Understanding no?

krose0713 · August 2014

I think LO kind of understood "no" and that she was getting scolded tonight. I had her in the cart at the grocery store, and she was holding a lip gloss I was buying. She tried to put it in her mouth twice so I took it and said "Evie no" with my stern mommy voice and gave her a look. She stuck out her pouty lip, put her head down and started to cry. It was the saddest. Later I put the lip gloss on the seat next to her and she picked it up and threw it like she was mad at it, haha. Could be a fluke but it seemed like there was some understanding there!

Eta: every other time I've told her no up until this point she has laughed in my face.

krose0713 · August 2014

Haha I guess that's a good differentiation to make- understanding vs. caring.

Burrberrymum · August 2014

When I see DD going for something she knows she shouldn't go for I sternly say "NO we don't touch that" and she goes from crawling slowly to speedy gonzales in 2 seconds. She pretty much books it to whatever it is she knows I'm gonna take her away from.. (The glass cabinet doors, the shoes on the mat) I think she understand but doesn't care also!

amy11401 · August 2014

I am in the same boat. I think my LO may just be starting to understand "No" also. Just like you stated he used to just laugh. Well over the weekend when we had company LO was trying to go behind the cabinet and pull on cords. My husband firmly said "No" a couple of times and he pouted then burst into tears. Since then when we tell him no he does pause and hesitate....sometimes he stops and does not do what we are telling him not to do....other times he goes ahead and does it.

munchkinsmama · August 2014

DS has understood no for a few months. He usually knows when he's not supposed to do something, he will look at us before to see if we will say no. Sometimes he still does it and then we say "no" and move him away from whatever it was. Thursday when I told him no as he reached for the lamp on his changing table he looked back and said "not no nooooo". I think I am in trouble now :-S

Af1004 · August 2014

pigtailsandpinafores said:
DD has understood since about 9 months. I use a serious voice and say "E, no." And keep a serious face. She used to pause and stop, and then I would give her a big smile and say something in a happy voice to reinforce her obeying. Lately though, she stops and stares at me, and then makes silly faces and laughs at me to try and get me to stop being serious. It's hard to keep a serious face when she throws her head back and laughs with a big toothy grin, and makes her scrunchy nose face at me. I just repeat "no" and say "No, it's not funny, Mommy is serious. Mommy said no."
I like to give her the chance to obey rather than just taking things away. If she keeps at it after a few tries then I just say no again and take it away. But I try to give her a few chances first, and then there is a lot of clapping and celebrating so she knows what she is supposed to do.

This is pretty much us. Except I smile back at her most times, I can't resist!

blond1230 · August 2014

DS understands but doesn't care. Be loves to play with our fireplace doors and the cable box- really the only two things totally off limits. I say "No, no, no" very sternly and he will look at me and smile and continue touching. It's almost funny!

VitaLuna · August 2014

She definitely understands. We don't tell her no for much (try to save it for serious safety issues), but when we do, she immediately stops. We're still working on stopping what we're doing completely instead if stopping, looking at mommy, and continuing to do what we weren't supposed to be doing while smirking at mom/dad.

KCLeaSLP · August 2014

My LO totally understands no and has for almost a month. We have a fire place that she's not aloud to go near and when she does we say no and she turns around. Every once in a while she will stop, look at us, we say no again and she turns around and goes the other way.

jlp0528 · August 2014

@krose0713‌ dd definitely gets mad and upset when I'm stern and tell her no. She will put her lip out in a big pout, take a deep breath and wail cry while she puts her head down. After I try to calm her and her her to sit up she will often turn her head from me and not look at me! It makes me feel so bad but I know I need to stand my ground.

Sometimes though she'll look at me and smile when I tell her no and continue to go doe what she wants. Just depends on her mood I guess.

michelle7482 · August 2014

Yes she has understood no for a long time and if it's a stern no it usually ends in tears. It's actually pretty funny.

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NNGnome · August 2014

DS2 definitely understands no, he looks at me, smiles and shakes his head, if I use a stern voice he usually stops, but not always, he also understands stop and come back here, which he is still listening to, I am enjoying that he doesn't know he doesn't have to do what I say yet.

Salemkitty13 · August 2014

I think he understands no. Sometimes when I say it he will stop and cry. It's pitiful but funny at the same time. And sometimes he gives me a "you don't know my lyfe. I do what I want" look and continues on. :-?

Albertsgirl1982 · August 2014

DS understands no but only listens if we say it in a certain way and give him a stern stare. Then he tries to make us laugh. When we don't laugh he slowly backs away from what he was doing wrong. Sometimes he will just laugh at us. And sometimes he has a "tantrum" which is hilarious. Even funnier is when he can't see me and goes for something he knows is off limits and then when he sees me he starts crying and pouting even before I say or do anything. He knows I'm about to take it away and is NOT happy about it!

AlejandraN2 · August 2014

I am pretty sure Zo understands no. She'll stop immediately if i say it. Then look to me as she tries to do it again but look at my face for reassurance. If i say no again she stops. Usually after 2-3 times she doesn't do it any more. If i have a very stern face she smiles...I also think I look weird with a stern face so she probably agrees.

AppleMuffins · August 2014

Yeah, dd understands no in regards to not touching things, but not when applied to things like no throwing food or no hitting. She listens most of the time for no touching, but she likes to test it. She will reach toward whatever it is and turn to look at me without actually touching. And she "talks back" already. Sometimes when she doesn't like me telling her no, she kind of yells "eh!" at me. Might have my hands full with this one...

GermanShredders · August 2014

He most certainly understands "don't eat dog fur" since he hears it so much. He used to throw it, now he screeches and runs away with it.

bossmom11 · August 2014

amy11401 said:

I am in the same boat. I think my LO may just be starting to understand "No" also. Just like you stated he used to just laugh. Well over the weekend when we had company LO was trying to go behind the cabinet and pull on cords. My husband firmly said "No" a couple of times and he pouted then burst into tears. Since then when we tell him no he does pause and hesitate....sometimes he stops and does not do what we are telling him not to do....other times he goes ahead and does it.

This is my LO exactly. She will get really upset sometimes when we say "no." Other times it is a look she gives like " are you serious" and will look back and forth to hubby and I, then decides what to do.

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