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

[Jody Ianuzzi]

Something else that I did when my children were small was I put hooks a pie on the storm doors so that they could not leave the house without me knowing it. 

JODY 🐺
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> On Oct 1, 2015, at 12:06 AM, Jo Elizabeth Pinto via blparent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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
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> -----Original Message----- From: Judy Jones via blparent
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> Right on!
> 
> Judy
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> -----Original Message----- From: Jo Elizabeth Pinto via blparent
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> 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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> Subject: [blparent] Teaching 14 month old baby to come to me
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> 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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