My 2 yr old (well almost) has recently started hitting me. When she gets frustrated or if she wants something. I try to tell her, I won't give her anything unless she stops hitting and ask nicely and most of the time it works. I know that at her age kids usually hit because they cannot necessarily express what they want. But is there a better way to show her that hitting is not ok?
My son (17 mos.) recently started hitting. Kind of my fault because I laughed the first couple of times because I said "NO!" and he said "Yeah!" (first time he'd said that). So now he thinks it's funny. But yes, a lot of kids go through it and you just have to tell them "NO. No hitting. It's not nice and it hurts mommy(or whoever she hit) I usually add "Be nice to mommy" and my son pets me on the arm (We say "be nice to doggie" and he pets the dog :)) And stick with the not giving her once she wants until she is nice.
dd does this every now and then...I will admit that once or twice we popped her back...not hard, just enough to show her that hitting hurts people and isn't very nice. This seemed to work for the most part, although being a two year old...she forgets. We also get really "sad" to show her that it makes people unhappy, and then she usually says "Okay? What happened?" and then we "cry" "no hitting" and then she gives us a kiss or hug. At this point, I usually give her a stern look and a "you better not" when I see it coming and she expresses her anger in some other way.
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- chais_wifey
on Nov. 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM