I tell her no and she just smiles at me and keeps going?

Question

I have a 16 month old daughter who doesn't understand the meaning of no. she is very independent a lil bit to much sometimes. if she is about to do something wrong and i tell her no she just watches me and smiles and as soon as my back is turned she goes and does just what i told her not to, I spank her on her bum and told her no but she just shook it off and went back to doing the same thing again. How do I help her to understand the meaning of NO???? Help

Answer 1

I'm sorry but i think she understands perfectly well what no means, but let's face it it's more fun to keep doing as she pleases, my son is younger but i get the same reaction... i have no magical advice for you with my son i say NO if the behavior was dangerous he gets a slap on the hand or bum then i try to distract him my moving him and/or getting him a toy, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. I'm just hoping in the long run my consistency will pay off

good luck to us both! :)

Answer 2

We have the same problem with my brother, He is 19 monthes old. If we tell him no he gets mad and screams and when we turn around he does it any way. We pop his but and sit him on the couch and tell him No!!! He cry's but it will be while before he does it again. Sometimes he doesn't even do it again. We found that is the best way with him find something that works for her.

Answer 3

tell her no in a firm voice and sit her in a timeout 1 minute for every year of age.  At that age they dont understand they wont sit down in timeout so keep taking her to the timeout spot and tell her you are in time out for doing (fill in the blank)

It will be a fight but she is a lot smarter then you give her credit for.  She knows what no means she is just testing you to see how far she can get away with things.   Keep taking her to the timeout chair for one minute or so even though the screaming and crying.  She will soon understand you mean business.  When she screams and cries pay  no attention to her and continue taking her back to the timeout chair saying nothing to her.  This is the beginning of dicipline that will last a long time.  Be tough and dont give in.  Good luck!

Answer 4

Don't let her fool you!  She knows the meaning of "No" very well.  She just choses to ignore you.  Next time she does it, pick her up and put her nose in the corner.  If she gets out of the corner, do it again until she realizes why she is there and you aren't going to back down.  I had to do this with my daughter around the same age.  She was so stubborn!  I started trying this method, and she got the message fairly quickly.

Answer 5

Put her in the time out chair for 5 mins every time she tries to do what you said she couldn't . spanking her is only going make her fear you .

Answer 6

well try doing something bad and then said me no no

Answer 7

Of course she doesn't understand the meaning of no...she is a BABY for crying out loud.  Babies aren't born with dictionaires in hand so they can figure out the meanings of the words they hear.  YOU have to go get here and redirect her attetnion rather than hitting her because she has NO idea why you are hitting your child.  There is no reason for you to use physical violence against your child because you are either too lazy or too "busy" to do your job as a parent.  When you redirect her you GENTLY tell her "no" and turn her around or pick her up and move her to something else.  All you are teaching her now is how to be violent.  That is why she threw your cellphone (which shouldn't have been where she could get to it to begin with), YOU taught her how to have a violent temper.

Answer 8

She knows what 'no' means - She is just testing you.  If she keeps going, just remove her from the situation, or take the object away, whatever it takes so that the action is no longer an option.  If she gets fussy, distract her with an acceptable activity.

Answer 9

if its the tv or anything like that you should say no kindly, if she keeps watching be more agressive and shout no and for a last resort turn off the tv and talk to her why you turned it off

if its one of her toys and you want her to stop playing ask her nicely, then more agressively then take it away

Answer 10

Sounds as though she thinks you are playing a game with her. Do not laugh nor smile when saying no and be firm. If you can get someone else to act like her and do as she and say no and show her that may help.

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Answer 11

try saying nor more forcefully. over exaggerate the world NO. maybe you could also try saying "bad" "stop" or "hurt"

Answer 12

Keep an eye on her and the next time you say no and she starts to do something  go to her and take both of her hands and place them in yours, look her straight in the eyes and say "mommy says No, only with athority. This time she will see that you mean it. Also if she does it anyway . Give her a time out. She definitely knows what No means but is seeing if she can get away with doing things anyway.

Answer 13

put her in time-out when she disobeys (have her sit for a minute or 2)....

don't talk to her during that time.  

take away waht she wants to do at that moment.

Answer 14

You have to be firm and not smile when she smiles. I know it's cute and it makes disciplining that much harder.

She is still pretty young, so take her away from the situation in which she is mmisbehaving and see what happens from there.