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One of the teachers at DD's daycare uses this phrase when a child in the class is doing something s/he shouldn't be doing. Basically it's a substitute for just plain "no"<br><br>
Redirection is very big, but I've heard her use "no thank you" several times.<br><br>
Now my DH is picking this up. We are fairly childproofed but some things can't be avoided. For example, the catdoor is an endless source of fascination for DD - there's a flap over it that is held closed with a magnet at the bottom and she likes to stick any part of her body through it that she can. The problem with this is that the basement stairs are right on the other side and she could fall down them. The cats need access to the basement as their food and litter are down there, and the door is inconveniently placed in the center of everything, so short of boarding up the door (which we do temporarily when DD gets very insistent about trying it over and over) there isn't any kind of prevention we can do there. We redirect but whenever gets a chance she makes a beeline for the cat door. So if she does stick her hand through, and DH isn't right there to physically remove her, he calls out "no thank you Jordan!" on the way over.<br><br>
What are everyone's thoughts on this? Is "no thank you" any better or worse than just "no?" Any other ideas on how to handle the cat door fiasco?<br><br><br>
Incidentally - and this may be a separate post - DD also screeches in the car. She has never been a car baby but lately she emits ear-piercing shrieks and strains against the straps. She does it *constantly* and it's **REALLY** annoying. I'm sensitive to loud noise anyway, so this makes me want to jump out of my skin. Leaves me terribly low on patience. Generally if she will not accept toys/ distractions I ignore her, the message being "this behavior will not change the situation". DH has begun saying "no thank you!" in the car too. It doesn't seem to help. But I"m not sure how other people handle this car stuff with GD. You're both trapped in there for the duration of the trip and unfortunately we live at least 20 minutes away from everything. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/crap.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="crap">
Redirection is very big, but I've heard her use "no thank you" several times.<br><br>
Now my DH is picking this up. We are fairly childproofed but some things can't be avoided. For example, the catdoor is an endless source of fascination for DD - there's a flap over it that is held closed with a magnet at the bottom and she likes to stick any part of her body through it that she can. The problem with this is that the basement stairs are right on the other side and she could fall down them. The cats need access to the basement as their food and litter are down there, and the door is inconveniently placed in the center of everything, so short of boarding up the door (which we do temporarily when DD gets very insistent about trying it over and over) there isn't any kind of prevention we can do there. We redirect but whenever gets a chance she makes a beeline for the cat door. So if she does stick her hand through, and DH isn't right there to physically remove her, he calls out "no thank you Jordan!" on the way over.<br><br>
What are everyone's thoughts on this? Is "no thank you" any better or worse than just "no?" Any other ideas on how to handle the cat door fiasco?<br><br><br>
Incidentally - and this may be a separate post - DD also screeches in the car. She has never been a car baby but lately she emits ear-piercing shrieks and strains against the straps. She does it *constantly* and it's **REALLY** annoying. I'm sensitive to loud noise anyway, so this makes me want to jump out of my skin. Leaves me terribly low on patience. Generally if she will not accept toys/ distractions I ignore her, the message being "this behavior will not change the situation". DH has begun saying "no thank you!" in the car too. It doesn't seem to help. But I"m not sure how other people handle this car stuff with GD. You're both trapped in there for the duration of the trip and unfortunately we live at least 20 minutes away from everything. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/crap.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="crap">