So, this afternoon, my son appears to be in Full-On Whine and Complain mode. All through homework (writing three "n"s and coloring three small pictures)...complain complain complain. On the trip to the store, gripe gripe gripe. At the store...oh, sheesh, lucky for him we were in public, ha!
He is in his room until dinnertime because the Whinefest made me want a glass of wine, and I'm just not ready to have a drink yet.
This is when a reset button would really come in handy! Ack!
This is also reminding me why he only attends half-day kindergarten. :)~
So, scratch the wine--I'm going to make myself a gin and tonic.
Question: in the interest of fun and blowing off a little steam, who in YOUR life needs a reset button pressed?
Thanks for letting me vent. Going to cook a very nice dinner and laugh in commiseration with your answers now!
(and just in case this sounds a bit whiny, know that I was using my sarcastic voice and have a smile on my face!)
PS-- just so we all know, going to his room until dinner is for an hour. We are not a European family-- we eat dinner early!
AND I'm the best mom in the world because I am making him mac-n-cheese. After a crappy day, even kids need to be cut a break.
Lesley-- I have looked and looked for my own reset button. Can't they just install one on our necks? I'm sure my husband would pay out good money for that. :)
I know I'm shouting here, but what the hey.. HUGS TO ALL OF YOU MAMAS and DADS ... WE MAKE IT WORK!
Wait, they DON'T have a reset button?
Wait, they DON'T have a reset button?
Wait, they DON'T have a reset button?
(apparently mine is stuck)
:(
Right now I need a re-set button for my cat. She is chasing a fly in the bay window and the vertical blinds are going all haywire and it's noisy as hell while she's in this spazz mode.
Oh gawd... when I am PMS'ing???
Bawahahahaha!
Nah, not me, of course not!
Okay seriously, sometimes BOTH my kids are like that, at the same time.
AND my Husband too. ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME!
Ask me... is that irritating or what?
Okay, so once, I went on STRIKE for the entire weekend, when they were like that. I told my Husband, so. I told him do not bother me and you deal with the kids.
I need to reset the whole week. My 5 yr old has hand, foot, mouth right now. He has been home all wk. I also have a 6 wk old that I am so stressed is going to get this funk. I have been cleaning and washing my hands for the past 3 days. I am not allowing him to get within 3 ft of her. I am also not allowing him to touch any of her things. UGH!
I could use a reset button for my cat EVERY day. For my kids, a lot of days. Although, oddly enough, they both did really well today. Not much whining at all. In fact, today was a REALLY good day for us... Well, that settles it. I'm going to throw a GIGANTIC party to celebrate this momentous occasion!!!..... On second thought, I'll wait till the kids are in bed and have a celebratory glass of wine while I read Pride and Prejudice. :)
ETA: I'd be good with a "Mute" button, though, if a reset button is out of the question! :)
I like this idea! I am more often fantasizing about who I would delete with delete buttons though ;)
Today I need one. My day started off with whiny testy children and a whiny husband to boot. My issues have got the best of me(fibromyalgia/PTSD)so I'm having a cranky day all around. However, I do believe that due to having a fend for yourself night with just myself and the children I'll be having a bright and sunny smoothie for dinner. Who knows maybe it'll help? :P No worries the children will get a regular dinner. I'm holding out hope that the monkeys will go down easily this evening and then I can watch Spider Baby.
My daughter did for awhile this afternoon. She is 11. And she and her brother were crabbing at each other over who was sitting shotgun in the car. (joy)
My son (who is 14) is always very quick to try to reconcile issues, but she was just being a butt head about the whole thing (she was the one in the seat at the moment). She got over it. But not nearly soon enough for me. I told them neither one was going to sit up front with me for awhile. They could share each other's company in the back seat.
My two year old. She is ranging from whiny (whimpering and fussing and not telling me what it is that she wants and, of course, I have no idea and everything I try is wrong) to wild (she climbed over the gate blocking off the stairs and insists on taking off her clothing constantly) to stubborn ("no. no way. I don't want.") to demanding ("Where's daddy? I want daddy NOW." He's at class so tough luck). The cycle just keeps going. She is currently on stubborn. But bath time is done. Pjs are on (and staying on thus far). And the children are watching a show before it is story time and then bed. And then I can get a nice, long, hot shower.
Note: The pjs have come off. Sigh.
Awe, poor guy in his room all night! I get it though, it's my first grader who is going through the whining phase. Sometimes, just giving them something to do to decompress helps a bit.
Oh man I need the reset button! My two year old is always whiny so today at a routine check up the doc was suprised to find she had an ear infection and looked at me shocked because at the moment she was acting totally normal and very active! She was like has she been whiny? i was like not more than the usual so I honestly would not know! lol so i go to the pharmacy to pick up the Rx and (military facility) and it is way too crowded and a long wait and she becomes "whiny" so I leave and promise myself to come back after school to get the Rx. fast forward my son gets out of school we immediately head back to the clinic to pick up the Rx, we get there and the two year old escapes from the stoller because i forgot to buckle her in and runs away me chasing her leaving my wallet at the pharmacy window, so when I return to the window my son walks over to me says mom my stomach hurts i think im gonna throw up so I tell him to go sit back down but before he gets there he throws up right in the middle of the waiting room where everyone gets a good look and whiff of the vomit, he tosses his cookies in the hall on the way to the restroom, then hugs the porcelin throne of a public restroom on his knees for some more release, then gets up and says, "mom, but I'm not sick!, I'm fine!" well I try to hold my head high as I return to the waiting room and then put some fire under the pharmacist they finally get me the Rx, and I run away with my tail between my legs wanting a reset button so badly!
Hows that for a vent? and that is only half of what happened today that I am trying to forget! Oh yeah did I mention my hubby is out of town missing everything?
Oh, now that is a good idea. I always think of a fast forward button but then you lose time. This way you could just start over right then. Our toddler was recently an absolute pill for the entire weekend. Everything seemed to trigger a whine, a tantrum, an angry outburst (pinching/hitting/slapping) or some combination of all. Sheesh. At one point I told him he was being grouchy. He got a very serious look on his face, nodded his headed and said 'gwochy'. Gee, thanks for agreeing with my assessment. I sighed and drug him off for a group nap. I certainly felt better afterwards but I'm not sure it fixed him any. Some days....
My bi-polar ex! I've learned that when his dark mood starts, I just need to keep my mouth shut and wait, a day or three, and it will all go away... A reset button would make things faster!
My husband and my son. I'd love a reset button on both men in the family. Like father like son right?
Hi! We all need a reset button at one time or another. When things get crazy everyone stops, separates, and takes some time to calm down. In the beginning they weren't happy with that but after a bit they get it. We still do it now (they're 17 and 19).
