[blparent] Teaching 14 month old baby to come to me

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

We were thinking along the same lines, Judy.  If the kiddo gets it in her 
little head that she can hide or not come, look out.  That was why I started 
the way I did with my daughter, making it a game.  The few times she did 
keep silent and not answer me, once when she was pretty young and once very 
recently just since we moved into our new house when she was trying to catch 
a cricket and didn't want to scare the darn thing off by making noise, she 
saw the genuine fear I had in being unable to find her.  My very real 
terrorr at losing her frightened her, I think, and that left an impression 
on her both times.

Jo Elizabeth

"The Bright Side of Darkness"
is my newly published novel,
available on Kindle and in paperback at Amazon.com.
Audio coming very soon!

-----Original Message----- 
From: Judy Jones via blparent
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Teaching 14 month old baby to come to me

Right on!

Judy


-----Original Message----- 
From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto via blparent
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:24 PM
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Cc: Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Subject: Re: [blparent] Teaching 14 month old baby to come to me

I would suggest, at fourteen months, making a game out of calling your
daughter's name while she is very close to you.  Give her lots of hugs or
tickles, or whatever she enjoys, when she comes to you, and praise her up
verbally.  Don't make a big deal at this stage of the game if she doesn't
come.  Work up to calling her from further away.  Make responding to her
name and coming to you a very positive experience.  You can work on
consequences for not coming or not answering later, when your daughter is
verbal and when her thinking is more developed.  But right now--forgive me
for the comparison--it's almost like training a puppy.  You want your
daughter to make a positive connection with hearing her name and coming to
you, and have that connection reinforced over and over again.

Jo Elizabeth

"The Bright Side of Darkness"
is my newly published novel,
available on Kindle and in paperback at Amazon.com.
Audio coming very soon!
-----Original Message----- 
From: Tara Briggs via blparent
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 7:22 PM
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Cc: Tara Briggs
Subject: [blparent] Teaching 14 month old baby to come to me

Dear all!
My baby daughter is now 14 months old. I would love some advice on how to
teach her to come to me.
What have you guys done that has worked well? Any mistakes I should avoid?

Thanks!
Tara

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