Freak Out
Why do kids repeat the same thing over and over and over? I know it is a cognitive learning process, but that information doesn’t do me much good when I am tired and have to repeat myself 10 times because my daughter either won’t take no for an answer or just repeats and repeats and repeats.
i was talking to another mother and she has three children with one more on the way. She got a good line from a another mother who said this is what I say to my child: If you say that to me one more time, I will freak out on you. I will get really mad and angry and go wild. I just want to let you know that is the path we are turning towards if you keep repeating that statement to me.
I’m great at explaining an “adult-like-answer” that my child can relate to on the first go around. But, when she repeats the question or statement the second time, I get a little tense, and on it goes until I am down-right pissed off and about to say something I will regret.
I am going to turn over a new leaf and freak out instead. In a way, it sounds so sane.
Shannon **Gabi's Mom** on 14 Dec 2007 at 11:45 pm #
That’s a great idea! I might have to try that too. My daughter will often ask the same question just to fell like we are having a conversation. So when she continuously asks, “Mommy, where are we going?” in the car, I have learned to respond with, “Gabi, you tell me where are we going?” And of course she answers.