When did you start saying no? And will you tap the hand?

Maddie73 · November 2009

When did you start telling LO no? and when did they actually understand no? Will you or do you tap LO's hand if they didn't listen (not every time, but if what they were doing was potentially dangerous)?

Lucy_Plus_One! · November 2009

Now that I have two babies this age to watch all week (DD and a neighbor's son) I feel like I have to use "no." I started using it about 3 weeks ago. The boy I watch has no clue what I mean, but DD seems to know. She often does what she wants anyway, but I remove her from the situation (ie. move her across the room if she is trying to play with the heater). I think she is catching on.

I wont tap her hand though, just because I feel like some instances when I have little patience it might result in more than a tap on accident. I do varying degrees of "no" instead. Lol.

angelynn8411 · November 2009

we tell her no. sometimes i think she gets it, other times i am not so sure. we don't do a hand tap as of yet, i just remove her from the situation.

KathrynMD · November 2009

about 8 or 9 months. I tapped her hand once, more like a smack when she started trying to pull on a plug.

There are only 2 or 3 things that really get a no though - the plugs/electrical outlets, trying to climb on/around the fireplace and pulling cords. We do a stern, loud NO in a deep voice. And, we shake heads. She's pretty good - DH saw her stop in front of one of the outlets, shake her head and then go do something else.

Things that aren't good, but aren't dangerous (throwing food, shaking the baby gate, etc.) I make a noise - like uh, uh - and then redirect her.

AmyCC1980 · November 2009

I think that R is kind of starting to understand what no means, but that doesn't mean that she obeys. She loves to play with DH's surround sound speakers. When I tell her no she stops for a minute, looks at me and then laughs and starts doing it again. I hope that this is not a sign of what's to come.

cmbrown · November 2009

Basically when she started to crawl... 6m 3w. We would say no, loudly in a stern voice. And move her away from whatever she was doing. Just a couple weeks later, maybe 3 weeks later, she started understanding it. Now she really understands it. She will crawl to the tv, where we would usually say no, then turn and look at us, then crawl away. Sometimes she still does things when we say no, but I think she gets it most of the time.

EcoBaby · November 2009

I say "no" now, but I try not to. I try to catch him before he does anything and redirect. No just slips out of my mouth like if he's about to eat a handful of dirt or throw a toy in the toilet or something.

I won't ever slap/tap a hand.

MamaMyers22 · November 2009

Morgan understands no, I don't know when I started saying it to him though. He'll usually move onto the next thing when I tell him.

Sometimes I hold his hand when I say no firmly if he's doing something dangerous, and then redirect him.

It works 70% of the time.

yo.mama · November 2009

I reserve no for the floor lamp in DS's play area, and my laptop computer. I add, please don't touch that, and I redirect him. He knows what "no" means, and I can clear my throat and give him a stern look, and he knows that means he is doing something he should not. He also knows that he should not touch the lamp, because he will go over there and check to see if I'm looking. If I'm looking, he will turn around and do something else.

I don't tap his plan and have no plans too.

jen_and_scott · November 2009

I have said no only a couple of times so far. One is when she is throwing a fit while I wipe food off her face. It's ridiculous how loud she gets. I say no once, she stops crying and we're done; it doesn't take long to wipe a face when it's not screaming! The other time was when she had a huge fist full of my dog's face and wouldn't let go. I did tap her hand, because I knew it would make her let go. We're working on nicely petting the dogs now!

MrsSalsaburger · November 2009

We say, "no thank you" and than give a look. I don't expect her to understand it but she definitely will look at us if we say it. At best, I am hoping when she reaches the age of testing limits, and doesn't want to do things, that she will say "no thank you" vs. no. lol

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