...like rewarding her alot and for things you normally wouldn't until she gets the idea eventually you can cut back on things but it might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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