She will sit by her older sister and pull on her hair, when she wakes up in the morning and I'm laying there she'll grab something and wack me on the head. She will push other kids and try and yank them around. We are very gentle with her and not sure where she is learning this type of thing. Her cousin age 3 was at our house crying for her mom and my daughter tried to bite her and was yanking on her shirt. Not sure how to disipline her at this age, saying no, no and removing her doesn't work to well. She'll just start throwing a fit. Is this normal behavior for a child of this age? My first daughter did nothing of the sort.
2007-04-24 18:30:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
She's coming into that age where she's more independent but still needy, and it's frustrating for little ones. She could also be testing boundaries. Try to redirect her attention - if she picks something up to whack you with it, show her the appropriate way to play with the object. If she pulls hair, show her how to touch hair nicely. Even if your other child(ren) didn't act like this, that doesn't mean anything. Every child's personality is going to differ, and you have to learn what works with each one. It's frustrating and repetitive, but eventually she'll get it. Good luck :)
2007-04-24 18:40:37 · answer #1 · answered by melissa_53105 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep its a normal phase and yes you can discipline them at this age.. my son went through this phase at 14months and we put him in timeout.. every time he bit/scratched/hit he'd go into his cot for 1minute... it only took 5times before he got the message and calmed down alot after that.. we only ever use timeout for that kind of thing though (hitting biting etc) and now that he is older (19months) he gets a warning... he gets told to stop and to say sorry which he does 98% of the time (hel say sorry and give the person a kis lol) and only if he ignores the warning then he gets put in timeout and he gets a cuddle afterwards but he still has to say sorry to the person and hes calmed down by then lol.. tantrums we ignore and if its safe we leave the room otherwise we totally ignore him so he doesn't have a audience for it and doesnt get any attention for it.. the first few times he carried on for half an hour or more but now it only goes for half a minute lol other than that for everything else we use redirection and distraction :)
2007-04-24 18:39:56 · answer #2 · answered by jarellsmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They go through all kinds of stages like the bitting,pulling hair,hitting. My son did it but as he got older he grew out of it all i did was time out and explain why he was in there. You can't beat the kid that's wrong. Try time out. And if she throws a fit let her or put her in her room and shut the door till she calms down. Sooner or later she'll stop crying.
2007-04-24 19:27:17 · answer #3 · answered by Adrianne R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my daughter went with the help of an element like this and that i attempted alot of the belongings you said... carry her hand firmly and say "no hitting" ... that did not paintings. ultimately each and anytime she hit me i might want to say "no hitting" and placed her down on the floor and ignore her. It worked very straight away, youngsters do not desire to be surpassed over and she or he hated it! after I did this she cried and carried on somewhat and ultimately might want to arise and attempt to get me to %. her up... i might want to continuously ignore her for no less than a jiffy, then provide her a cuddle tell her i loved her and distract her with a toy or a recreation... also attempt now to not rigidity your self on him with hugs etc because at this age they are searching their independence and commonly they bypass with the help of an element the position they quite do not desire to be hugged and touched a lot... then in some weeks he will in all likelihood commence hugging and kissing again plenty:)
2016-10-18 03:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My nephew is 20 months old and does the same thing. I think its normal i think they do it because they know they can get a reaction out of people by acting that way!
2007-04-24 18:34:41 · answer #5 · answered by kacie w 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
wow, only 18th month old and she express her anger and frustrations in physical way eh...it seem to me this little girl have some abnormal in brain developing that trigger anger and frustrations to everyone and every thing she see.
I would recommend MRI brain scan for her to check out brain disorderly in development.
2007-04-24 18:43:38 · answer #6 · answered by DlCK Chenney 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i think shes just seeing how she can get put her in her room till she calms down.
2007-04-24 19:28:37 · answer #7 · answered by kelly e 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