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JBmommy
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
I just told my 3 1/2 year old to shut up this morning. He was crying and carrying on. He knew I meant business and stopped right away.
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nferrandi
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Nicole
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
I have. I try to use other phrases like "keep quiet" or "settle down" but I have said the words "shut up" and I'm sure he'll push me to them again.
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| Posted 9/15/09 9:23 AM |
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Bxgell2
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
No, I haven't but I've been pushed very close to the brink with Alex. She can be VERY difficult at times, to say the least. The closest I've come to saying it was about 3 weeks post-partum with Yael - I was tired, frustrated, hormonal, and Alex was being a complete beast. I yelled at her so loudly - more loudly than I ever have, and screamed "SHUSH" a zillion times.
I've never felt so horrible in all my life, and after I took a timeout for MYSELF, I regrouped, came back to Alex and apologized. 
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| Posted 9/15/09 9:32 AM |
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leighdvm
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Michele
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
Posted by SweetTooth
I said it when they were newborns, when I was so sleep deprived I couldn't see straight, and they wouldn't stop crying. I felt terrible about it then, even though they were tiny babies and didn't know what I was saying.
I would try my darndest to never say it out loud now or in the future, but I honestly can't say it might not happen if I got extremely frustrated.
I totally agree with you, Lauren, and I have been there, also. Before they started STTN, I said it a few times outside the nursery when I thought I was going to completely lose my mind. I felt so guilty afterwards, even though I didn't say it to their faces.
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| Posted 9/15/09 9:45 AM |
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KangaMom
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
I don't use that term with anyone let alone with our DC...
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| Posted 9/15/09 9:57 AM |
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Little-J-Mommy
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
I try my best not to speak out of anger and catch myself before words like that slip out. I'm not perfect but I do try my best. I don't think I've said that though.
It's going to sound sooooo stupid, but that corny commercial on noggin or nick jr. about your kid being a video recorder, and how they show the mom burning something on the stove while one kid is crying and the other is yelling.....this always pops into my head when I feel like I'm going to slip and it usually diffuses me. 
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| Posted 9/15/09 10:15 AM |
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steph4777
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
My usual "I don't want to hear it", which I usually say when they are whining. I have said Shut Up a few times, I'm not proud of it but I reached my boiling point by the time it came out. I have in public pulled DS close to me and I'll whisper that he needed to shut it or else he'll get a time out when we get home.
Rojerono gave some good alternatives to Shut Up that I may use.
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| Posted 9/15/09 2:00 PM |
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ddunne2
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Doreen
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
Yes, those words have left my mouth going on my 5th year having a child that constantly whines, didn't sleep as a baby, etc. Stressful mommy moments get the best of everyone. There have been a few days where the constant badgering between the two of them or the whining made me want to get in the car and drive far far away and I recall saying "WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE JUST SHUT UP FOR TWO MINUTES!" Its by no means a daily occurrance but it happens.
Usually about once a day though I try to use my Jedi mind tricks on them saying to myself over and over "please shut up, please shut up, please shut up", but it has yet to work.
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| Posted 9/15/09 2:27 PM |
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OffWithHerHead23
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
I don't think I would ever say shut up to anyone, especially not my small child. I hate that phrase. "Shut up" and "stupid" are on the same level with the f-word in my house.0
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| Posted 9/15/09 2:55 PM |
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MST9106
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
I don't know if I would or wouldn't...DS has not driven me to that point yet lol...but I absolutely sympathize with certain parents and what they go through with their kids so who am I to judge when they tell their kids to shut it. I've said shut up and shut the hell up to my dog in front of my son and I feel like that's just as bad...even though my dog is quite a nuisance. I'm a yeller by nature as well, but I've completely eliminated the yelling at my dog and at my husband so that I would not yell to or at my son. I've been controlling myself and I've been extra patient with him...we'll see how he turns out.
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| Posted 9/15/09 3:06 PM |
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CkGm
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Re: Would you ever tell your young child to "shut up"?
Posted by Porrruss
I can recall screaming STFU at the top of my lungs when one of mine was a tiny baby and refusing to sleep. I did it outside her room and it felt GOOD.
I've told Maddie to shut up in my head ALOT lately. It's a matter of time before it sneaks out my mouth I think as she's LOVING using her outside voice during naptime to wake the baby......
I could have wrote this post word for word!
I have actually let it slip with my 2 year once and felt so awful I cried
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