WHINING
Hi everyone, my 4.5 year old son has very suddenly started whining and demanding things non-stop. Is this just a phase for this age? Any advice? I believe in gentle parenting/parenting through connection, but I’m really starting to lose it with the whining/demanding. I swear we don’t give in or encourage it!!
Pic of him in a sweeter moment 🤣
Awww he looks so happy 😊. My oldest just turned 4 not even a week ago. We’ve been THROUGH it with the whining. The advice I have is this:when our sons been in his huge whining spurts, we’ve basically told him that if he wants to start behaving like a baby, he will be treated like one. So he can’t help me cook because babies don’t understand how to help with that. He isn’t allowed his favorite snacks because babies have no teeth. We don’t starve him obviously and only apply that to snacks/desserts. He basically gets certain “big boy” privileges taken away so he sees maybe acting like a baby isn’t all that fun. It’s worked amazingly for him and he quickly sees how whining isn’t fun for him or anyone who can hear him. I don’t know how your little man rolls but this is the ONLY thing that worked for us. He’s happily living as a 4 year old now and gets to enjoy his big boy snacks 😂