Straight up banging his head agaisn't anything and everything !! If you take your eyes off of him he'll bang his head hard until you pick him up. If I put him in his play pen while I go to the bathroom for a sec I find him hitting himself !
Please tell me it's just a phase and he will stop doing this !
Any ideas how to get him to stop ? I say NO to him and try to look serious but he doesn't understand me. Sometimes he laughs and keeps doing it. My dad said I should spank him softly, but I just don't feel right doing that.
He has a big bruise right in the middle of his forhead..he's been doing this for more than a week now, several times a day.
Help !
no suggestions for you. sorry.
but my mother in law, said my husband did that as a baby. he went through a phase were he hit his head on everything i guess. its was funny, though, when she talked about how he was in his walker and backing up to the xmas tree so he could bang the back of his head into the tree branches and ornaments.
i'm kinda hoping my daughter won't do that, but she's only 3 months and does hit her head with her hands. i'm thinking its a phase because she's learning to control them and grab things right now.
good luck with this!
Cae hits himself in the head when he's tired. You could try giving him something soft to hit himself with. like a plush rattle or a pillow. I tell Cae, "whoa Cae, be gentle with your body"
Good Luck, and most likely he'll grow out of it soon.
In the What To Expect the Toddler Years book, it says that head banging is actually relatively common and that it makes parents more uncomforatble than the kids. Its a way of self-soothing. I would say try not to make a big deal about it, because sometimes kids like the reaction they get from adults and it fuels them to do it more. Maybe also try to encourage other ways of soothing, releasing frustration or whatever for him to do.
Lyric did that.
I just told her not to do that, in a firm but not so scary voice ... and grabbed her hand & pulled it away. She did it for a little bit, it's just a phase ... but yah, it freaked me out when I saw her doing it.
You should maybe talk to a behaviorist about it. Could be an act of aggression or anxiety... He's going to hurt himself real bad if that continues.
My son did that for a while. My girls haven't, so maybe it's a guy thing (just kidding). My son bruised himself a couple of times, but when he would hit himself I would tell him don't hit my baby, and he thought that was funny. He did it for about 2 mos, then stopped. So maybe it's just a phase, it was with my son.
mine does it when she's tired or when I tell her no.
hah.
I don't know how the hell to make her stop either.
my little guy does that once in a while too. only he doesnt hit himself and he only does it if he finds himself up against a wall and he hits it on the wall. i think for him its because he likes the noise it makes! ouch! he thinks its funny but i can just remove him from the wall and he will stop, im not sure what you can do about your little guy since hes hitting himself. wish i could be of more help :?
I finally got the chance to talk to his ped. about it. She said it's a phase that some toddlers go through. And she said no matter what I do DON'T make it a big deal. Act like it doesn't bother me. She said if I make it a big deal and give him what he wants then he's going to keep on doing this.
I've read that sometimes that's a form of self soothing for toddlers... and that they really wont do it to an extent that could harm them really...good luck!
I've heard/read that it could be a way to get frusteration or anger out. I wouldn't just ignore it (could get hurt),. but I'm not sure of how to go about stopping it