Do you tell your baby 'No!'?

[Faffalina]

Not sure why your friend would comment on this. She want you to feel bad for saying "No"? God, she ought to hear my neighbour swearing and shouting at her kids.

 

[bbyno1]

I always say 'Aliyah..No' but she never listens although she knows what i mean lol

 

[anna matronic]

I have started to, but more of a "No Evan, that hurts mummy" or "you must'nt do that Evan , you must be gentlr" type thing although I am sure it will be a big firm "NO" soon

He has really started pinching my skin on my boobs, neck arms and it reallly hurts

 

[ttc_lolly]

I do but try not to too much as I don't want it to lose affect!

 

[Starmie]

I say no to William but he just thinks it's funny. So I have to try not to laugh after I say it otherwise he'll never take me seriously!

 

[cissyhope]

I try hard just to distract Lo to something else just to limit the word no so when i do use it,i mean business I think if you use it constantly,it loses its power. Will will see,Lo is only 8 months,ask me when he is 2 years old

 

[going_crazy]

Not sure why your friend would comment on this. She want you to feel bad for saying "No"? God, she ought to hear my neighbour swearing and shouting at her kids.

I have no idea why she commented either.... I never shouted or anything like that, I literally lowered the tone of my voice and said the one word!

This is the first time she's made any comment about my parenting - that's why I was a bit taken back... I normally don't take much notice! x

 

[mummymunch]

If emily is doing something she shouldnt be or has something she shouldnt have i always say 'no emily' and shake my head. I want her to understand that somethings she cant have, but i want her to be able to decide if she knows what is out of bounds- if that makes sense?

 

[Mum2b_Claire]

I hardly ever say it. She says it to me a lot though....

 

[Pixelle]

I've started saying No recently, but only because LO seems to love electrical wires and goes for them at any opportunity!
He ignores me anyway

Usually I just say "That's not for babies" or "please don't hit/kick/bite/scratch me, it hurts".....he still ignores me

 

[PepsiChic]

I dont use the word No. I find that because they are too young to understand it, by the time they DO, its overuse has made it a pointless word that they will love to say back repeatedly.

I think distraction is the best technique with something like "thats not for (LO's name)"

I have to do this every time LO chases after the cats, Id drive us both crazy if i had to keep saying No.

When he does something that puts him in danger...thats when i'll use a nice firm No in a tone that I think is suitable. Im hoping with this he'll then learn that No is serious business!

 

[ShanandBoc]

I certainly do, but i never shout it at her, i get down to her level and change my tone and firmly say 'no'

 

[minties]

I say "No Thomas!" if he's doing somethng dangerous. If he's just grabbig for the TV remote I would say something like "that is for mummy and daddy to play with, look, here is one of your toys".

 

[Farie]

I tend to be like Pepsichic/minties and form more of a sentence

'ta, give mummy back her necklace please' (she adores my necklace)
'uh-ha, leave the high contrast cat alone please' (friends gorgeous black and white cat fascinates her)
'that's not for you sweetie'
and 'leave' (in the tone you tell a dog to leave a bone )

 

[bky]

My LO had learned what NO meant (complete with hysterical crying fit when she made the mental connection) by 8 months. So, yeah, I do tell her no. I also move her and whatever is no apart with an explanation she probably doesn't get yet.
She says No at her daddy (she shows him things then takes them away and says 'no' ) but uhoh is her favourite nonsense word. She's also picked up shaking her head no and she does that all the time, thinks it's the height of baby humor, but also uses it to tell me she doesn't want food etc rather than saying no to me.

 

[minties]

3 NZ'ders posting in a row, this is dangerous


I wanted to add that no works for Thomas and he's 7 months. He freezes and stares at me. Gives me time to swoop in and save him from whatever dangerous activity he is participating in.

 

[xnmd1]

oh Thomas, that daredevil

 

[ShanandBoc]

I tend to be like Pepsichic/minties and form more of a sentence

'ta, give mummy back her necklace please' (she adores my necklace)
'uh-ha, leave the high contrast cat alone please' (friends gorgeous black and white cat fascinates her)
'that's not for you sweetie'
and 'leave' (in the tone you tell a dog to leave a bone )

Oh i do all these too

 

[CarlyP]

If LO grabs my hair etc I tell her no but she just smiles at me! But I do believe babies understand different tones in your voice, they may not understand the word but they will see that mummy/daddy has a different expression and tone.

 

[Kalah]

'No' doesn't work with Ivy. She just looks at me, smiles and starts shaking her head Sometimes it actually makes her laugh hysterically! So I have just started directing her away from whatever she is doing wrong and say 'not for Ivy'.

I think I remember you posting a video of Ivy doing that??

Thanks for everyones replies.... I did think my friends comment was a bit weird, but she was so adamant I started to question myself!!

Yes I did! It is soo hard to keep a straight face when she does it But don't listen to your friend, sounds like shes being very judgey without having kids of her own! The only reason we don't use 'no' is because it doesn't work with Ivy, but its definitely not mean!

Aw lounandivy post the vid!! makes me laugh when you post vids of ivy shes so cute.

Haha here you go! I'm shaking my head in this video too but now all I have to do is say no and she starts shaking it with the cheekiest grin on her face! Totally my fault though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RmV_gwKb9M

I've got a "no" video too, can I share? =)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpVOefvjM0U