am I a big stick in the mud or do you allow

beachgirl1977

your child to be crazy silly in the house?

DS has recently taken to running around like a madman, getting the out of control giggles at nothing in particular (and doesn't stop for 10 min) and make noise to make noise (I sound like my mother) 

Once he gets silly there is no way out other than the crash and crankiness that come after. Also, I try to harness his energy into something productive or organized but it doesn't always work. I may try TOs this week, but I feel like a mean mom...but on the other hand he isn't listening or able to calm himself down

 I feel like I'm telling him not to have fun, but he gets so silly. We could really use some outside fun! 

amiamish

I blame the weather We went to an indoor play maze this morning, he crashed out as soon as we got home-yay!

Rebekah1021

It's frickin' freezing here - DD is going crazy and she acts that way at times too. I just tune her out...They are just little kids. I don't see a problem with it for a short amount of time.

AnnapolisLari

I don't like it, but sometimes have to allow it.

Brewster

Stick in the mud.    If he is having fun and not being destructive, why not?  If you are needing a break, maybe tall him the sillies are not allowed in mommy and daddy's room or something? 

veloelle

If I never let my daughter get crazy in the house, she would explode. I vote stick in the mud. When I've had enough, I tell her it's time to calm down.

LeoChic

As long as he isn't hurting himself or others, I don't think I'd make too much of an issue with calming him down.  If he's going to crash and be cranky later, than he will do so whether he acts crazy or not.  It sounds like a serious case of cabin fever.  Is there a certain time of day when this behavior occurs?  If you can sense it beginning to happen, I'd probably suggest heading it off at the pass by going to an indoor play place or someplace like that so he can work out that energy.

beachgirl1977

over the stop sillies are the one thing I have no patience for. Esp since it never ends well

Mominator

Definitely not TO worthy IMO. My kids are crazy these days and I am sure that it is from being stuck in the house for days on end.

jlw2505

Doing a time out for being silly and having fun seems way out of line to me.  I do let my kids get silly and have fun and depending on the timing what else is going on, just let them be or we try and channel it by turning it into a dance party where we all act silly or join in on whatever the girls are doing.  Its winter, I live in MN and its been deyond freezing the last week so I also know the kids have a bit of cabin fever at the moment.  At night or before nap time, if the girls are really wond up, we do a dance party or we tell them to jump hte sillys out.  We tell them we will play 3 soungs or jump for 1 min so its structured silliness if that makes sense.

Cbidt's girl

Stick in the mud. No question.

ccm1203

We allow it for a little while, especially this time of year - cabin fever! 

august06mom

If he's going to be  a maniac, he has to do it downstairs. We pretty much have ruled the downstairs as the kid zone -- it helps a lot.

CleoKitty

Guess I'm just a big ol' stick in the mud too then. I really have a hard time tolerating wild behavior in the house.

Laugh, play, giggle, have fun- right on. Running around shrieking, screaming, throwing things around- nope, I try to nip it in the bud when it gets started before it gets out of control.

If we had space to send them downstairs to run around or to another part of the house it wouldn't be a big deal, but our house is pretty small and when the kids are wild there is nowhere to go to escape the craziness. If they're going to be nuts they can go outside to run it off- even in bad weather they've got the appropriate gear/clothing to still go outside.

r9stedt

Brewster:

Stick in the mud.    If he is having fun and not being destructive, why not?  If you are needing a break, maybe tall him the sillies are not allowed in mommy and daddy's room or something? 

 

Yea, what she said. 

KoriBrett

Throwing is not allowed, period.

Running around acting like morons? ?Sure. ?They chase each other around the table all the time playing tag. ?It burns off energy & they sleep better. ?Screaming, well, not so much. ?

Gotta be dorky and go nuts sometimes, we're all stuck inside right now.

shopgirl78

It's usually my clue that it is time to go outside or get out the house.   I don't like it either but will tolerate it as long as no one gets hurt or breaks anything.   

lilpiglet

r9stedt:

Brewster:

Stick in the mud.    If he is having fun and not being destructive, why not?  If you are needing a break, maybe tall him the sillies are not allowed in mommy and daddy's room or something? 

 

Yea, what she said. 

ditto!  My house yesterday was like a race track, the boys were yelling and screaming and laughing all through the house... In my opinion it's just kids being kids.  If it were nice outside, they'd do it outside, but it's not, therefore they do it inside.  If you don't want it done in your house then get them out, take them to a gym or something... TO for that is to harsh in my opinion.