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Is Your Child a Monster in the Morning?

post #1 of 15
9/29/04 at 8:18am
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I guess I am specifically talking about kids in the 2-4 yr old range but anyone can answer.

Zach is the biggest butt most mornings. He wakes up whining and complaining.
This morning the first thing out of his mouth was "Get me something to eat" and he says it half crying half yelling. Than he spends the next hour demanding cartoons and yelling that Chloe "is trying to irritate me".
I would just like a pleasant morning once in a while.
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post #2 of 15
9/29/04 at 8:23am
At that age, all of mine were in a good mood. It gets worse though as they got older.
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post #3 of 15
9/29/04 at 8:23am
Kale is such an easy going kid ... nothing much makes him grumpy at all. He is a good morning person.
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post #4 of 15
9/29/04 at 8:34am
Most mornings, Jared's pretty good. However, he will do a 180 on me if I try to make him hurry.
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post #5 of 15
9/29/04 at 9:10am
My kids are usually pretty good in the morning.
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post #6 of 15
9/29/04 at 9:11am
Do you make him say please before you get him anything?

Trey is so that way... Some days I dont even change him out of his jammies I just take him as is. Other days like this am he was dancing and singing. I just dont get it. I make sure he gets his "happy" juice before anything. Then he is tollerable.
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post #7 of 15
9/29/04 at 9:39am
When Rach first wakes up and we lay in bed she talks my head off and loves on me. As soon as we get up out of bed though... UGH! She's demanding and whiny when she doesn't get her way! It's about to drive me over the edge!
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post #8 of 15
9/29/04 at 10:10am
Are you living in my house?? Brandon wakes up cranky as all get out. It doesn't help that his father likes to aggravate him first thing, like taking his binky, tickling him, etc. Then DH leaves for work, and I am stuck with the whining. I get the same orders... get me juice, get me breakfast, I want TV, blah blah. I have gotten to where I just tell him if you need to go back to bed, I suggest you go!
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post #9 of 15
9/29/04 at 10:39am
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I feel your pain Jennifer.
...and God forbid I ask him to wait. You would think I told him that I'm never gonna feed him again with the way he collapses on the floor screaming.
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post #10 of 15
9/29/04 at 11:24am
It depends. If he wakes up on his own, he is in a wonderful mood. If we wake him up, or if he gets us in the middle of the night/doesn't sleep good, he's a bear. Just fussy in general, doesn't want to be held, doesn't want anything that you give him. If he wakes up in a good mood and I try to hurry him when he doesn't want to be hurried, he gets fusy, too. Just for 30 minutes to an hour. After that he's fine. Usually, if we can get him to eat or drink something, he's in a good mood after that. But if he's having one of his moods, he refuses to take anything from you.
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post #11 of 15
9/29/04 at 11:41am
Elaine, Jennifer - I think you 2 have been visiting my house in the morning!

Drew is very much like me - NOT a morning person. As long as you leave him alone, he does fine. I have to talk quietly (or not at all). If I rush him, or raise my voice in the least, he gets whiney or yells or crys sometimes. He is very slow to wake, just like me. Which is why he gets up between 6:00 and 6:30 when he doesn't have to leave for school until 7:45.

Ally is fine most of the time as long as she wakes up on her own. She runs down the stairs yelling "Mommy!" to give me a hug and kiss. Then she wants to sit on the couch and watch cartoons until she gets hungry. However, if she hasn't gotten enough sleep, or you have to wake her up, watch out! She is worse than Drew and I put together! And once she starts, the bad mood can last until nap time or even all day. So I try really hard to get her going in a good mood.

Unfortunately, the kids get it from me. Rick is fine in the mornings. Me? I just want to be left alone for about the first 2-3 hours I am up. In fact, I'm not really functional until I've been up at least 2 hours. It's like my brain doesn't work until I have had a chance to totally wake up. When I used to work, I would get up at 5:30AM so I could be in a good mood by the time I got to work at 8AM. Sad, isn't it?
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post #12 of 15
9/29/04 at 11:55am
Rhyne is a sour puss some mornings. She has to keep her blanket and whatever else she first sees in the morning with her for a good hour or two. Otherwise she'll scream and cry. but usually she'll just lay around and then she'll perk right up.
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post #13 of 15
9/29/04 at 11:58am
She has her days. I think she's more grumpy when she is actually still tired.
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post #14 of 15
10/1/04 at 11:21am
Lexi is usually pretty good in the mornings. If she is still tired she just hops on the couch and watches cartoons. She does demand those every morning.
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post #15 of 15
10/1/04 at 7:22pm
Ali was fine when she was little waking up, it was a new day, new things to see and do. Now as she is older she is like Drew. Just leave her alone. If she wants to eat she will ask or get it herself. Shower when she wants to and she to has to be woke up earlier then she needs to also.
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