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Please tell me DD's not the only one banging her head on purpose!

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DD's new crazy strange bad habit is bonking her head on the floor or the couch when she's upset.  She'll even hit her head with her hands (that she learned from a 3 y/o at the sitters)

Please tell me your DC does that and what your reaction to them is.

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Re: Please tell me DD's not the only one banging her head on purpose!

  • mrscolleton2bmrscolleton2b member

    I ignore it.

    He does it all.the.time! It's so annoying, but I have noticed it stops quicker if I ignore it

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  • PaigeC1981PaigeC1981
    Parker does this too, as well as biting himself when he's really had it.  I ignore it also per pedi's advice and he stops pretty quickly. 
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  • Zoe0520Zoe0520
    Kaleb does it too. In fact I think he does it for fun sometimes. It's really wierd! He bangs his face on the ottoman and just laughs...it's crazy!
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  • metiscametisca

    My DD also did this - I thought I might have been the only one with a girl head banger, it seems more common in boys.  Anyway, we ignored it and she only kept it up for a couple of weeks. 

    Her pedi suggested putting her in time-out if it didn't let up on it's own, but we didn't get to that point.  The main thing is not to draw a lot of attention to it, so I vote for ignoring.

    I know it's hard to see them do that, but I've also read that it's self-limiting behavior and that if it starts hurting, they will back off.  Good luck!

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