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Help with my frustrated DD

Sweetrose664Sweetrose664
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My DD, who's almost 2 1/2, hits her head against the wall, floor or whatever is nearby when she gets mad or frustrated. Dose anyone else have a toddler that does this and any tips to get her to stop? TIA! 
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Re: Help with my frustrated DD

  • khagan9368khagan9368 member

    Kayla sometimes smacks herself in the head- it drives me crazy but I can't get her to stop.  I'm going to stalk this post and hope someone has suggestions, I just wanted you to know you aren't alone.  She used to smash her head against the floor but she has figured out that hurts too much.

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  • AZAudiGirlAZAudiGirl member
    When I was around that age I used to hit my head and pull on my ears. According to my mom I pulled on them once until the were bleeding Tongue Tied She said she would pick me up and move me to another room or outside to try to distract me. I am not sure how well that worked but I did out grow it shortly after I started doing it. I wish I had some advice. I hope she out grows it. I would hate to watch LO do that.
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  • Sweetrose664Sweetrose664
    Ya it's a sticky situation. She usually does it after she gets diciplined , like put in time out. I obviously don't want her to do it but I also don't want to re-enforce her bad behavior by picking her up and cuddling her so she stops wacking her head. *sigh* Hopefully she grows ou of it soon
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  • Pookster1020Pookster1020 member

    My friend's son used to do this when he was a toddler.  The doctor's advice to her then was to just move him to an area where he wouldn't hurt himself (carpeting as opposed to hardwood floors) and then ignore the behavior.

    I know he eventually stopped but not sure if it was a result of the doc's advice or not.  He's about 6 now.

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  • RaeAntRaeAnt member
    DS does it to get your attention. If you yelled at him or tell him to stop, he grins and does it more. We just have to redirect him or stop whatever we are doing and give him our attention. Our pedi wasn't too concerned.
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  • sapphire angelsapphire angel member
    imagePookster1020:

    My friend's son used to do this when he was a toddler.  The doctor's advice to her then was to just move him to an area where he wouldn't hurt himself (carpeting as opposed to hardwood floors) and then ignore the behavior.

    This is what my mom did for my brother. He eventually learned to move himself to the carpet to bang his head. Pedi told her that a toddler can not get enough force to actually hurt themselves doing this. It's just a phase and they will grow out of it. Although we know what a headache it could cause.

    Another poster mentioned their LO increasing the behavior if you focus attention on them so ignoring it after redirecting fails would be best I think. My LO bites herself but has yet to break skin or leave bruises so for now, I hand her a teether, move it to her mouth, then just watch over her without looking directly at her when she throws the teether away...

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