Where to Draw The Line
I am seriously thinking of calling and sending this kid home. My son and his fiancee with do anything to keep grandson from crying. They will hold him, airplane him, make noises at him, swing him around anything. I have him once every couple of weeks, if that so it is hard to say he will learn here is here and home is home. They left at 4:30 PM it is 6:40 PM now he has cried the whole time except when I took him for a wagon ride. He won't eat, he has been changed twice. He has been swaddled and rocked to sleep only to wake up when I laid him down. He isn't even crying now he is screaming. I know he is tired, I am about to get him up but know he will still be crying no matter what. I don't want to give up on him, but don't think I have him often enough to make a difference. What would you do?
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Ugh. I have a feeling that when my daughter and her fiancee have kids I will be going through the same thing. I am looking forward to grandchildren but they already have a spoiled rotten dog so I can't imagine what they will do with a child. Let me know how you handle it I'm going to need some advice in a couple years.
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How old is he?
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Originally Posted by AmyKidsCo: |
Unfortunately I see that a lot in parents anymore. Kids needing to be entertained at such a young age will make for a demanding child. I recently termed an 19 month old cause he needed 100% attention or he cried.
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Have you tried discussing this with your son? Or is it "mom talk" and goes in one ear and out the other? Do they realize they're creating a special snowflake?
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Originally Posted by Wednesday: |
Direct them here. lol!
FFS, CRYING for a few minutes has NEVER killed a child, to date. It's one thing to tend to a child who needs something (changed, held, sick and needs attention). It's another thing to hand-hold them through life. Parents anymore teach their children that they can NEVER be disappointed and shield everything. Then the kids grow up, not knowing basics, how to handle things, etc. and go and do stupid and sometimes, really crazy things. They are also the same kids who feel the world OWES them something. Well, NO ONE IN THIS world is owed anything by anyone. And I'm so tired of all the people who think that anyone does. All creating a spoiled child does is create a selfish, spoiled, entitled, rude, wasteful and crass adult, and that's not even the worst of what's created! And then guess who complains? Moms, dads, other caregivers (such as aunts or uncles, etc) who didn't want to teach, but rather wanted to instead, CODDLE. |
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Originally Posted by Thriftylady: |
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