DS Picking up negative behaviors from Preschool

[Mae_Jakob_Ka]

Hi All,

My son has been in preschool for almost 2 months now. He likes going to school and has been doing fine at preschool. However, I have noticed that he has picked up some negative habits from his friends.

My son was not a whiny boy but now he has become ONE! There is one little girl in his class who likes to say "I don't want it" in a very whiny way. My son does it too and in the exact same tone of voice like the girl.  He is a good copycat!

Then he will keep saying "Mommy Daddy Mommy Daddy Mommy Daddy"...and pretends to cry like a baby. He even coo sometimes!. Oh my gosh I don't know what to do because I had never dealt with a whiny kid before. Where have my big boy gone? The one I have at home now is a whiny pretend to be baby one.    Oh and he is the only kid we have so he is well loved and cared for at home.

How did you deal with this? I am trying hard not to lose it. I count him and send him to his room. I have order a book How to Talk So Kid Will Listen and hopefully that book would be the light at the end of my tunnel. 

Thanks,

Elle

[c4andy20]

OMG I went through this with my first daughter who is now 8, and am now going through this with my 3 year old. She started preschool a month ago and has picked up whining, crying, the mommy daddy thing, and melt downs. When my oldest started preschool and learned to whine I would just tell her that my ears could not hear whining. As soon as she started whining I would tell her "Uh oh, is that whining? My ears are starting to turn off because they can't hear whining."  And then I would flat out ignore anything that was said in a whining voice. Then I would say something like, "My ears will turn back on when they hear a nice normal voice." After a couple of times of this she finally gave up the whining. Every now and then she would try and test me with the whining to see if I would give in. But I just stuck with same story every time. As soon as she would start to whine I would say, "Uh do my ears hear whining?" And She would usually sigh and say no, then ask for what she wanted in a normal voice. Since my 3 year old just started with the whining I am trying the same method. Hopefully it will work like it did for her sister.

[Mae_Jakob_Ka]

c4andy20, I am so glad I am not alone.
I was at my wit end last weekend because of the nonstop whines! I have been using 1-2-3 magics and he was counted numerous times on the past weekend. Whenever he opened his mouth to whine, I counted and sent him to his room. 

Then on Sunday evening, I sat him down and told me how much I disliked it when he became whiny. I told him Big Boy did not whine and when he whined, I would completely ignore him, and walked away from him every time he started whining.

This morning, he started again, and I just said "ah that's call whiny" (your trick, c4andy20, LOL). He stoped  .

I think I have to stand my ground and let him know that being whiny means away from Mommy.!!!

Thanks,

Elle

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