can 7 month old be naughty ????????????????????????????????????????

[muma3]

opinions please

of course not [cross emoticon]

No.

My mum keeps telling me that I need to start telling dd off when she pulls hair. I promise I will do it in the future and will stop her turning into a little bully, but she is only doing what every child does. By the way this is the same mum who now thinks she was very strict with my brother and I.

er, no!

She's not deliberately hurting you (and therefore naughty) but you don't want her to learn that making you go "ow" is OK. Little babies don't understand about other people's feelings for quite a long while, but they are learning. So as others have said, make sure that you discourage her from this behaviour (and removing from the scene of the crime is probably the best approach). My dd used to pull ds's hair for the screaming at a similar age and it certainly upset him! We had to get him out of the double buggy and on to a buggy board to stop it happening (16 mth gap between them).

my dd is 10.5 months and is still hitting me in the face and gets very cross when i tell her no but i think the key is not to laugh at it or else you are giving the impression that the behavior is acceptable. I don't think that babies at that age are naughty but to a certain extent you can try and not encourage the behavior. Easier said than done sometimes- I tend to find myself in fits of laughter

Ds was around 17 or 18 months when he walked into the kitchen and went towards to fridge. I said "not for Bob" as I had been doing since he started crawling, and he looked really relieved, like he was glad that was still the rule and he understood it.

Deliberate, willfull naughtiness (just for the sake, rather than for another reason such as tired or ill) has only just started at nearly 3.

The main thing at any age is your reaction. If there isn't one the behaviour is not worth repeating.