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3/25/10 at 5:16pm
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Originally Posted by LynnS6 View Post
A couple of quick thoughts:

instead of telling him 'no', tell him what he can do. You don't want him biting the couch? Give him a teething toy each and every time. "Here this is for biting.
Yep, it's like the pink elephant thing- if I say "Don't think of a pink elephant"- what are you thinking of? I'm better off saying "Think of a blue giraffe" kwim?



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Second, don't confuse understanding with impulse control. Understanding 'no' and being able to stop a motion are two separate skills. If an infant or toddler has started doing something, it's very difficult for them to inhibit the motion when you say no.
So so true. Adults don't have perfect impulse control, so we definitely can't expect kids to.
I know why I shouldn't eat loads of sugar, but I am obsessively drawn to it. You don't even want to know how much I ate yesterday. I'm have an incredibly hard time keeping myself from eating it.
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