Discipling a baby may seem harsh; but babies can sometimes show behaviour that needs discipling.
Obviously, managing the behaviour of babies has to be different from the way an older child would be dealt with: However, the same principles of ignoring unwanted behaviour and rewarding good, wanted behaviour are the same.
Babies love to pull hair and earrings and that can really hurt, so if they do this a firm “No!” should deter him from repeating this. If baby is sitting nicely on an adults lap, not pulling hair, but simply looking at your face, this should be encouraged by praising in a ‘sing-songy’ voice or maybe tickling the baby while smiling at him..
Babies also love to throw objects; it’s how they first start to learn about gravity: Throwing a toy from a pram or pushchair doesn’t realy do much harm-except that the more times you pass it back the more times she will throw it out again: You will tire of this game before baby does.
But if she starts to throw food from her highchair or throw toys around then a little persuasion to not do this is needed.
I f a baby is throwing toys Distract him by moving him away from the offending toy and get him to focuse on something else.
Try not to over use the word “no” as after a while she will ignore it.
Tell a baby that you love him often.
Never shout loud.ly at a baby as this will scare her and never let your guard down about safety.
I would like to thank my Facebook friends for allowing me to use photos of their babies ( who didn’t necessarily need discipling!).
Behaviour management in general here
And behaviour management for older children here
Always questions and comments are welcome.
Until next time.
Karen
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Distraction…
Sit and play.
Read a story..
Pick up and sing songs..
Food and drink…
Worse case out for a walk….
If later in the day.. Really long bath…
Thanks for taking the time to share your ideas, Amanda
Visiting from Anything Goes! We are in this process with our grandson. I agree throwing things is an act of learning, but after awhile…
Thanks for your comment, Melynda
Haha them times were tough, but good advice x #dreamteam
Thanks for your kind words, Sam
Distraction always seems to work so well. Thank you for joining us for the #DreamTeam x
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Annette
Children need to learn boundaries and it is never too early. However, it needs to be done in an age appropariate way as you have described. Thanks for linking up with #DreamTeam
Absolutely, Laura, thanks for hosting the linky every week
Teaching kids boundaries from the start will shape them the right way from the start. Great post. #alittlebitofeverything
Absolutely, thanks for your kind words
Such hard work teaching a baby right from wrong especially when it comes to hair pulling.
Thanks for joining in with #pocolo and hope to see you back soon.
Thanks for having me on#pocolo and for your comment
Totally agree, it’s how you do it – but it’s something that’s needed to avoid confusion in the years ahead. Thanks for sharing with #PoCoLo
Glad to hear that you agree with me, Stephanie and for having me as a part of the linky