Yeah I can't deal with the whining. I tell my nieces and nephews to stop and talk to me like a big boy or girl and their parents are all "they are just a child!" I don't care. They need to learn that it's not okay. Because when they older and they behave like that no one will want to be around them.
@cali1710 Your eyes are probably red and bloodshot, which is why they think you look tired, probably not the mascara. I've had allergies since I was a teenager and some years it really affects my eyes, some not so much. Try an antihistamine. Claritin (or loratadine is generic) is an approved med.
They actually arent red at all which is weird just soo itchy. My eyelids are red because Ive been rubbing them so they think ive been crying lol.
I actually looked at the video update for week 16 - I'm not sure what week you're in but it said that you might be experiencing dry and itchy eyes as a pregnancy perk (wooooo!). I've been keeping drops on me. That's what I would recommend.
Whining is my least favorite kid associated thing in the world. No one will get ANYTHING from me if they are whining. None of my siblings were whiners because they knew that using a "grown up" voice and articulating what they were after was way more effective with my mother.
"Use your words," is a constant refrain around here right now. DD is at the point where she gets frustrated because she can't vocalized everything yet. Trying to nip that whine/tantrum thing in the bud.
@RepeatPostPolice I commend your efforts and your adult DD will thank you!
Confession: SO got away with whining with his grandmother/parents - When we first started dating there were times he would revert back to it. I ignored it at first - conditioning & whatnot - but then I realized that it wasn't going to stop. I let him know that he needs to be a grown up and NOT whine because if he whines our children will hear it. They will think it's acceptable and I am not raising whining children. (We had this conversation before I got pregnant) and since then I see him catching himself. I couldn't even believe a grown man would whine - but I didn't have exposure to kids that got away with it.
Ew to whining adults. If he would have continued & not acknowledged my concerns - I would not be here because I would be throwing my hands up with all the single ladies.
@RepeatPostPolice he's the only grandson/son on that entire side. Spoiled would be an understatement when describing his childhood. And yeah - I couldn't let it slide. He's been so much better about it. (It literally started to make my skin crawl) If he didn't have other great qualities - I would have RUN for the hills. I will make it clear to his side of the family when the time comes that whining is a big NO for my kids.
Whining is my least favorite kid associated thing in the world. No one will get ANYTHING from me if they are whining. None of my siblings were whiners because they knew that using a "grown up" voice and articulating what they were after was way more effective with my mother.
"Use your words," is a constant refrain around here right now. DD is at the point where she gets frustrated because she can't vocalized everything yet. Trying to nip that whine/tantrum thing in the bud.
Omg 20 minutes ago DS got mad at me because he kept whining "I want that", pointing to a collection of different things on a shelf. He knows the words to all of the things, so I asked him to tell me what he wants and that I don't know what "that" is. Needless to say, he didn't get "that" and we had some dialogue about using our words.
Oh. The whining! And the entitlement! I work at a university teaching master level courses...and every school year I am amazed at how many adult students whine about grades, or points on test/quizzes/anything! It's amazing the excuses I hear about why they couldn't attend class or hand in a paper on time and then in the same breath they say they still deserve an A. These type of students are all TW.
Also my coworker is a TW (someone I am not personally close with and only deal with at work because I have to). Just told her I am pregnant to which she said "Yay! We are having a baby! When is our baby due?" ---we? our? ummm. You were not involved in the process at all lady, but thanks??? I told her I am 17 weeks and she then said "I'm sorry but I think that you are already showing" What!?!? Who says that? Not sure what she's sorry for...but if she keeps talking she is really going to be sorry!
I can't stand the culture of not saying no, not letting kids fail, not keeping score, and everyone gets a trophy. It has and is creating a generation of entitled, spoiled, helpless kids- which turn into entitled adults who don't want to work hard.
Maybe this is a UO but idk. Parents who do this to their kids are TWs
I always look like the "mean mom" because my kid is the only one not eating candy at the bus stop, or the only one getting corrected out in public. I'll be the mean mom with appreciative kids any day over some of the hell beasts I see running around.
@RepeatPostPolice: Yep! When the little girl I nannied hit the whining stage, I said that all of the time. I understand they're kids but it is possible for them to speak in a normal tone of voice. Whining is not a developmental stepping stone. The nanny boy at my last job was far too old to be whining but after spring break the first year I was there, every time it was hw time, he'd whine. "Hw is so stupid, why do teachers make us do this, etc." And this was a bright kid that it took 5-10 minutes to complete said hw. It drove me crazy but I wasn't sure how to nip it in the bud with him being so old. (Plus I agreed with him that our way of doing school is messed up and needs to be changed. Lol.) Fortunately this last year he started completing his hw on the bus ride home and it wasn't an issue.
