Smacking himself in the head

CMonkey515 · November 2012

Lately when DS gets mad or frustrated he has been smacking himself on the side of his head. He'll do it 4 or 5 times. Or if he's holding a toy or some other object he'll hit himself in the head with it. Is anyone else's LO doing this? I'm not gonna lie. I find it pretty disturbing.

katecham · November 2012

Yep. He flails and falls backwards hitting his head on the floor too. And there's been some hair pulling (the three little pieces he has lol).

HappyAardvark · November 2012

Wes doesn't do this, but it's totally normal, toddler tantrum'y behavior. If somewhat disturbing.

CMonkey515 · November 2012

Thanks ladies. Glad to see it's pretty common behavior. I was expecting the "throw yourself on the floor kicking and screaming" type tantrums. The hitting in the head caught me off guard though.

cantalopes24 · November 2012

Wait until he starts smacking you lol. Definitely totally normal.

aml+japan · November 2012

canadiansciencegeek:
Perhaps more disturbingly... my DD will sit with her back to a wall and hit her head on it. When she's perfectly content. nbsp;It creeps me out.ETA: claritynbsp;

Here too! I can hear the thumping from rooms away.