My 1 yr old daughter keeps saying NO...help!?

Question

she says it to kids in the park and just everyone all the time! is this normal? any advice on how to handle this or encourage her to stop would b appreciated.

Answer 1

ha ha ha ha this is sooo normal !!!!!!!!   She's a baby...stop worrying and enjoy this time together as it is over very quickly!!!  Bless her!!!

Answer 2

LOL, she's learnt the power of the word "NO", my daughter says it a lot now at 20 months.Maybe because they hear us sayig it a lot.Its a phase, one I wouldn't even bother discouraging as she'll grow out of it.

Answer 3

hi my daughter is the same if you ask her something its no. even if she wants something. its just the age they are at. its funny sometimes but can get annoying after you hear it for the 50th time that day just tell her it is not nice saying no all the time. my daughter has her own little mind. but the no comes in handy at the table when you ask her if she wants anything else to eat she tells us no when she is full which is great. and she says no to strangers too. it will come in handy so don't worry to much about it.

Answer 4

Totally normal.  Don't worry about it.  If she says it to you when you're telling her to do something, just correct her and say "You don't tell Mommy no."  Don't worry about it any other time, or you're going to waste a whole lot of time.

Answer 5

it's normal when babies learn a word they say it for everything even if they don't know what it means. if she says it out of anger then say yes or if you ask her if she wants something and she says no but you know she wants it then say yes and she will learn the word yes you just have to work with her on other words.

Answer 6

Very normal. She has a new word that gets/has gotten great reactions for her, so she likes saying it. It'll fade away as she learns new words and finds they bring similiar reactions. Don't worry about it, she'll stop on her own. The more you react to it the more likely she is to keep it up, just don't respond and let it fade on it's own. It's not like she's saying something completely embarassing or inappropraite.

Answer 7

Stop worrying! It is so normal! I work at a preschool and daycare center and about half the kids so "no" all the time! The ysay it becasue it is easy to say and they no peoples reactions to it. Talk to her about other words and she will catch on but not for a while.

     Good Luck!

Answer 8

Just ignore it most children this age find a word they like -even though they don't understand the meaning of it - they keep saying it.  Making a fuss will only make her say it all the more.

Answer 9

My Daughter went through this too. It's a new word that is easy for her to say.......and it gets reactions!!! She is just learning new things and likes being understood so she sticks with saying the same words. My Daughter took this to the max and everything was no. Until I asked her questions that needed a yes.......do you want an ice cream? do you want to play in the park? are you a big girl? Things like that. Try and teach her new words so she just gets bored with this one. Good luck.

Answer 10

well my health visitor once told me that if i keep saying no my little girl will also say it but all the time so she told me never use a word continuously. but when i received my baby center advert it does say there that at the age of 1 to about 2 they say no alot. hope this helps

Answer 11

This is normal she's peobably heard it loads from you (and we all say it to our kids- it doesnot make you a bad mum), so to her its normal. She will grow out of it

Answer 12

say no to her when she asks for things and say its not nice to say no is it it wont take long for her to snap out of that one