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[quote=Anonymous]I would sit down with her and some dolls or stuffed animals and act out the scenario. Have the mama bear ask a question and the baby not answer, then have the mama say to herself, I feel like I’m being ignored and that hurts my feelings. She needs to understand why it’s not okay to ignore people, because she’s too young to consider that. Teach her directly.

Then if she doesn’t answer you the next time, walk over and interrupt her by telling her to look right at you and answer. She will realize that answering the first time will be easier for her. Or, call her over to you and interrupt her that way, so she has to put down her toy and come over. She will not like that, either.

You can also ask once, and if you are sure she heard you, you decide and stick with it. She knows you are going to keep asking right now, so there is no cost to her right now.

When you want to change a behavior, the child needs to understand the behavior, which you explain with the stuffed animals, and then there needs to be a cost to the unwanted behavior. Also, when she does answer the first time, you praise her and occasionally reinforce that positive behavior by saying something along the lines of that since she’s gotten so good at answering the first time, you have more free time to take her to the park or play a game with her or whatever.[/quote]

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