no hitting

[GREENEEYESS7]

Iam a mother of a 20 month old little boy. My son is hitting me for no aparent reason,i could understand if he was excited but he does it just out of the blue,he will be loving on me one minute and hit me in the next! I work with children all day long and they are awesome I just dont understand why he is doing this please help,Iam at my witts end! Thanks in advance!! =0)~

[tigilou]

My daughter does this when shes giving me a cuddle or a kiss then bite my arm i think it could be that she cant show her emotions and wants to give me a big kiss and cuddle to show how much she loves me but i end up getting a beating in stead if you know what i mean i havent explained myself very well.

If she does it out of temper i tell her off so she knows it isnt nice

[devilwoman]

your little boy is still a baby and doe'nt realize what he's doing, but you must start as early to disipline children otherwise they will become out of control very early, when he does this just take hold of his hand to stop him and put on your stern face, look at him and firmly say no thats naught you mus'nt hit mummy, even without basic language he will soon understand that you dont want that kind of behaviour.

[lilacben]

You must stop this hitting now before he starts to think that is ok to hit anyone.try telling him firmly that it is wrong and that he is hurting you and mustn't hit. and put him down if you are holding him so he knows this isnt acceptable.he should soon learn.

[andy-hughes]

Just to echo the previous posts. Your son is just learning the use of his limbs, but does not understand the concept of pain, or bad behaviour yet. If you hold his hand firmly, make eye contact and say "No ..." in a firm voice, he will soon realise that this action makes you unhappy, and he will stop. If her persists, and children do like to push the bondaries, you can increase the volume of your voice, and the length of time you hold the eye contact.

[littlegodess]

Hi there,

I still remember the time my daughter use to do that? It was a tantrum stage.

It got to the point...where i would walk off' and ignore her. Let him come to you.

If your partner is with you or a family member leave the hous or go to another room where he can't see you for five to ten minutes. Let he calm down and for you also.Y our son will eventually come looking for you.

[huge piles]

not sure if there's apprent anger involved or not, but once i had to go away on work for a week, and when i came came back, my wee boy was emotionally overwhelmed, huge big smiles, so pleased to see me... and started giggling and hitting me in the face...

no malice, just didn't know how to express himself at that young age...

does this help ?