Quick Tips for How to Respond When My Toddler Says "No"!!

Instead of asking "do you want a bath?" say "it's bath time, go get in the tub. Do you want the red towel or the blue towel?" If you don't ask ??? about the chore there is less room for the word no, but you still give him a choice about the fun so he feels in control. Kids act out and say no when they are trying to find a sense of control in their lives.

If he is still saying it no matter what choices you give, What we did with our son was "Who's Mom and Dad (or the parent)?" he would say "you" and then we would say "who's the child?" and he would say "ME!" and then we would ask him "who makes the rules?" and he said "you" and our response was "So go get in the tub. (or do what ever)" and we used this all the way thru preschool. It took some training to get the conversation down but it really established our roles, and ended arguments.

A friend of mine says his children said no to everything even if they were perfectly willing to do whatever instruction he gave his children. :)
Another friend said her daughter said "yeah" to everything!
Mine still says no to a lot of things and I say to him "Yes, mom I will do ___" pretending it's him talking. Sometimes he really means no and sometimes he whines and gets over it quickly and sometimes he goes right along with what I want.
Don't stress over it!

When my daughter was going through that stage, we had a song from a Musikgarten Class CD called "No, I won't Go" In a sweet sing songy voice, it sang, "No no no, no no no, No I won't go" And it changed over the course of the song, but it was super cute and when she would be in a 'no' mood, I would sing that song, and we would giggle and often go on to do whatever I had suggested.
The other thing that comes to mind is: Would you like a bath with bubbles? Or with blue water? So, he still gets to assert himself, but either choice is agreeable, but that may be a different issue....

Sometimes when you have a boss let him be the boss a little. They like control so instead of saying time for a bath, try what time is it? and give him a little time to adjust to the new way of doing it. You can race to see who gets to the bathroom first. Make some of the same old daily tasks FUN sometimes. As for the saying "NO" I had two out of five kids start with it and the one it lasted for as long as I gave it attention, then learned four years later when the next one tried that phase if it was completely ignored the attention wasn't gotten it ended quickly. Good luck.