Does anyone have any creative or successful ways to stop a 1 yr old from hitting? My sin is 14 months old and hits several times throughout the day. I do not want to hit him back or slap his hand. I feel thats just teaching him to hit more. Just wondering if anyone has any stories of things that worked for them. He is not doing it in a mean manner just does it out of nowhere.
Put him down while saying don't hit and walk away. If you aren't holding him, get up and walk away saying don't hit. Then when he chases after you, pick him up and tell him to give hugs for hitting, we don't hit. Worked for my oldest, not my youngest. My youngest hits when he gets mad.
My son used to hit me all the time. I started grabbing his hand (firmly, but not enough to hurt him) and I would tell him "no, you don't hit mommy". Then let it go at that. Now, he still hits, but it's very, very rare, and it's usually a result of exhaustion, frustration, or both (not an excuse, but I'm pointing out it's not all the time for no reason like it used to be).
Quoting MikeysMom51108:
My son used to hit me all the time. I started grabbing his hand (firmly, but not enough to hurt him) and I would tell him "no, you don't hit mommy". Then let it go at that. Now, he still hits, but it's very, very rare, and it's usually a result of exhaustion, frustration, or both (not an excuse, but I'm pointing out it's not all the time for no reason like it used to be).
I have been doing the same thing however its only been 2 days so I am not sure how its working yet. Everytime he hits I have been holding him by the wrist firmly, but not hard enough to hurt and saying no hit.And as I say this I pull his hand away.Ty for your responses...
Quoting wifeffd95c:
Quoting MikeysMom51108:
My son used to hit me all the time. I started grabbing his hand (firmly, but not enough to hurt him) and I would tell him "no, you don't hit mommy". Then let it go at that. Now, he still hits, but it's very, very rare, and it's usually a result of exhaustion, frustration, or both (not an excuse, but I'm pointing out it's not all the time for no reason like it used to be).
I have been doing the same thing however its only been 2 days so I am not sure how its working yet. Everytime he hits I have been holding him by the wrist firmly, but not hard enough to hurt and saying no hit.And as I say this I pull his hand away.Ty for your responses...
I was going to suggest the same thing. It takes a while for them to catch on. Kids are naturally aggressive. It's one of few forms of communication they have.
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- wifeffd95c
on Feb. 27, 2010 at 5:21 PM