Right, so how do you discipline your 1 year old???

[shell96]

Ok, my DS has just turned one and is starting to recognise being told No and things he is not allowed to do. We know this because if he is going to do something he is not allowed (eg. poke at the telly, pull over the upright lamp, bash the mirrors) he crawls extra fast to get there before we stop him. Also the last few days he has begun to come and give me cuddle when I tell him off (manipulative little so-and-so )

I have tried telling him NO really sternly, bending down to his eye level and looking him in the eye when i tell him off, repeatedly take him away from whatever he is doing (my patience with this one always runs out before his) or just distracting him with something else.

DP gives him a wee smack on the back of the hand when he is telling him No but I dont like doing this (although I have tried once or twice - totally ineffective!).

Any hints or tips? He is too young for the naughty step but dont know where to start?

Or maybe after threads are brought back from Zombieland, the Zombie warning should appear before the new post?

Good idea.

Reported so MNHQ can tell us if it's possible.

Oops - fell for the zombie thread.

@Goldmandra

Or maybe after threads are brought back from Zombieland, the Zombie warning should appear before the new post?

Good idea.

Reported so MNHQ can tell us if it's possible.

Hi Gold,

We see where you're coming from on this, but the zombie does stick around for the first few new posts on a zombie thread. After that, the thread isn't really zombified any more so we don't think the warning needs to stay.

If lots of folk feel differently we will of course reconsider the zombie.

what about just locking a thread?

I can't really see that much can be added to a thread that is of any use or relevance years after the last person who was actually part of the conversation left the room!

If someone really really wanted or needed to offer potty training advice to someone whose child was probably now in secondary school they could always start a thread and link the old thread to it

That way, threads stay as a resource but you don't end up suggesting to someone that they wear a particular dress 8 years after the event happened that they were looking for a dress to wear to!

It sticks around for the first two, both of which were posted by Mumma2Daisy (who mysteriously hasn't been back! Hmmm bumping a contentious thread to play devil's advocate??)

There have been plenty of recent threads about how to stop babies from touching things they aren't allowed. I don't think this one needs to be around.

Maybe increasing zombie warning to the first 5 posts rather than 2?

Thanks Amy.

I get that once a few posts are made it becomes a current thread again but I can't think of a scenario where it wouldn't be helpful to have the revival clearly highlighted.

One line of a red warning that stays on the revival post might be enough to stop us being sucked in for other people's entertainment.

Cadmium is right. Most of the time I mumsnet via the android app and zombie threads aren't marked on that. (Another way in which the app is a bit crap....!)

I had this very conversation with my hv this week.

we do the saying no, firmer no, moving her away from the situation and distraction and if all of the above fails she gets a very light tap on the back of her hand.

Hv had absolutely no issues with this. if it's not your way then that is fine but others feel differently

if all of the above fails she gets a very light tap on the back of her hand.

What in heaven's name is the point of a 'very light tap' on any part of a child, ever?

If it's that light it means nothing. If it's hard enough to hurt it is hitting a baby and it is not fine.

Either way it's unlikely to achieve anything apart from make the adult dishing it out feel powerful.

that is your opinion gold

it doesn't make me feel powerful but it is slowly teaching my strong willed 1 year old that there are limits and it is highly effective

but it is slowly teaching my strong willed 1 year old that there are limits and it is highly effective

If you say so

I do indeed