Cannot stop label from accepting my touches - ios

Question

I am working on a game where, when the user uses a skill, there is a time limit before he can use it again. Say 5 seconds, so I have a button, and in the middle of that button is a label which count downs the seconds till I am able to use said skill again.
During testing i noticed that my skill didnt, work since sometimes i would click the label node. Therefore i wrote
- (void)setupHUD
{
int barHeight = 50;
CGSize backgroundSize =
CGSizeMake(self.size.width, barHeight);
// myView.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:myWhiteFloat alpha:myAlphaFloat];
SKColor *backgroundColor =
[SKColor colorWithRed:0 green:1 blue:0.0 alpha:0.4];
SKSpriteNode *hudBarBackground =
[SKSpriteNode spriteNodeWithColor:backgroundColor
size:backgroundSize];
[hudBarBackground setUserInteractionEnabled:NO];
hudBarBackground.position =
CGPointMake(0, self.size.height - barHeight);
hudBarBackground.anchorPoint = CGPointZero;
[_hudLayer addChild:hudBarBackground];
timeButtTimmer = [SKLabelNode labelNodeWithFontNamed:#"Copperplate"];
tbutttimmer.userInteractionEnabled=NO;
// [tbutttimmer setUserInteractionEnabled: FALSE];
timeButtTimmer.name=#"label";
timeButtTimmer.fontSize=15;;
timeButtTimmer.position =
CGPointMake(self.size.width-75,
self.size.height - 30);
[_hudLayer addChild:timeButtTimmer];
}
Much to my surprise the label is still clickable and my nslog confirms that i can click it, since i have an nslog of the name of the node i touched.
I have modified my code to read
if ([node.name isEqualToString:#"button"] | [node.name isEqualToString:#"Readypras"])
I know this is dirty, but anyone has come across this before or am i doing something wrong. am i using the wrong property? thou in the documentation userInteraction is what sets if a node receives touch events.
-(id)initWithSize:(CGSize)size level:(int)level {
if (self = [super initWithSize:size]) {
_hudLayer = [SKNode node];
[_hudLayer setUserInteractionEnabled:NO];
[self addChild:_hudLayer];
[self setupHUD];
}
return self;
}
- (void)createUserInterface
{
SKLabelNode* startMsg =
[SKLabelNode labelNodeWithFontNamed:#"Chalkduster"];
startMsg.name = #"msgLabel";
startMsg.userInteractionEnabled=NO;
startMsg.text = #"Tap Screen to run!";
startMsg.fontSize = 32;
startMsg.position = CGPointMake(250, 150);
[self addChild: startMsg];
}