Is it normal for my toddler to hit herself

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Discover More Here Mo Mulla Mo Mulla is a work from home dad who enjoys reading and listening to music, He loves being a dad and husband to a growing family. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. And they worry that hitting themselves might lead to them hurting others around them too.

Why Do Kids Hit Themselves? Stress A lot of kids act out this way because they are stressed. Just like adults, they struggle to handle this emotion and can feel overwhelmed. Frustration Toddlers love to explore the world around them. There are so many fun things to look at and try. Therefore, when their parents stop them, it can lead to frustration. This frustration can often lead them to have to let off steam. For instance, they could have an ear infection or could be teething.

Chances are that he would do it also because of for example ear or teething pain. It is normal and it passes. So unless he seems to be hurting himself, try ignoring the behavior and focus on distracting him instead. At least sometimes. But again, any kind of positive distraction is usually the most effective way with young children if you want to reduce a certain behavior.

While in most cases, this is just normal baby behavior, a baby hitting himself in the head can also be a reason for concern. Hitting the head all through the day for no apparent reason and falling behind developmental milestones would be a reason for concern and should be discussed with a pediatrician, but that does not seem to be the case with your son.

Other signs of worry would be if he would hit his head very often, randomly or if at each time would continue for more than 15 minutes. But again, the way you describe it, I would believe this to be normal.

You can, of course, film one of the events and show a doctor, to make sure the behavior would be considered normal when seen. In such a case, it can be a good idea to take notes on the frequency and length of the episodes too. Your boy is learning how to deal with his emotions, and that takes time. Parents, if your baby is hitting himself in the head too — please leave a comment below! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

This article has been very reassuring. Has nothing to do with there body being out of alignment, you must be a chiropractor freak or a chiropractor yourself in hopes of getting more clients. My son hits himself in the head, pinches his cheeks and bangs his head on the floor or the stairs. It is kind of alarming.

Remember to keep calm and avoid all unnecessary power struggles. If you find the tantrums hard to endure a lot of us do! Glad I found these posts. Seems to do it when he is tired or frustrated in trying to express himself verbally. I raised 3 of my own children and never had this issue so I found it quite alarming. Hi Brenda, It is still very common up until around 4 years old or even to somewhere around the fifth birthday to have problems dealing with anger and frustration.

And the two-three year old really are often the ones acting out the most. As I said in an earlier comment, try to avoid focusing on it and instead praise and acknowledge your grandson the second he stops with the behavior; that will help him get through this faster. Stay with him, stay calm, and show him your love and appreciation every time he starts calming down.

You can read more about why babies hit themselves here. She has been doing it for about a week now and it seems to us it occurs when she disagree with something. Your advice would be much appreciated.

No wonder she is expressing frustration! Try to make as little fuss as possible about the behavior — otherwise she might increase the frequency because of the attention she gets! You can read about about that here.

I am so glad that i ended up no reading this post. I am really thankful for your question and thorough answer. My baby has just turned 10 and started doing this since few days and i was worried initially. His mom was getting impatient about it and was getting negative thoughts. Our baby just hits on right head for like times in one minute and then with force try to pull few hairs around the same time.

Then we distract him and he forgets about it for like few hours and might do it again or not. Rest of the day is very playful and not concerned about it at all.

Hi Ishan, Thanks for taking the time to comment! I am happy to hear that you found this post helpful and that you are able to distract your baby when he starts hitting his head. Distraction is the best strategy for our young ones! Once you know the cause, it becomes easy to intervene.

Here are a few ways to prevent injuries until your toddler learns safer ways of expressing their desires. If your baby resorts to SIB due to toddler aggression or excitement, you need not worry, as this generally resolves once they are a little older.

Make sure you do not shout or punish them for such behavior because it might give them attention and provoke them to do it more often. Instead, ignore their reaction and focus on distracting them by giving them their favorite toy, comforting them, or taking them outdoors for a while. Although SIB is common among toddlers, it could indicate an underlying medical or psychological condition in some cases. If your toddler hits themselves or bangs their head often for no specific reason, it is best to observe the behavior and report it to your pediatrician.

However, if your toddler hits themselves to grab your attention or to show their strong emotions, you need not worry, as it is just their way of getting along and understanding the world. While toddlers learn to understand and express their emotions, be patient, give them time, and do not yell or shout at them.

Also, make sure they do not hurt themselves and shower them with all the love they need. This is really scary. And that becomes something kind of interesting and puzzling that our child has to then figure out. What gets a reaction? So they then have to explore that. On its own, these kinds of meltdown behaviors do not tend to cause serious damage. Children will not intentionally damage themselves seriously.

But when we get involved, it can cross those lines. But then if our child is doing this to themselves, we still have to trust. You can feel better. We want to stop the feeling, most of us. And especially if the feeling is causing scary behavior. We just want that to stop. But again, those reactions in the moment will actually make this behavior worse and more frequent.

So we have to see it a different way. We have to see it with trust. And then once we have that trusting attitude, there are some things that we can do. But they have to be from a chilled-out place.

You wanna bite yourself. Not trying to stop the emotion. Again, actually encouraging them to vent, because I know that that needs to happen. And they do pass. I want you to do that. But mostly, I trust you to vent. Offer him other ways that he can get those feelings out safely, very gently, and then not trying to demand he takes you up on it. One of the parents I was working with had this issue.

So I said what I said in this podcast, basically. Trust it.