Anyone else's kids start with the hitting thing?

Robin - posted on 02/08/2012

I have the same problem at times with my 15 mo old starting awhile back when she gets upset. I pop her hand or booty for hitting (unless she is playing) hard enough just to hurt her feelings and this has always worked. I encourage her to give hugs and kisses only not hitting. She hits much less now, and gives a lot of kisses:)

Jacqueline - posted on 01/30/2012

We make our 15 month old say sorry, give a hug and we tell him to be gentle... sometimes he still does it just to see our reaction. But not acknoledging it will make it worse. We tried time out then he made time out a game :-/ So obviously we quit that till hes older haha. Good luck!

Kristin - posted on 01/29/2012

We use "be gentle" instead of no unless he's doing something dangerous. Then it's always no. It works pretty good for hitting the animals. But if he gets really ornery and bites or hits and the be gentle or no doesn't work I thump him in the mouth or hand. Not too hard but it works really well with the biting. Our probs are more with throwing things lol. Gotta love these toddlers haha

Lanette - posted on 01/27/2012

When my daughter (15 mos) tries to hit us or her brother, we grab her hand and squeeze it hard enough to get her attention, say "no", then tell her "gentle" and show her by softly stroking our face (or her brother's) with her hand. If she does it again, we flick her fingers and repeat the same instructions. If she did it again after that, (which she hasn't yet) we would put her in "time-out", which for us is her bed without any stuffed animals or her pacifier for 1 minute. She used to hit us all the time around 12 months, but rarely does it anymore!

Robyn - posted on 01/26/2012

my son is doing the same thing! I think it's just a phase but we still try to do something about it. When he hits himself we say awe don't hit yourself and take your hand and give him a kiss. But when he hits us and keeps doing it then we follow through with a time out for one minute cause he is only 15 months. I think he will eventually get bored of it.

Denise - posted on 01/26/2012

My boy is 15 mos & he has been trying all the time to hit us-we just take his hand & swat it & say a stern NO. He cries for a little bit because I think it hurts his feelings. But it has helped.

La-Chanta - posted on 01/26/2012

My son start hitting over Christmas when we was vactioning in England..When he starts i grab his hand and say that's it no more.But he thinks it's a joke so i make sure i speak to him in a stern voice and yes they do know when ur serious and he would walk away.. Hope it's just a phase and he'll get past it..

Amanda - posted on 01/18/2012

You're not alone! My son hits everything! He even will take his toys and bang them off the tv! For the most part (unless it's the tv or the dog) we ignore him because we found that he's really doing it to get attention. But then there's times that he'll be sitting on our lap and turn around and hit us in the face and I don't really know what to do about that. Time-outs don't work yet for us. I've smacked his fingers (just enough to get the point across, not in a hurtful way) and all he does is laugh harder.

Hopefully someone has some better advice!