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[quote=Anonymous]Discipline, redirection, punishment... even rewards.  They are all different words for consequences.  The line between which is what is really grey.  Even what we think is a punishment may be a reward if a child is seeking attention.

Give your child consequences that fit their actions, both positive & negative, as closely as you can manage.  Especially at young ages, they learn best from this because it helps them understand the connection.  If they use a toy to hit you, take away that toy for a time, and if they throw food, take away the food.

As has been pointed out by a PP, at this stage, while they have made the connection that when they do something "bad", you react by saying "no", they don't really understand what "bad" is.  Doing it again, to see if you do in fact say "no" again, it part of the learning process.  So don't get angry...just be consistent.

I think picking her up and saying "no" then redirecting her is a good response at this stage.  As far as putting her in a time-out, she is probably a little too young for that to be a great method, but if you follow the 1-min per year of age rule, well, 1 minute isn't going to harm her, either.  And she will learn consequences.  She is demonstrating to you that she is already learning this when she looks at you and says "uh-oh" (the word you are using for "no") just before doing something "bad".  She KNOWS there is a connection there, but she doesn't fully understand it which is why she is exploring it.[/quote]

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