Why is she acting like this.

My daughter who is 8 has been really mouthy lately. I dont know why. I ask her to do something and right away she starts yelling and having a meltdown. She never used to talk back to me and now its like shes a different little girl. I dont know what to do. If I punish her like send her to her room or something it does not phase her at all. I try to take the computer or playing with a certain something but she finds someting else and she still does what i punished her for. It just started real fast. With the new baby its hard because she started when I was pregnant and now that my baby is here she makes all the kids scream and then wakes Brenna up. What should I do? 

i DO NOT believe in spanking my kids but it sounds like thats what she might need.... if need be then give her a good one and let her know you mean business.....

my two year old has mastered the time out chair and he knows hes in trouble when he gets there.... but i think this might be a little to "young"for her

Quoting its a girl!!!!!:“ i DO NOT believe in spanking my kids but it sounds like thats what she might need.... if need be then give her a good one and let her know you mean business.....”

I dont spank my kids either. NEVER. But maybe your right.She really needs to learn.

My mom used to make me stand in a corner with my nose to the wall til I learned my lesson (usually 10-15 minutes) and I knew I was REALLY in trouble when she SAT me in a corner facing the corner, cuz I knew I'd be there for a while.

Quoting KelseyRose:“ My mom used to make me stand in a corner with my nose to the wall til I learned my lesson (usually 10-15 ... [snip!] ... minutes) and I knew I was REALLY in trouble when she SAT me in a corner facing the corner, cuz I knew I'd be there for a while.”

Yea but you know when I do that stuff she sits there and will entertain herself with anything or shell sit there and laugh at me. Its getting bad because my babysitter who I had since she was born and I never had a prob with started telling me about her behavior.

to be honest, i dont have any advice for you on what you should do with her, but i was like that when i was about her age, i got really mouthy, with everyone in the family!! anything my mum tried to do with me never worked! i did eventually grow out of it at about the age of 14!!

i watch supernanny and what she does is has, a naughty step/chair, and she sits the child on this naughty step/chair, when they have done somthing worng, she leaves them there for 1 minute, of each year of their lives, e.g ur daughters 8, so she would stay there for 8 minutes. when her time is up, then explain to her why she was there, and what she did is not appropriate behaviour.

try it, you never know it might work!!!!

In my opinion it sounds like spotlight competition. You've added another baby to the brood and now's she's even more displaced.

Try getting some alone time with her and do something special with her. Try asking her to be honest with you about how she feels now that there;s a new baby in the house again. She's hit that age where she's more aware of what's going on in the hosue and if you're tired and stressed out she's going to react in anyway possible even if it means she gets negative attention from you.

Give it a try and see what happenes.

Quoting Mommy-to-4:“ Yea but you know when I do that stuff she sits there and will entertain herself with anything or shell ... [snip!] ... bad because my babysitter who I had since she was born and I never had a prob with started telling me about her behavior.”

Put her in a secluded part of the house where she can't really entertain herself. Make her stay quiet. I don't believe in hitting kids at all unless its a slap on the hand or something, which is another thing my mom did. She'd slap my hands but I think your daughter's too old for that.

Try making her sit silently for 10 minutes in a hallway or something.

Quoting covgurl:“ to be honest, i dont have any advice for you on what you should do with her, but i was like that when ... [snip!] ... explain to her why she was there, and what she did is not appropriate behaviour. try it, you never know it might work!!!!”

14!!!!! Oh wow. I hope thats not the case. I watch supernanny too! I thought about that. I'll try it and hope it works. Thanks

Quoting Madame "Is it Oct yet?":“ In my opinion it sounds like spotlight competition. You've added another baby to the brood and now's ... [snip!] ... to react in anyway possible even if it means she gets negative attention from you. Give it a try and see what happenes.”

Yea I think/thought that too. I try to do stuff with her but during it she will do what ive been saying. Shes not the same little girl.

I would try and get to the bottom of WHY she's acting like this. It sounds like a busy household. Make sure she doesn't feel like the kids are being put on her because you are busy. If she hassiblings they are yours and she should not have to take care of them.Try having her help with the baby, try and make the baby positive thing like when she's calm mom gives me one on one and maybe try and set 10 min aside every day to have one on one with her.

Quoting LoveMonkey:“ I would try and get to the bottom of WHY she's acting like this. It sounds like a busy household. Make ... [snip!] ... thing like when she's calm mom gives me one on one and maybe try and set 10 min aside every day to have one on one with her.”

O jeeze I hope I dont make her feel like that. She loves helping with the baby. I asked her to make a cake with me today and we started we were having fun and all of a sudden she just started yelling. I dont want her to feel like I want her to take care of her siblings because thats not at all.

Quoting KelseyRose:“ My mom used to make me stand in a corner with my nose to the wall til I learned my lesson (usually 10-15 ... [snip!] ... minutes) and I knew I was REALLY in trouble when she SAT me in a corner facing the corner, cuz I knew I'd be there for a while.”

I HATED standing in the corner.  

When we mouthed off my grandma would put a drop of dishwashing liquid on our tounge. Literally just a drop but it was enough to shut us up.