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mandi101uk1 (1193.6 days ago)
i am going throughn the same at the mo with my lil girl ...we are trying 2 stop her at this stage but she either keeps doing it or laughs and walks away ..... we know that its just a wee stage she is going through just now that she won`t keep up after the baby is born .

july777 (1195 days ago)
As someone who works with special needs children everyday, I see this alot... for a child that young we would get down to their eye level and sternly say (depending on how wide their vocab is, if it is 1-2 words then we use only 1-2 words and so on) NO HIT! Then you can place them on a `time out chair` for 1 min. Then when you see him playing with the children or the cat and he does not hit or he is playing nice reinforce that behaviour! Remember when you are reinforcing to say what you are reinforcing! Eventually he will realize that hitting is wrong! I hope this helped!!

marietta (1195.1 days ago)
You pick him up, look serious but not angry, shake your head, and say, `We don`t hit.` Then you plop him into his high chair, strap him in, and face him away from people for a short time. Some would say 1 minute, but I think it depends on the child. For my baby, that would have been way too long. Once they`ve seemed to hate it, you turn him back, unbuckle, pick up with a smile, and say, `We play gently!` and * show* baby what that means. Do it every time, and he`ll turn it around. Don`t growl at him, don`t over react, b/c he`ll act out just to get you to entertain him. And don`t ignore it either--This is a great learning opportunity for him.



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