I took the girls to the grocery store (as usual) tonight. Abby was hitting Emi on the top of the head and I said “Abby… no!” and she immediately stopped, looked at me and said “ni ni” which means “nicely… nicely” and began petting Emi.
I believe she equated what she was doing to Emi to what she does to the cat. Instead of just stopping her with the cat, we’ve been saying “Abby, no… pet niiiiiiiiiiiiicely” (gotta elongate the ‘i'” So… she did!
And to add to that.. she repeated her actions in the tub tonight. Goofball!