This little one is going to have age appropriate chores from a young age and whining will be ignored. I think my parents struck a pretty good balance with us.
Alaska Airlines and the d-bag sitting infront of me on a 4 hour flight are both HUGE TWs. Note to Alaska: If your flying OLD ass planes where the seats literally recline a foot, perhaps have your flight attendents make sure people are respecting folks behind them. I had a guy recline his chair (which must have also been broken, so it went even further back) into my face for 4 hours. THANK GOD my fiance moved and let me sit in the other seat. But seriously?! See photo......
This whole thread about poorly behaved children really speaks to me! I recently spent a week with husband's family at a cottage along with his "19 month" old cousin. The parents of this kid let him whine, cry, get whatever he wants, all in the middle of whatever was happening - they wouldn't remove him for his quiet time. And if either husband or I got fed up and went outside for some quiet or if we mentioned anything we were told "you guys better get used to this!"
I don't think so. Just because we're expecting our first children does not mean we should have to put up with that bullsh*t.
Husband's parents even got the same treatment, they were told they needed to be "grandpa-fied." Meanwhile husband's parents are the best people and will make amazing grandparents BECAUSE they'll be able to set limits and not let our kids act like little sh*ts.
My biggest per peeve! Even newer planes the seat goes back like 2 inches. REALLY?! You need to lay back two extra inches and disrupt my space!? Sometimes I hold the seat so they think it doesnt go back.
My biggest per peeve! Even newer planes the seat goes back like 2 inches. REALLY?! You need to lay back two extra inches and disrupt my space!? Sometimes I hold the seat so they think it doesnt go back.
I'll "accidentally" bump the back of their seat every time I cross and uncross my legs.
Me: 30 DH: 35
TTC #1 - Jan 2015
BFP on 5/13/15 DD born 1/24/16 TTC #2 - Jun 2017 BFP on 8/24/17
Okay so I'm the TW in the reclining seat- I always lean my seat back as soon as I can. I check behind me and make sure it's okay but I cannot ride ramrod straight the whole way. It kills my back. I think the idea is that everyone is supposed to lean back so you don't loose space but that doesn't always happen. And planes are so squished and crowded now that the lean back pisses everyone off.
The skinny post is really pissing me off. I'm not even overweight and I'm seeing red. It was a brag plaint and attention seeking and "Oh look at how skinny I am." I'm heated.
Sleep is a TW, for not letting me get any last night. I tossed and turned all night, after not getting home from work till 1am. It was so bad that when dh got up for work this morning I was so confused and asked him where he was going. I thought it was like 3AM still. Nope it was 5:30 and I don't think I had fallen asleep for a period longer than 20 minutes. I feel like I got hit by a train this morning. I also woke up at 11am. No regrets. Wish I could sleep all day.
Whining is my least favorite kid associated thing in the world. No one will get ANYTHING from me if they are whining. None of my siblings were whiners because they knew that using a "grown up" voice and articulating what they were after was way more effective with my mother.
UGH yes. My SIL's daughter (4 years old) is the worst whiner I have ever experienced. And I've been teaching kindergarten for four years so I have had my fair share of children who whine! Literally everything she says is a whine. We went to the beach with them recently and she got her way the whole day because all she had to do was whine and start throwing a tantrum and my SIL immediately gave in. The only ones who told her no all day were me and DH and she threw herself into the sand and kicked and screamed, because she's accustomed to that working. But she gave it up when she realized we weren't going to give in. I'm afraid we'll be looked at as hard asses to his family when we're raising our family, but if it means we'll have well mannered kids so be it.
My 2.5 yo. I'm in this horrible no energy pregnancy funk and he chooses now to decide that he's just done with naps. I left him in his room. Nap or not, mama is getting an hour of alone time.
I feel that my mom is a TW. I posted a cute baby announcement on facebook. Then she shared it. Then she posted her own. And it got more action than mine. Because its all about HER being a grandma.
I'm an elementary school teacher so I hear a lot of whining. I cannot stand it. I usually imitated the kids voices while laughing and tell them to use a grown up voice. So far, no one has been insulted and just laughed when they realize how silly they sound.
DS's bum is a TW today. All. The. Poop. I just can't!
I'm an elementary school teacher so I hear a lot of whining. I cannot stand it. I usually imitated the kids voices while laughing and tell them to use a grown up voice. So far, no one has been insulted and just laughed when they realize how silly they sound.
DS's bum is a TW today. All. The. Poop. I just can't!
@chipmonster I tell them my ears can only hear grown up voices and I will respond when they ask in an appropriate way...so far they've never called me out on the fact that I obviously heard them lol. Gotta love kindergarten!!!
LOL that GIF. I love the tv show the IT Crowd - so funny.
