OT - when do they understand 'No'?

"The Watsons" wrote in message
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"nina" wrote in message
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Around age 20.

who told you that? ;p

My mom. She also said parenting gets easier when the kids are 34. I'm 33.

"nina" skrev i en meddelelse
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"The Watsons" wrote in message
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"nina" wrote in message
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Around age 20.

who told you that? ;p

My mom. She also said parenting gets easier when the kids are 34. I'm 33.

Mine used to say: You don't get any use out of them before the age of 22.

I started knitting sweaters for her at that age :-)

I'm 45 now.

Tine, Denmark

Or should it be when do they stop doing whatever they are not supposed
to do when you say 'No'?

I am consistent about my 'No's'. Nn slapping the cat, no pulling
cables and putting them in your mouth, no playing with plugs but he
takes very little notice of me.

understand and remember for next time are two different things, but I
think Nathanael understands no, we always reinforce it by moving his hand
away from whatever he's touching. Sometimes I am convinced he knows he
isn't suppose to do something (in particular grabbing my nipples in the
bath), but he giggles and does it!

I would say around two years :-D

I don't have a 2 year old, but I sometimes help in a creche, birth to 18
months, those that are walking generally seem to understand no, which is
usually only to stop them standing on a smaller child!

"Cat" wrote in message .dk...
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Or should it be when do they stop doing whatever they are not supposed
to do when you say 'No'?

I am consistent about my 'No's'. Nn slapping the cat, no pulling
cables and putting them in your mouth, no playing with plugs but he
takes very little notice of me.

Teapot and the Moo boy 10mths old

...and if you say 'don't slap the cat' he hears 'slap the cat'. Try to
say
'be nice to the cat' in stead.

Tine, Denmark

Ahh, it's like training a dog then! I do say 'gently with the cat' but
it is usually quickly followed by a 'No' as he just goes for her. She
is a rescue cat and scratches him but he thinks she is a fabulous toy.

Yup! Try 'gentle, gentle, gentle'. Nothing to confuse the message :-)

But I think he's to young.

Tine, Denmark

but you can't say 'gently' with a cable or a plug socket can you?

teapot

"nina" wrote in message
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My mom. She also said parenting gets easier when the kids are 34. I'm 33.

remember to ask her next year if it's gotten easier...

Jess

"teapot" wrote in message
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Or should it be when do they stop doing whatever they
are not supposed to do when you say 'No'?

I am consistent about my 'No's'. Nn slapping the cat, no
pulling cables and putting them in your mouth, no playing
with plugs but he takes very little notice of me.

Teapot and the Moo boy 10mths old

I've always phrased things in the positive rather than the negative,
i.e., instead of "no slapping the cat" I would have told Julie, "be
gentle to the cat". Telling them what *to* do, instead of or at least
in addition to what to *not do*, is much more meaningful IMO. I
actually almost never said the word "no", and Julie started using that
word herself looooong after all her age-mates.
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 3, and Jaden, 7 months

"teapot" wrote in message
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but you can't say 'gently' with a cable or a plug socket can you?

You can avoid saying 'no' with nearly everything, though it takes some
imagination sometimes. For things like a cable or socket you can say,
"hands away" or "stay back".
--
Cheryl S.
Mom to Julie, 3, and Jaden, 7 months

"The Watsons" wrote in message
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"nina" wrote in message
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My mom. She also said parenting gets easier when the kids are 34. I'm
33.

remember to ask her next year if it's gotten easier...

Jess

It will move up, it always does.

"teapot" skrev i en meddelelse
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"Cat" wrote in message news:qtcec.141165 Yup! Try 'gentle,
gentle, gentle'. Nothing to confuse the message :-)

But I think he's to young.

Tine, Denmark

but you can't say 'gently' with a cable or a plug socket can you?

teapot

*g* - you can, but it won't work :-D

At that age we distracted and moved the child and tightmarked it (can you
use that term in English?)

I guess we secured the cables and tried to put baby plugs in the spare
sockets etc.

Tine, Denmark