do you always say no

[buzzing bee]

My bub is 13mths old and I don't always say no when he touches something he shouldn't. Instead I remove him and the item and distract him with something else.

Other times I do say no or ah (you know the sound I mean).

Yesterday at my mums he was getting some low photoframes and I did the above and I hear my sister whisper loudly 'she doesn't say no'

Normally I wouldn't care but I am sensitive at the moment and I was upset by it. She didn't know I heard but I left soon after.

What do you do?

[~Temet Nosce~]

At the moment it doesn't matter what I say, no, stop it, don't, away, ARRRGH she doesn't listen! :hair:

[buzzing bee]

It sucks, my dd is 4 and I have forgotten how much they get into. I feel really inadequate (sp) at the moment.

[bonbon]

My dd is 14 months old and I say "no" most of the times but I also just pick her up and move her away and give her something else as well. I dont see what the big deal is? I know consistency is important so maybe we should say no also when we pick them up and move them.
But honestly dont let it bother you, its so small in the big scheme of things. Your his mum and no one else can do it like you can. We arent meant to be perfect all the time. Lets enjoy these precious years with our bubs rather than worrying about what others think etc

[Ayanna]

my ds is 16 mths, and I will usually say No we cant play with that and take it off him, if he is upset we will have a look in the garden or distract him.

dont worry about it, seems like a petty comment

[Beeza8906]

DD is 15months and everytime she touches something i say no ,ahar, move her etc it really depands what word come out of my month first (usually she just stops looks at me for a few secs does it with a defient look on her face.) Sometime i even ask her if she wants a smack? (not that i would smack her)(usually she anwsers with yes. :laughing:.)

[NonnyMouse]

I make the UH UH noise, as well as saying no in a nice voice. If that doesn't work, I take them away and distract them.

My mother used to say NOOOOOOO in a very loud deep voice if DD got into the bazillion little ornaments and things she had on her floor and it really bugged me.... it sounded like she was training a dog for goodness sake!

[~Temet Nosce~]

Hmm.. I have always made the uh uh noises when telling off pets though ;)
it all means the same thing anyway. And at the moment my cat is more obedient than my toddler anyway :laughing: :hair:

[Livvey]

At the moment it doesn't matter what I say, no, stop it, don't, away, ARRRGH she doesn't listen! :hair:

Haha!! Same with my DS, he's very cheeky at the moment.

I say no, ahah, out, ouch, dangerous....nothing really does it though. We seem to have more success when we take him away from whatever it is and distract him with something else.

[BigRedV]

At the moment it doesn't matter what I say, no, stop it, don't, away, ARRRGH she doesn't listen! :hair:
:laughing: My DD won't come most of the time when I call her...just when she feels like it :laughing:

[PeppaH]

I dont say no all the time. I say his name as a warning sometimes in a fimr tone. Or yeah make that noise as a warning. No works best with him though, though when he is tierd you can just say it in general (maybe not even at him) and he will cry thinking he did something wrong lol:laughing:

[Chickadee]

I tried to be consistent and always say "no thank you" even when I was also distracting or removing DD from the object. Probably I did just say "no" or "nuh uh" sometimes too.

[JabberJaw]

I must say UHUH to much because my 17 month old says it if she is about to touch something she is not suppose to :laughing:

But we use a variety of things, depending. She is into climbing so we say NO if she is about to climb on the table for the billionth time, then remove her. She often goes back and we repeat the process....she still climbs every chance she gets :hair:

But mostly (except for the table and the coffee table) our house is pretty much baby proofed so she can touch whatever, but the climbing is a pain.

If we are elsewhere i generally say NO then remove her, or as you do, just move her elsewhere. Depends.

If you dont wanna say NO, then dont, and dont let other peoples comments get to you. I cant see anything wrong with using it or not using it, its not something i would bother giving a second thought too generally.