Is 5 months too young to teach "no"?

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Whilst breastfeeding, DD likes to pinch/grab & twist my breast :(

If I give her my finger to hold, it stops her for a little while but she then tries to throw my finger away and grab at my breast again. Is it worth telling her no & stopping feeding for a minute or is she too young for that?

Babies can learn to understand sign language from about 6 months.

DS is six months. There are things that he definitely understands and associates with certain things. He is starting to do things which indict he wants certain things or if he's crying because he has a wet nappy he will stop if I show him a nappy.

I don't think he's particularly special or unusual.

You don't need to be able to sign to start to communicate things to your baby. They probably won't understand exactly what you mean for a while, but I don't see why you can't start the process now.

However, as far as withholding food from her goes, I don't think that's a good idea simply because she needs the food and learning that withholding food as a punishment so early is probably not a good association to start forming in her brain quite so early. I'd try and see you can do something to make her associate 'no' with her behaviour in a different way.

I tell ds " No" and I point at him I've done it since about 5months only recently has he started to take notice. So when he's reaching for wires I clap loudly to attract his attention and say " no" firmly but he just smiles at me then he carries on anyway .

No is a silly word because it could mean anything depending on your tone of voice.

So I would use signs if possible uh-oh if you really have to.

You say 'no' as a warning to dogs, or perhaps older children, not to babies.

The trouble with 'no' for babies is it restricts their inquisitiveness and therefore their learning and actually just hinders their behaviour in the long run. Remember they just want to please you, that is their main objective in life.

Maybe tyu a bfeeding necklace so she can fiddle with that?

Feel your pain though my ds2 was a twiddler, pincher, drove me mad.

chewing on wires does not please me, neither does attempting to lick and chew the marble hearth, I'd rather he didn't.

Far, far too young. Or rather - you will be able to teach him what no means quite quickly. But it won't help you because it will be a long time yet before he has the control to overide his impulses. So you will say no, he'll understand and hesitate for a millisecond, then he'll be straight back to doing what he wanted to do in the first place.

No - distract/remove is your friend for the next year.

Too young for no.

But possibly not too young to have a vague idea of cause and effect. Remove her every time and she'll probably stop doing it (and/or will grow out of doing it by herself anyway)

I agree with others, it is too young to understand.

She wants to twiddle with something so try to find something other than your boob.

I gave DD1 a silky sock and she liked the feel of that and Dd2 had a muslin.