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

[muma3]

opinions please

[moondog]

No.Absolutely not.

[LIZS]

Not deliberately but may enjoy your reaction and repeat behaviour to see it again ! What has he/she done ?

[sfxmum]

no detest the word

[muma3]

she keeps grabbing at my face really nastily , my friend think she might end up being naughty as she can see it in her now , she throws her dummy and chuckes herself back , i wasnt quite sure if this was just normal baby behaviour or she could have a streak of misbehaviour brewing i her?

[troublesmummy]

Ds throws tantrums when i stop him from eating something totally inappropriate like a pen, or if he's scratching but i don't suppose that counts as naughty.

[SnowmAngeliz]

totally normal muma3, i pretend to cry when dd gets rough (also grabs my face) and she usually kisses (licks) then.

(She's 10 months)

[fishie]

no she LIKES YOU and is exploring you and her world further, how could she know it hurts? imo your friend is potty.

[muma3]

i just find it funny because she laughs when she has done it !!!
she will smack me then turn her head as if hiding then do it again !!
she has become very violent towards me recently too ?

[SnowmAngeliz]

yes, your friend is barmy.

[SnowmAngeliz]

muma3, honest they're all like that.

[muma3]

i think it was just meant as " oh she is going to be a little rascal !" kinda?

[HRHQueenOfQuelNoel]

I don't think she's being naughty, or being a little 'rascal' - but I do find it amusing how on one hand people can say "oh they don't understand" or "they don't know" about babies this age (and younger) yet at the same time say that babies "learn" things about the way we react with them - either they can learn things, and understand things this young or they can't (FWIW I'm with the "they DO understand a lot more than people make out at this age" camp )

[muma3]

she does know what she is doing that is obvious , so why are children older called naughty and babies arent?
surely they are all just finding out what they can and cant get away with and they all test our reactions but when (and they can tell the difference in tone of voice ) i get cross or say "no" she keeps doing it .
she knows im not happy with what she does so that in any other child is classed as naughty right?

[SnowmAngeliz]

but muma3, she 7 months, you can't say a 7 month old has the same knowledge as, say a 7 year old.
Babies LEARN empathy.
She is acting totally normal IMO.

[beansprout]

7 mo babies do not understand "no". Ds is 14 months and I distract him if I want him to stop what he is doing. He doesn't understand "no".

[Spidermama]

My 11 month old pinches and twists my skin because he likes the reaction when I scream 'Ow!'.

It's not malicious. Just genuine interest.

[beansprout]

It's not worth assuming that your baby is being naughty. She is not, she doesn't know how to at this age. She is programmed to explore and learn. Apart from eating and sleeping, it's what she is doing every single minute of the day. It's up to us to work around that a bit. So, if you don't want her to hit you in the face, and hey, why would you, just put her down and get her to do something else.

[muma3]

maybe not nessecarily the word no but like i said they do understand a change in tone ( i dont tell her no it was an example )

[wheresmyfroggy]

She can't possibly understand that she is causing pain, she just likes the action she is carrying out and the response she gets from you. She is using her senses to explore and learn.
Putting her down when she does it will be a response she doesn't enjoy so much so may deter it.

[teabelly]

Muma just spotted this thread...your dd is perfectly normal my dd is doing exactly the same and I agree wholeheartedly with wheresmyfroggy, she can't know it's painful because she doesn't understand the ability to cause pain for someone else yet - that will be learned in the next few years. She definitely likes the fact that it gets a reaction. I do as froggy says and put dd down when she does this, removing her from the situation means she gets a reaction she doesn't like and will hopefully stop her repeating it another time and stops me from getting mad at her when it feels like another chunk of my face has been pulled off

FWIW dd also chuckles loads - esp when she pulls ds's hair and he shrieks - reaction again! And I'm positive they understand more - infact sometimes I'm certain dd has been here before - too knowing for her own good sometimes

[starlover]

muma just to echo everyone else... all babies do it!

my 11 month old STILL does it. despite stern words, putting down, pulling hands away etc etc... he just likes to do it and he doesn't understand why he shouldn't
how is that being naughty?
he doesn't know that what he is doing is "wrong" any more than your daughter does.

and as for throwing the dummy... well you wait until she's moving... she'll be throwing everything she can find!!! lol

[colditz]

My ds finally learned the meaning of 'NO' at about 10 months, I think. He was crawling towards the video, put his hand out for it, then stopped, shook his head and crawled away.

It was very sweet and amusing to see.

Agree with other posters though, your friends sounds a bit nuts, just put her down when she hurts you.

[mummytosteven]

No. Definitely not. Sounds like typical baby behaviour to me!

[Kelly1978]

def cna't be naughty at that age, but it seems like it and it is so funny to watch. dt1 was winding dt2 up today, holding out a straw to him then yanking it away at the lat minute and scuttling away. He obs thought it was great fun. they are 10mnths.

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