No
I have been noticing -v- and I have been saying, ,,No,” more and more. He hits the window, we say no. He wants to teeth on our hands or shoulders. We say no. He wants to stand and chew on the side of the cat’s scratching post or play with the diaper waste basket, and we say no. He grabs for hair or glasses resting on face. We say no. He bites on the glass of drinking water and we say no.
I find it weird and a little disturbing that the word no is a word we use more and more often. It’s obvious that the need to say no and teach him that there are certain things he can not do for it is a necessary part of parenthood else he may break a window and cut self, or bite too many kids at daycare and hurt some one, or chew on the side of the diaper bucket and get shit or piss residue on face.
I do think of all the words we speak to him daily no is probably the second most word said to Ezra after the word Ezra. He recognizes and reacts to his name, so no isn’t the only work he understands. I have noticed he doesn’t hit the window as much nor bite on the drinking cup when drinking. I only hope no isn’t the only word we teach him, so I am trying to speak many other words besides no.