How old does your child understand the word no?

Question

my son is 14 months...does he no what no means?

Answer 1

Yes- he   does. He is smarter than you think. It might take some repeating, but he understands.Wait and he'll start to say "No" to you!

Answer 2

my son is 18 months and he says it all the time LOL so i'm pretty sure he understands it i think round a year and a half plus they really understand but use the word now so he gets used to hearing it and wen u say it mean it cos they pick up on how to get round you pretty quick

Answer 3

My daughter is 6 months old and I'm pretty sure she knows what it means.  Whenever I say it, she stops what she is doing at the moment

Answer 4

Your son has you fooled. He knows what "NO" means.

Answer 5

1 or 2

Answer 6

Mine do, but they choose to listen sometimes and choose to ignore me other times.

It's just persistence.

I try to save it for things that are really dangerous or bothersome.  A couple of weeks ago my twins were into making themselves vomit and it was REALLY getting on my nerves.  It smelled disgusting and I was changing their clothes and sheets constantly.  One night I caught them doing it and I went ape dookie on them and really got firm and said:

"NO!  YOU DO NOT DO THAT!  THAT IS NAUGHTY!" well, they both started bawling but they haven't done it since.

Answer 7

My son will be 1 friday, he seems to know what it means when I say it to him he sticks ot his lip and stares at me, sometimes he stops what hes doing sometimes he doesnt

Answer 8

yes he knows what "no" means at that age. usually kids start to realize what no means when they are about 10 months old, some sooner. It doesn't mean they will always obey when you say it. That's where you as a parent come in to teach them that when you say no, you mean no.

Answer 9

I've had three kids and a granddaughter and they all knew the word no at about 1 yr old

Answer 10

My kids are 5, 3 and 9 months. I have always done the no thing from when they start to move around. My 9 month old knows what it means, but carries on doing it. Thinks its funny! Its hard work, but if you say no, you HAVE to be consistent! So now I tell him no when he's playing with something he shouldn't (wires, etc) and move him away. And if I have to move him away 20 times in 2 minutes, so be it. Just cause they know what it means doesn't mean they will listen, though, which is where consistency comes in. My 3 year old is going through a phase (which i like to call p*****n at 3) where she asks for something, and I say no, and she starts crying. Its hard, and I made the mistake of giving in a few times and now its so much harder to get her to stop asking, but we're getting there! With no, as with everything else, consistency is the key!!!

Answer 11

when my daughter was one she pretty much understood. No followed with a light smack on the hand or bottom will tell her that isn't something she should do.

Answer 12

Assuming you use the word, then yes.  If they play with things they shouldn't (grown-up books, opening cabinets, whatever), and you say no and take it away.  Or if they hit or bite and you say no firmly.  Or if they scream when they don't like something and you say no firmly and then put them in their crib, or take them away from whatever they wanted.  Then yes, they know by that age.

Say no and move your child away from something, repeat this several times.  Sit down and read a book or sit at the computer; there's a good chance they'll check you out or hesitantly go to see if they can get away with it.

All four of my children have understood no before a year, including the one who was slow to speak.  And here's an official source that says that's one of the milestones of the first year.  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/...

Answer 13

My son really understood "no" at around 14 or 15 months.

Answer 14

My son knew what the word NO meant just before he turned a year old.

Answer 15

in a word.... maybe.  more likely he understands your reaction, but doesn't remember which things are a no.

Answer 16

Yes at that age he should know what it means. My daughter caught on around about 12 months (started walking at 10 months..it took a couple months to teach her "no" meant to stop). Our son will be 8 months on the 4th of Aug., he's starting to respond to "no". He tries to roll over to his tummy in the middle of a diaper change, so my husband started telling him "no" one day...and we've been doing that ever since. He stops when we say it now. Same for if he wants a bottle, and starts getting whiney, we just say "no", and he's quiet while we prepare it for him. I think he's understanding it a little....but honestly I can't say for sure. It might just be coincidence of distracting him at this age.

Deffinately at 14 months, they should understand "no".

Answer 17

my nine month old knows what it means