Ok so my DH and I are going rounds this week becasue Ty has hit a stage where he kicks you when your trying to change his diaper and he is also pulling on things. Last night he pulled down my moms plant and so I pulled his hand away and said No NO. My Dh yelled at me and said that kids dont understand the word no.

At halloween his mom did the same thing to me. She told me that kids done understand until the age of 2. I think by 2 years your looking for a nightmare... I mean really I think people underestimate the inteligence of babies. I mean if they can learn to roll,crawl feed themselves. Learn sign language as early as 6 months I think they know that No means no.

What are your thoughts its not like I spanked him or anything I just raised my voice a little bit and grabbed his hand and said No in a stearn voice. He cried but he stopped.

I think if I wait until he is 2 to dicipline I will very much lose my mind and controll over my child.

Oh my gosh nooooooo Nicholas knew what no meant by that age and though he didn't like it he knew if we said no it meant he was doing something he wasn't supposed to and he generally stopped though sometimes he tested us.

This is from baby center

Your baby starts to learn what others are saying and doing even before he's born. As a newborn, he doesn't know the precise meaning of the words you use, but he picks up on your emotions — such as happiness, sadness, love, concern, anxiety, and anger. By the time he's 4 months old, he'll recognize his own name, and by 8 to 12 months he'll understand simple requests such as "No" or "Don't touch." Around 24 months, he'll be able to talk to you in two- or three-word phrases. By 3, he'll have a vocabulary of several hundred words and a pretty good sense of some of the rituals and activities of everyday life, such as food shopping, telling time, and housecleaning.

http://www.babycenter.com/0_de...avior-and-co_6575.bc

Thanks for that link I am going to print it off and send it to his mom and show DH what experts say.

I have always said no, or maybe no dont touch to my kids even younger than 7 months. I think the only way they will learn is by starting them early and letting them figure it out.

Troy so know's what no means and has for a LONG TIME! He tells the dogs NO NO!! when they try to get his food and he is only 16 months old, not 2!

Olivia so knows what NO means, we started it around 7-8 months. It would probably be a nightmare if you started saying no at 2.

Your DH and MIL are nuts... Of course they know what NO means!! Maybe at 7 months it's a bit of a lost cause since they don't really react but if you don't start now, you will have one crazy toddler!!

I remember thinking my friend was crazy for giving her 13 month old time-outs but her kid responded to them almost immediately and he is now almost 3 and time outs still work quite well on him! I started giving time outs to Rayna at around 15 months and it didn't take long for her to figure out that it was punishment...

Anyway my point is that if a kid can understand a time out at 13 months they can sure as heck understand the word no!!

Yeah I definately Agree with everyone else in saying that babies that young DO understand what no is........I think your DH and MIL are a bit Be sure to let us know what they said to the printout you gave them :-)

Everyone of my kids were told no,no-no or even uhuh at a very early age. That's how they learn right from wrong.

I agree with the other ladies. Even though he doesn't necessarily understand the meaning of the word no, he hears the change in the tone of your voice. He definitly is not too young to be told no.

When JT was 4 months old, my ex husband used to literally slap my poor little boys's hands telling him NO, good gosh it would aggravate me to no end! I think slowly they realize once they get to 6 months and then on they start learning more because thats when they are getting into stuff more so once they learned to grasp things,etc....

Amelia's learning it quickly right now! We tell her know and she looks at us and her little lip turns out and she pouts! Stops her from getting into the dog's water bowl every time! Ignore them!