When Noah is told no he'll stop what he is doing, look at you, smile, and than keep doing whatever he was doing that got him in trouble in the first place. Have to be honest it made me think wow my kid is a trouble maker! It clicked in my head this last week when I heard him called "NO" he thinks we are just talking to him when we tell him no because he gets called that all the time.
Last night I put my theory to the test. He started crawling for the door when I got home from work, in a very firm voice I said Noah Stop! He stopped, looked at me started to crawl away and got upset because I wouldn't let him go to the door. (He knows that it will take him outside, his favorite place to be). Huh, what do you think of that, he does have listening ears and does know how to listen when he is told to not do something, we just have to be creative in our wording. I am a firm believer the kids need to hear the word No and know what it means, or else you are in a constant battle with them over things (I've seen it way to many times where parents won't say No and kids rule the family) so now my problem is figuring out how to teach Noah this with out actually saying no. Just thought we'd share our new discovery. To end my long rambling story, a picture of Noah not listening when he was told no about going for the wii and stereo nob's. Maybe we can avoid this situation by saying Noah Stop. Heaven help us in raising this very rambunctious little boy!
He was not very happy once he realized he was stuck :)
7 comments:
Hooray for figuring out the communication barrier. it may work to use the same tone and say Noah, NO so he realizes you said his name and something different.
He is so cute why would you ever have to tell him no? Grandma's can say that.
I saw this little incident in action. I was no help. I just started laughing. He's a smart little guy and knows what he wants. He hasn't quite figured out that I'm not a trampoline though.
I like Kristin's suggestion of saying, Noah, NO. Either that or Noah, Stop. Using his name in combination with the command might help. He sure is a cutie!
Grandma's have different rules and can choose them!
I do think you'll be able to use No eventually, but he might need to be a little further along in his communication. Until then, I agree with the "stop!" phrase. Just be consistent, whatever you choose! He is such a cool kid. really.
Haha that's kinda funny. Glad you figued that out in good time:) We are starting to have that battle with Paislee, but I don't think it's the name that is the problem;) She gets into things that we firmly say NO to everytime. Yet everytime she turns and smiles at me. Hum.
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