[blparent] Whining!

trishs slosser at metrocast.net
Thu Dec 11 03:01:41 UTC 2008 

That would happen one time only with me.
As my girls got older I began stating my expectations before we 
even left the house.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:34:40 -0800
>Subject: Re: [blparent] Whining!

>How many of those specialists actually have children of their 
own? It's easy to say "ignore them"
>especially if you've never had a child who throws themselves on 
the floor in a public place and
>carries on.  Smiles.  Luckily, this hasn't happened to me yet, 
but Gabriella is really learning what
>"go to your room" means.

>-- 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: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [blparent] Whining!


>They, the specialists on child rearing, say you're suppose to 
ignore them.
>but, I'm like you, I used to pull Gabriella to her feet and told 
her to
>behave.  My husband would lift her up off the floor and take her 
directly to
>her room and let her scream all she wanted there.  V
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Allie" <alliemartins at gmail.com
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:39 PM
>Subject: [blparent] Whining!


>> 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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