Moms What Kind of Disciplinarian Are You?

Question

With your baby?

Are you the kind of mom that will just say NO when the baby is doing something wrong? Will you smack his/her hand and say NO? Do you just take whatever it is that he/she has and isnt supposed to, and let it be?

And why?

And does it work? lol

Answer 1

My kids are older now, but since they were babies, our basic strategy is to supervise until they're ready to learn and, then, when they are ready to learn, we teach.  

So, if, when babies, they were touching something they shouldn't, we would first say 'no' and get them safe.  

Then, as parents, we would reevaluate whatever it was that *we* were doing that lead us to putting our children in a situation where they could be unsafe or impolite - a situation where they could get or do something that they did not yet know how to handle properly.  

We would babyproof, change our parenting techniques so that we could supervise more closely, etc.

Then, when the child was ready to learn, we would (and still do) get involved with some active teaching - role play, role model, discuss, demonstrate, experiment & learn from the natural & logical consequences inherent in the situation.  

Answer 2

I say NO but i get down to her level and say it firmly (not shouting) and if she tries again she gets her hand popped and sat on the floor . and i have popped her bottom if she was climbing a fireplace or something dangerous and then sat her down on the floor and made her sit till she calms down.

Answer 3

I will pop my son's hand and say no no in a firm voice. I don't let him do things he should not be doing because if I don't start disciplining him now, I will have a hard time later. Now, I can usually tell him no no and he will stop what he is doing and go in another direction.

Answer 4

It depends on the offense

My daughter is 3 1/2 so unless its sever she gets a NO or dont do that or put that down

If she gets a swat it is because she has done something serious or because she continues not to listen after the third time of telling her

I dont know what type of disciplinarian I am but I do know that I demand good behavior and manners and that there are constant and consistant consequences to her actions whether they be good or bad actions. She is fully aware of the consequences prior to the action and she is allowed to make her choice!

The biggest thing with children of any age is consistancy in the discipline - if you put out a consequence it is imperative you follow through on it or they learn that  your word means nothing and you lose control!!

JMO

~D~

Answer 5

I started smacking Emma's hand when she was six months old (she was very mobile by rolling).  It took a couple of times for her to catch on.  I started by only picking one or two things I wanted to say no and smack her hand for (the doors underneath the tv for example).  I would say no twice, then smack.  Now she is nine months old and I rarely have to smack her hand....usually I say no and she leaves it alone (unless she is really into getting something new in which case I don't even think she hears the no).  Ppl on here say smacking a hand leads to spanking a toddler, which is just what I planned on doing anyways.