[blparent] the meaning of no

[Brandy W]

Hi, Wow you got a quick crawler! I've been caring for kids for about 18
years now, and if I've learned 1 thing it is that every kid does it
differently, and every kid responds differently. I use a few methods. My
preferred is to baby proof so I don't have to tell kids no. If there is that
one or 2 things that are a no, than they are no. I'm not sure she will make
the connection of your explanation, but I do know that she will make the
connection if you get close to her face and say no sharply, and then in your
normal voice say you can play with your toys over here. A quick swat on the
bottom or hand along with that no will add meaning to the off limits place.
If you absolutely aren't willing to give an meaningful consequence a baby or
toddler won't understand, and can't baby proof, than I recommend a play
yard. A play yard is big enough that you can easily step over to play with
the child when you want, or you can open up the side when you can supervise.
I find kids really don't mind it because there is room to walk, and you get
in and out. You can hang toys on the sides, and put toys inside. They are
about $60-70 at various infant stores. I bought mine on craigs list for $30.
I currently live in a house where there simply aren't any nos so I don't
even have the gate up.

Bran




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-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jodie and Kahlan
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 4:55 PM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blparent] the meaning of no

Hi. Kahlan will be seven months old tomorrow and she's crawling all over the
place now. This is great, but she's also going places she's not supposed to
go. We keep telling her no and pulling her away, turning her in the opposite
direction of the potential danger, but she goes right back to it and we have
to keep pulling her away. We tell her if we have to tell her no one more
time we'll put her in either her crib or her bouncer, then when she does it
again we do what we said we'd do, but she still does it the next time. I
know she's too young to understand, "if you do this, that will happen," but
we just figure it's not too early to start teaching her about consequences.
she may not get it now, but she will eventually. But I was just wondering if
any of you had any other suggestions. We don't want her going near the TV
because it's not on a stirdy shelf. We'll be getting rid of the shelf, but
we need someone to help us move the 300 pound TV off of it first. One person
has to move the stand and two people have to hold the TV. Plus, there's the
plug to the TV back there and we don't want her getting that. We don't want
her to go into the kitchen because if we're using the oven we don't want her
to get burned, and the kitchen is so small that Chris and I can't even work
together in there because there's just not enough room. We can't wait to be
in our new place in a few weeks! 
We keep her away from Chris's desk the best we can because of the wires back
there. We keep them threaded through the hole in the desk that's made for
that purpose, but she still manages to get under there by climbing over his
chair. Does anyone have an effective way to teach no to a seven month old?

--
Hugs from Jodie and kahlan
"Only a fool walks into the future backward."
Terry Goodkind

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