My cousin is 4 yrs. old. She has this problem, and I don't know how to deal with it. Of course, I know it's not my place to correct it--I just want to know what to do when she does it while I'm taking care of her. Here's her problem, she goes off and pouts alot. For example on Christmas Eve we were at my grandparent's. My other little cousin had something she wanted and when she asked if she could play with it my other cousin said no. So, she went off and started pouting. Sometimes though she'll just stand there and put on a fake cry--although it looks real (tears and everything). Other times she'll go off and sit in the corner or up against the wall and "boo hoo" and cry.
What do I do when she does this when I'm watching her? I was standing there when she pulled this at my grandparent's this weekend and I went over and told her to stop crying and that she needed to go ask my cousin nicer for the toy. It didn't help. What to do?
2006-12-27 05:12:10 · 19 answers · asked by adrian♥ 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Pretty good little actress isn't she? :-)
You need to ignore it. She needs to know that crying won't get her what she wants. When she can straighten up and quit crying, go over to her and say "If you want something, you need to ask nicely. If they tell you "No" then you'll just have to wait your turn."
2006-12-27 05:16:21 · answer #1 · answered by CelebrateMeHome 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Don't give in to her. At the same time don't let the other kid get in trouble. My neice is 2 and does the same thing. For along time everyone thought it was always my son taking toys away from her and being mean. Nobody would listen to me and my son was constantly getting yelled at. Well finally they realized that she wasn't exactly a little angel. I know this sounds kind of mean but you just have to let her pout and let her know she's not getting away with it. And tell her when she is done being a baby she can come play with everyone else.
2006-12-27 06:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by Kristin R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's expected at that age, and the best thing you can do would be to ignore her for 5-10 minutes and then calmly talk to her. Explain sharing, how pouting doesn't get you anything, and tell her that she needs to ask nicely for things. It'll take a while for the message to get through, but it will. Maybe ask her parents if they do anything about it, because if she isn't being corrected at home nothing will get solved.
2006-12-27 05:17:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
my little sister use to do this... and sometimes tries to pull it out but we've learned that if you ignore it, it works the best. the reason she has the fake tears is because she knows she will get someone to pay attention to her if she cries. she has learned this from other experiances, as long as it isn't too disruptive you can leave her, and if it is disruptive you can pick her up and move her to another room with out talking or babying her. sooner or later she will want to be around everyone again
2006-12-27 05:16:23 · answer #4 · answered by soccerbabe_angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignore it, my niece does it a lot and my mom lets her get away with it but she knows that me and my sister in law do not believe her. When she is around my mom she becomes very whiny and cries for everything but when she is with us she understands. When she does that take her to another room, so she can see how being alone is and she can't have everything she wants because when she grows up she will keep doing it.
2006-12-27 06:42:25 · answer #5 · answered by FishyFace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's looking for attention. Both my kids do the same thing. You need to ignore it and once she realizes she won't get the attention she will stop. We tell ours, if you are going to cry over it, we don't want to hear it, go to your room and cry until you can be a big kid.
2006-12-27 06:16:18 · answer #6 · answered by party_pam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to think of something fun to do that is different than what she's crying about. Don't talk directly to her, but talk to someone else in the room, or appear to be talking to yourself saying something like, "I'll be this will be fun, we should do this"
Kind of get her attention to understand that life goes on with out her if she is going to cry about something so unimportant.
2006-12-27 05:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
she just want her way and some attetion. I did the same thing. you don't put up with it. let her do it all she wants but ignore it. that tells her that she won't get her way by doing that sort of behavoir. don't even look at her when she does this. she'll soon stop. Hope this helps
2006-12-27 05:17:55 · answer #8 · answered by Rose16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We ignore my neice when she does that. My sister tells her if she is going to pitch a baby fit, she can go in another room and do it by herself. She usually goes to her room for a minute or to and then comes out and is back to normal. She is 4 also.
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