Prob being ridiculous but scared 11mo is going to be naughty!

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Now this is probably ridiculous but I'm scared My DS (11 months) is going to be naughty.

He's a wonderful baby - always laughing and jolly and sleeps pretty well too. He is however - pretty stubborn and strong willed. If he wants something he won't give up til he's got it.

For example: crawling over to my plants to throw soil everywhere, then crying when we move him away and then crawling straight back to do it again.

Whenever we tell him 'no!' or make a loud noise to discourage him he literally just laughs at us.

Another thing he does is have a kind of mini paddy if something is taken from him (usually a phone he's grabbed) he'll kick his legs and throw his head back. How should I be dealing with this at his age? At the moment i just say 'No, thats mummys' and ignore him. It only lasts a min.

I'm basically wondering if all babies are like it at this age, whether we should be telling him off yet, or if theres anything I could do better.

He doesn't understand. He is just interested in the world. He is far too young for telling off. Just keep doing what you are doing. And chill!

Chilllll out. Of course he’s going to be naughty, he’s a little kid and little kids are assholes. They don’t come out of the womb knowing what to do, they have to learn right from wrong and that’s the fun of teaching them. He won’t be naughty forever. Relax

What your doing is perfect :) keep going it's normal

My 11 month old boy is literally identical. He also does a tantrum where he belly flops the floor if I take something off him. I think (hope) it's pretty normal. They are just learning all these different emotions and will slowly over the years work out how to deal with them

My 10 month old is exactly same you could be describing him. It's perfectly normal and just a phase. My 5 year old went through the same and now is well behaved

All children are naughty, most of them know how to behave too when they need to. He won’t have learnt that at 11m though. In the nicest way, yo are being ridiculous

Completely normal baby behaviour. And yes, he probably will be naughty at some point! Mine are 5 and 3 and are lovely and kind and generally obedient. Still have their moments!

Thanks everyone really good to know. He’s my first so I’m a bit clueless about behaviour!

I think if you go looking for "naughtiness" and living in fear of it you'll find it. In my experience most children aren't "naughty" you address challenging behaviour as it comes and there's nearly always a reason. Rules and routine but also knowing when to be flexible go a long way to preventing bad behaviour and NOT overreacting when it does come. The fact that you're looking for it like this at such a young age indicates you'll might be an overreactive parent who, which is worrying. Maybe a parenting course for you?

What CarolDanvers said. Don't expect 'naughtiness' or label him as 'naughty'. He's only a baby and is exploring the world. There's loads of time when he's bigger to teach him appropriate behaviour, for now you just need to concentrate on keeping him safe. If you think of him as 'naughty', he will be! I find with my two that relentless positivity and praise for good behaviour gets the best results.

My boy is the same. Obsessed with everything he should be: whacking the TV, playing with the fire, messing with sockets, chewing everything. I think he might be part dog. He's just learning and actually I'm pleased he's interested in real world things rather than just passively poking at noisy toys all the time. Might change my POV when he's older though

All children are naughty.

Or more accurately all children do things that are naughty. Children are not naughty.

I once watched a documentary on babies, toddlers and behaviour on Netflix.

They said babies at that age treat absolutely everything as an experiment. They're not being naughty. They're just learning to interact with the world around them. Remember, a baby has to learn everything from what naughty and good are to what that noise mummy makes is and the consequences of it (eg he doesn't even know what anger is, or laughing is and has to learn what those things are...).

It's really worth a watch as they'll explain t to you better than I can, but I do warn that it was quite boring in places! Plus I had terrible morning sickness at the time so only half paid attention! So I am crap at explaining it 😂