What's that you said? -No??? Ahahahaha

For the most part, we do not tell our girls "no" very often. Mostly because it's more fun to say yes and we don't want "no" to be yelled back at us. The only time we really tell Cicily "no" is in a life-injuring (or hearing aid injuring) moment. Since she has lots of extra toys attached to her person, she likes to pull on them when all other real toys are out of reach. This includes pulling on her trach vent, g-tube button, oxygen mask, and hearing aid. Pulling on her vent is not too big an issue normally, but it has been the cause of her pulling out her own trach on a couple occasions. And putting in a trach is never fun, especially not under unplanned circumstances. She also for some crazy reason loves to tug on her g-tube button. This occasionally causes it to bleed a little. Apparently it doesn't hurt her or she has a hugely high pain tolerance, I'd probably vote for the latter. Once on the way to the Pediatrician, I looked back at her in the car and she smiled her huge smile at me as she chewed on her button - she'd pulled it clear out and was chewing on it and thought it was funny! I had to laugh, and find a place to pull over and insert it back into her stomach. (see G-tube under my equipment for how that's done) There's also her oxygen mask that she wears while sleeping. The other night we heard a strange banging sound, so Chris and I rushed to Cicily's room and she smiles up at us while banging her mask against her crib. And then there's her hearing aid which she loves to hit with her hand and pull down over her face. None of these playful activities is a very good idea. So whenever Cis engages in playing with these things, we tell her "no, that's not a toy" and sign no. She looks at us and smiles all big, then gets a smirky grin and slowly goes for the "toy" again. I think for Cicily life must be one big, sometimes crappy, mostly fun game.