I've watched the entire series 3 or 4 times and it still makes me laugh out loud. It's the best!
They were supposed to have been making a reunion show, but I haven't seen anything about it in awhile.
They made one last episode called "The Internet is Coming." For whatever reason it is not on Netflix, but it is available on Hulu. It's marked as season 5 episode 1.
So, this guy wins the TW award on a daily basis. Every day I walk out of work there is one guy who is standing next to my car smoking a cigarette. I've actually taken to putting dryer sheets in my car vents so when I turn on the AC it doesn't reek of cigarettes… And God forbid I leave my windows cracked so my car isn't sweltering when I get outside, because then it just reeks no matter what. Plus, you see me walk to my car at the same time every day, AND you know who I am! Why is it OK for you to treat me with such disrespect? Smoke in your own damn car if that's what you want! I have been trying to come up with monikers for every day of the week to give him a new award, but I am stuck on Thursdays… There's moron Monday, TW Tuesday, wanker Wednesday, and f*cker head Friday... Any ideas ladies??
My work is being a TW today. My first client canceled and I've done nothing but answer phones which I don't get paid for...and let others know their clients are here. Not my job and I'm getting irrationally irritated and how much shit is done for free around here.
Also the girl I work with is a TW. She complains about how "she will never conceive a child". She's been trying for 5 months.... She drinks to the point of drunk every night, she withholds sex from her husband when she's mad... I'm tired of hearing you complain about it. You know nothing of having a hard time trying to conceive and you use an app to track ovulation... Wtf do you expect?
My supervisor is a TW. For starters, she just got the position of supervisor about two weeks ago. She was gone for a month because she was in rehab, came back, and got promoted. Now she's back and acts like she runs the place. No one except the manger (obviously) thinks she should have been promoted. Not even the general manager trusts her to run the place by herself so she isn't allowed to work nights. She sits there and bosses everyone around. She expects me to do everything. She threw a fit because I had to leave 30 minutes early yesterday to make it to the hospital to get blood work done. Then the other day when we had a huge line of maybe 30+ people, she left to take lunch. I never get my lunch until 2 hours after the scheduled time. She goes 20 minutes over when she's suppose to take lunch and she'll start complaining saying she can't handle it and she's going to "pass out". She also gets so mad when I sit for even a second because "she doesn't get a desk to sit down at and she's a supervisor" TW!
Re: TW Tuesday
Confession: SO got away with whining with his grandmother/parents - When we first started dating there were times he would revert back to it. I ignored it at first - conditioning & whatnot - but then I realized that it wasn't going to stop. I let him know that he needs to be a grown up and NOT whine because if he whines our children will hear it. They will think it's acceptable and I am not raising whining children. (We had this conversation before I got pregnant) and since then I see him catching himself. I couldn't even believe a grown man would whine - but I didn't have exposure to kids that got away with it.
Ew to whining adults.
If he would have continued & not acknowledged my concerns - I would not be here because I would be throwing my hands up with all the single ladies.
BFP #2 - EDD 1/25/16
Yes!! All of these things!
Married: 7.23.11
DD:10.17.12
EDD #2!:1.17.16
This little one is going to have age appropriate chores from a young age and whining will be ignored. I think my parents struck a pretty good balance with us.
I don't think so. Just because we're expecting our first children does not mean we should have to put up with that bullsh*t.
Husband's parents even got the same treatment, they were told they needed to be "grandpa-fied." Meanwhile husband's parents are the best people and will make amazing grandparents BECAUSE they'll be able to set limits and not let our kids act like little sh*ts.
Oy... I need a beer.
DD born 1/24/16
TTC #2 - Jun 2017
BFP on 8/24/17
I think the idea is that everyone is supposed to lean back so you don't loose space but that doesn't always happen. And planes are so squished and crowded now that the lean back pisses everyone off.
LOL that GIF. I love the tv show the IT Crowd - so funny.
Married: 7.23.11
DD:10.17.12
EDD #2!:1.17.16
LOL that GIF. I love the tv show the IT Crowd - so funny.
I've watched the entire series 3 or 4 times and it still makes me laugh out loud. It's the best!
DS's bum is a TW today. All. The. Poop. I just can't!
They were supposed to have been making a reunion show, but I haven't seen anything about it in awhile.
They made one last episode called "The Internet is Coming." For whatever reason it is not on Netflix, but it is available on Hulu. It's marked as season 5 episode 1.
Also the girl I work with is a TW. She complains about how "she will never conceive a child". She's been trying for 5 months.... She drinks to the point of drunk every night, she withholds sex from her husband when she's mad... I'm tired of hearing you complain about it. You know nothing of having a hard time trying to conceive and you use an app to track ovulation... Wtf do you expect?