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Hitting

ThePinkSuperheroThePinkSuperhero member
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Anyone else got a hitter on their hands?  LO has figured out how to reach out and hit somebody when he's mad!  We've been doing our best to distract: tell him "No" and hold his hands, or put him down and walk away. 
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  • nesenotesnesenotes member
    Yes. And a thrower. If she gets mad she throws whatever is near or in her hand. We do the same as you.
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  • Boing214Boing214 member
    Yep, we have a hitter and thrower too. Luckily so far it's really only at me. She'll go for my glasses and if I say no, we don't do that, she'll start hitting. And she's actually got a good arm with throwing, the softball player in me is proud and the renter in me is terrified she's going to break a window. Mainly I'm just encouraging her to throw the ball to me instead of in random directions, and make sure it's not a heavy ball. For hitting, I grab her hand when she starts, say "We don't hit, that hurts mommy," and if she keeps up I put her down and walk off. My mom always said ignoring me when I was bad was the best thing she ever did. I was a little hellion until they tried that, so I'm going to try it in place of punishments if possible just giving them attention when they're good. Unless it's something big, then we'll go from there, but there's not the big stuff yet.

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  • ThePinkSuperheroThePinkSuperhero member
    For awhile, LO only hit DH, and I felt special, but now he'll hit me, too  :((
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  • C&CsmommyC&Csmommy member
    Yes we have a hitter! He has learned from his older brother unfortunately. I also remember Cortlandt doing the same thing around this age when he didn't have the vocabulary to tell us he was upset.

    Right now we just tell him no and to "walk- away" which is what we always tell Cortlandt when he gets frustrated. It usually makes him throw himself on the floor in a fit but he moves on quickly.
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  • SallySunriseSallySunrise member
    Emily hits sometimes but more often she grabs my face and squeezes with some kind of rabid monkey death grip. Either way, I act deeply hurt and offended, put her down immediately and say "Stop that! I don't like that! That hurts me!" (Which is what we tell Benjamin to say to others when they hurt him.) and I walk away and refuse to hold her for a couple minutes.
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  • Boing214Boing214 member
    @SallySunrise hehehehe I shouldn't laugh, but rabid monkey death grip is hilarious! ;))

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  • elizdgelizdg member
    G has started hitting me in the face and then laughing like a maniac. I try to just walk away for a few minutes and then by the time I play with him again he's usually forgotten about it.
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  • ViveVive member
    Not as an expression of frustration. Although he and a coworker's kid (who is 18months) had each other in a choke hold yesterday. No idea which kid started it, and thankfully my coworker and I were able to laugh it off.
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