Saying no

Oh, same! And she's a year old in 2 week!

Same 😂 "It's just a phase, it's just a phase, it's just a phase....." 🤪🫠

Be consistent - I’m afraid the tantrums are a learning curve that most babies go through. Keep consistent, say no and move away and distract with something else.

There’s no way a 10 month old is going to listen to “no” you’d probably be better off trying to redirect the behaviour

He’s 10 months old, he’s not going to understand the word no. Way too young. Best thing is to distract.

Thank you. I try to distract but it’s like he’s obsessed with doing the same thing over and over and he goes back to it

@Stephanie unfortunately that’s developmentally pretty normal I save my sanity by trying to remove as many hazards and things I don’t want the kids to touch as possible, you can definitely model your rules and boundaries but unfortunately it’ll be a while until they listen

@Stephanie don’t worry hun, that’s mine all over. All part of their development. They always want what’s not theirs or take likings to things that they shouldn’t. Mine is obsessed with the hoover and annoying it lol oh and my cupboards and a few other things. He throws tantrums too and gets angry with objects but it’s out of frustration. There’s no harm in telling them no and moving them as they will eventually learn what it means, doesn’t necessarily mean they will stop doing it though. 😂

They don't understand 'no' and 'don't'. You can offer an instruction of what to do instead. They also repeat things if they get a reaction! Annoyingly they'll soon start to understand their autonomy and use 'no' to refuse an instruction though!😂

@GG agree with saying it anyway. It's good practice and they'll learn the way eventually but zero expectations!🫠

I have managed to teach my 10 month old a single rule. He loves to bang wooden blocks on our floor, which our downstairs neighbours must hate. Every time he does it I tell him “only on the mat” and redirect him to bang on the foam play mat instead. When he does I say, yay and give a gentle clap. If he doesn’t listen and continues banging on the floor I take the block away calmly. I did this about 10 million times 😵‍💫 and now he looks at me guiltily when he’s about to bang on the floor, I say “only on the mat” and and he switches to banging on the play mat. So it is possible if you’re extremely patient, in theory. He doesn’t listen to most things I say “no” about. I think the key was showing him a positive example of what to do rather than just telling him what not to do