[blparent] the meaning of no

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

I never caged my kid like a zoo animal.  She doesn't walk all over me now, 
nor will she as a teenager.  However, I believe barriers are a perfectly 
good tool to use, especially when there's something as dangerous as a 
300-pound TV on a flimsy stand.  It wouldn't be worth the risk to me because 
I know I'm human, and I could possibly, being human, have a lapse of 
attention for just long enough to let the baby get into harm's way.  Believe 
me, those little critters are fast, especially if they want to get something 
that's been off limits to them.  I didn't use my play yard often, but if I 
had to do something that required my concentration, like talking on the 
phone or cooking dinner, I felt that my crawling baby was safer in a 
confined space, with plenty of sensory toys to explore.  That's hardly being 
caged, especially when it's for a short time and not done often.

Jo Elizabeth

I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's 
brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and 
died in cotton fields and sweatshops.--Stephen Jay Gould
-----Original Message----- 
From: Michael Baldwin
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 5:08 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] the meaning of no

A kid is never to young to learn the word no and that if they hear it there
are going to be consequences, if they keep up with what they are doing.
The "experts" are right though, the kid does not know the meaning of the
word no, but they will never know it if it is not taught to them.
They don't know the meaning of mom or dad either, but they learn because
they are taught from the start with phrases like "mom has you", etc. If a
baby can learn so young who mom is, they can learn no.
Tell them no in a loud voice and clap your hands loudly, they quickly learn
they do not like hearing that. They also quickly learn who they can get away
with stuff with. If you are not against spanking, you can give her a swat on
the butt after the third no. With the diaper on they do not feel much, but
the noise has a tendency to scare them. I know some will completely freak
out at this thought, but hey, it is just a suggestion. Teach the kid who is
boss from the beginning, and they are less likely to walk all over you as a
teenager. My mother-in-law was big in to redirecting their attention to
something else, if they go towards the cords, she would take them away and
give them a toy to play with. The idea is that a baby has a short tension
span, and they will forget all about what they were first doing. Very rarely
if ever worked with my kids. But hey, I do not believe in caging my kids
like zoo animals either though. So there, you have another idea.

Michael







-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 4:42 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] the meaning of no

I don't think it is even possible to teach no to  a child that young.All you
can do is keep her away from anything that might be dangerous to her but
dicipling or any type of punishment is something that she can't begin to
understand. At that age her job is to explore the beginnings to her world
and yours is to keep her safe.

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