So far there are four things that Nadia hears the word "no" in reference to. Three of them we've been working on for several weeks - not touching Daddy's glasses, not putting her fingers in her mouth when Mommy is feeding her, and not grabbing on to the bars of her gym (she can grab the toys, but if she grabs the bars they collapse and she falls backwards). The new rule is no standing in the tub. I am not sure if she comprehends the word "no" or not yet. Either she doesn't get it yet, or she's pretty stubborn as last night I had to say seemingly 50 million times no standing in the tub. I had to keep putting her back into a sitting or lying down position. This new rule is certainly the one I have said with the sternest voice and face. It's one thing to fall in the living room, but I don't want her falling in the bathtub!
I have decided upon a new rule for Mommy. No taking Nadia shopping until after her 3rd nap (or 2nd nap when she gets down to 2 a day). This doesn't include going to the grocery store since it's only 5 minutes away. As long as I take her there right after she's been fed (she's fed right after she gets up from bed), I can make it there and back without her falling asleep in the car. However any other shopping destination it seems she falls asleep in the car, and even if she sleeps for 5 minutes, her nap schedule is completely messed up. I've tried just taking her straight to her crib, giving her some milk and then taking her to bed, etc. and nothing works. Many tears become involved in nap time which is not normal these days at all. Today she slept about 7 minutes on the way home from the mall. When we got home she was OUT. I closed the garage door, opened her car door, and still she was sleeping. However getting her out of the car seat woke her up, and it took forever to get her back down. I tried letting her play, but she just cried then too. She was really, really tired but was fighting the nap. So I have decided until she is down to one afternoon nap a day, my shopping trips will only be after her last nap. It's just not worth it to goof up her schedule.
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2 unsolicited mommy wisdoms:
(1) Sometimes kids use their fingers to help chew. One of mine was doing this the other day cuz he has a hard time chewing tangerines.
(2) "No" doesn't work and yes, you'll have to repeat it 3 million times! Babes lack impulse control. Now one of mine says "no no no" to little kids at the park, to the dog, to his brother, to the TV, etc. :)
It's better if you tell her "sit down" instead of no. An action statement works better than no, or so the experts tell me, although my kids don't listen to anything we tell them ;).
Welcome to the world of NO!!!
haha.
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