[blparent] Whining!

[Allie]

Ooooh, Veronica, I can't stand whining, either. It especially drives me nuts when Gabbie throws 
herself on the floor. I'm not sure if I should just ignore her or what, but usually I pull her up 
and tell her to "stand up"! Ugh. Tantrums ... how to get through them!

-- Allie

A smile costs nothing but gives much.  It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who 
give.  It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.  None is so rich or 
mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. 
Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value 
to anyone until it is given away.  Some people are too tired to give you a smile.  Give them one of 
yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
-- Author Unknown
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Screeching!


It's like whining, the less you pay attention to it, the sooner it goes
away.  Well, if anything can push my buttons is whining and the more of it
there is, the more angry I get.  I keep telling myself, just walk away, but
instead i yell, Stop whining." V
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Screeching!


> Twenty-odd years ago, I was standing in our kitchen, speaking with my soon
> to be foster son in law.  He was an engineering grad student at the place
> where I was teaching.  About that time, my fourth, Brian, two at the time,
> came tearing through at full volume.  He just hit that perfect
> resonance --
> ear-splitting howl which echoed off the walls in a glorious fashion.  I
> remember pausing my conversation with Michael, and then picking right back
> up after my ears stopped ringing.  He looked at me for a few seconds and
> said "Those four boys left you with some serious nerve damage."  Well, I
> guess they did, but it was only a few years later that Michael had a
> couple
> of his own -- and so it goes.
>
> Bottom line, it's more or less normal, and the less attention you pay, the
> better everybody sleeps.  My theory -- if it's not toxic, expensive,
> sharp,
> or on fire,
> screw it, let things take care of themselves.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto [mailto:jopinto at pcdesk.net]
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 2:01 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] Screeching!
>
> Sarah is going through a very vocal stage.  It really is amazing the
> ear-piercing screeches that can come out of such a little baby.  They're
> not
> angry screeches, they're happy sounds, but my goodness!  I hope it's just
> a
> phase she'll quickly grow out of.
>
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> It is easy--terribly easy--to shake a man's faith in himself. To take
> advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work. Take care of
> what
> you are doing. Take care.--George Bernard Shaw in "Candide"
>
>
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