normally my kids can play quietly but for the last two days they havent been able to say anything without yelling and it is driving me insane. it is mainly the 6 year old. I can tell her to quit yelling and to talk normal and it works for all of 5 minutes. even if she isnt mad she yells everything and i feel like my head is going to explode, and its not just to me for attention its to everyone, just as loud as can be. anyone got any good ideas on how to get her to calm down so i dont freak out??????
Um, Benadryl? OMG, I'm kidding! My kids tend to get really loud when there is a lot of tension in the house, if we have been cooped up for a while (too hot, too cold to go out, rain, high Ozone ect) or if they are stressed in other ways. When my older ones were little, my sister had a game called "Dead Fish." The kids had to lie on the floor, arms and legs at their bodies side, and pretend to be Dead Fish, the first one who spoke, lost, the last one who made a noise, won. (Damn, mamas get desperate sometimes......) Take them for a LONG walk. This usually tires out my brood, so I can get some peace. Darken the room, turn off ALL TV, forms of music, computers, video games ect. Often a quite dark room can help children unwind. The other mamas will have suggestions too. I know what you are going through. I have been there a thousand times.
rock on dead fish sounds like my game "graveyard" hahahahaha LOL yesturday everyone around us in the store probly thought we were insane cuz if they keep talking loud i do it to so i can see if it bothers them as much as it bothers me HAHA but they just think its funny! I should take em out to run laps around the park
I used to just flat tell them (6 is old enough but may have to be repeated often) that I would not listen to anything they said till they could use a nice tone or in this case indoor voices. Haahaaa....when they were older 'en yers and were getting too loud I would start pointing dramatically to the four walls to remind them they were inside. That would get alla the other kids busting on the offender in a light hearted way and helped make everyone more concientious which was needed since I usually had a pack of them in my livingroom at ant given time. At 18 and 20 I still have to remind them I'm standing right next to them and not two states over when they get excited about something. The only other thing I can think of is duct tape...lottsa, lottsa duct tape, lol, j/k
I can only imagine how my little man is going to be at 6.... he used to be so quiet while we were out eating now all he does is scream and it's not crying screaming he's just playing but everyone's always looking at us like "shut him up" but how do you get a 9 month old to be quiet, ya don't think so.... hehe, plus we think it's funny sometimes.
lol, yeah my 9month old has learned to sort of, shriek, and seems to do it most in quiet places, like in the bank queue, lol,
i told my daughter about 16 times to calm down and quit yellin and that everyone in the store could here her LOL but for some reason they love to come into the dressing room with me and yell "ewwwwwwww, your butt!" or "ewwwwwwww, boobies" hahahahaha
My dad, who is a teacher and a father of 4, always says the best way to get kids to quiet down is to speak in a whisper. Most kids can't stand it, they just have to know what you are saying, so they will calm down to listen. If you keep talking in a whisper, they will (hopefully) listen.
sweet that is a great idea, it has worked on jimi before =) maybe if jimi does it lilly will too, the 6 year old copies the 2 year old more than he copies her, i thougt it wold be the other way around
