What is the Matter with A Winter Coat?

Posted by Toolbox Dad on November 19, 2008

Ok so WTF is wrong with winter coats?

Nothing in my mind. Nothing in my wife’s mind….but ask a four year old and they’ll probably say, “I don’t like it!” or “ewwww yucky” and lay on the floor and kick and scream. Ok, maybe our son doesn’t quite do the full meltdown (sometimes it’s close) but he sure has a few choice words for his new winter coat! Oh and guess what…there is NO other reason for why he doesn’t like it. It just is! They don’t like it.

And I know this IS NOT just a freakish behavior of our son — at least 3 other parents are saying the same thing about their kids.

Is it being afraid of transition? Probably…I searched online for some ideas

this one…haha, yeah right.

You are the parent and what you say should be the LAST word -no compromise- NOTHING. I pick my battles but wearing a coat in the winter out in the cold is a must. I hate making DS kick and scream and fight me but I am the parent and he MUST listen!

That is one crazy battle to pick!

This seems more my speed…

I let her go without a coat. When she got cold I explained the coat would make her warm and she put it on.

So that is that…Oh and for the first time parents out there…this stuff happens at the change of each season, at time changes, or whenever the Hell the kid says so. Just when we have the winter coat on and all bundled up — Spring will be here and time for a lightweight jacket…“ewwww lightweight jacket”….then comes summer and shorts, but wait…”I’ve been wearing pants since October!!! I can’t wear shorts now!!” Yes parents, that will happen. Trust me! Unless you live in someplace like San Diego with a 5 degree fluctuation in temperature all year you will be in for these ’special treats’.

Grin and bear it. I try to do!

 

(image from http://mikeboldt.blogspot.com/)

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The Night of the Fake Crier – Does Your Child Whine Non-Stop

Posted by Toolbox Dad on August 14, 2008

Wow, our family is gonna be famous!

I can’t confirm anything yet but I have a tingly feeling on the back of my neck that there is a movie production company out in our back yard secretly filming the next Summer Blockbuster, “The Night of the Fake Crier“, starring our son. I mean, MAN, does he have the part of lead actor down pat! Whining, pouting, whimpering, tears and whatever else his little mind can muster up. (read this post about Dry Crying and how Actors have to learn to cry)

I’m not sure if he’s reading from cue cards underneath the kitchen table (nope, just checked, nothing was there!) Maybe he’s learning something from The Backyardigans, Diego, or even Word World! Yep, probably Word World sense it’s been teaching him how to spell. Or maybe it’s because he sees Mommy and Daddy guzzling down bottle after bottle of wine and thinks that WINE and WHINE are the same! Sorry bud, they aren’t — not even close!

Anyway, I’m not chucking my son “under the bus”, I’m just trying to find humor in parenting and laugh a little more about things like this.

So not to digress any further, my wife has been catching our son snickering when she turns her head after he’s been having a whining fit. See!!? He is faking the whining. Even tonight at bedtime, which was after 9pm (totally bad!) he was so cranky and exhausted that when we made him go to bed (in our room since the t-storms were out there booming!) he went back to acting and gave us a good show of tears, pouts and whines. “I’m not ti-rrr–ed”, “I don’t neeeedddd to go to bed!” “blah blah blah”.

Both my wife and I can say, “Logan, stop with the fake cries and whines” and usually he does. Hopefully that IS A GOOD THING and we are progressing in the right way because I don’t think my wife and I can handle much more whining. I’m thinking a chalkboard and nails running up, down, sideway, back and forth would actually be soothing!! LOL

I did some research on the web to look for an image or video to use on this post but instead found this great info about whining.

Here is a kick-ass article on Daddy Dan about whining, originally posted on The Baby Shrink (which I think is no longer)! Did you know…

Whining, believe it or not, is a way your toddler has developed to avoid melting down into a total tantrum. This is good, right? What would you rather have: whining — or a kicking, screaming tantrum? It’s also a way your toddler is working on to establish some more power around this place.

read Daddy Dan’s full post on What To Do About a Whining Toddler

Tags: whining, preschooler, children, bedtime

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