Hitting
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Topic: Hitting
Posted By: MissCandice
Subject: Hitting
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 6:02pm
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Is it normal for Kylah to be hitting and scratching at such a young age. As soon as your face gets close she smacks you, or scratches really hard. She will smack anywhere but the face is where she goes for.
How can i get her to stop? ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 6:09pm
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Lauren does this too, it drives me crazy, besides that it actually hurts!!
Sorry no words of advice, but I share your frustration! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 6:17pm
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I don't do anything, I reckon it's just a stage. It does hurt, but hopefully they'll grow out of it. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 6:26pm
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Thanks guys, i thought it was just Kylah being a you know what! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 6:26pm
My DS also does this. I'm trying to teach him 'gently', by stroking his face gently. So far its not working  ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 6:27pm
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Jett does this as well!! If I want to kiss him, I have to be real quick, and hold his hands away from me, or he'll grab my face & scratch! Ouch! I've had a few marks left from him. He's been doing this for a while too. He does it to other babies his age. He's a bully already! ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 6:32pm
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Yeah Spencer does this as well, especially if he is throwing a strop about me removing him from somewhere/something he shouldn't be touching. If he is in a mood I just ignore him and put him down somewhere safe as he isn't in a listening state, if its when we are playing then I say "no that hurts mummy" and then I take his hand and touch my face gently and say "gentle" to him and praise him for it. So far it doesn't really work but I figure I will stick with it and hopefully he will get the message. He will touch gently but then get excited and whack me or try to rip my nose off my face. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 7:02pm
| Daniel did this but I've mostly stopped it. I just take his hands and hold them and say "no, be gentle" and then distract him with doing something else and he rarely does it now. |
Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 8:03pm
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Yeah Briahna is the same. She also likes to kick me when im changing her!! ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 8:03pm
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Caleb does this and he bites. I thought it was a boy thing as my daughter never did it. No words of advise sorry but interested to see how others have stopped it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 8:09pm
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Same here but Tom wll actually push your face around to where HE wants it....kind of funny. AND he has started biting me...ouch!! I think they are slobby kisses gone wrong so I am not making anything of it other than pulling him away and distracting him. hoping that when he gets used to his strength and his teeth these things may stop. Gentle is a common word in this house.....doesnt get me anywhere though
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Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 8:18pm
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We have the biting kisses also (sometimes) ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 8:50pm
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Phoenix has just started this... I think at the same time he is trying to explore, but I have noticed he has become quite rough. He will quite often whack me in the face and scratch me, he doesn't seem to do it to anyone else, apart from Daddy from time to time.
I might refer to my Jo Frost book and see what she has to say about it. I am using No, but he may be too young to get the grasp of it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 18 July 2008 at 9:55pm
You could try removal, its what they suggest when they bite breastfeeding, just to remove them from you and put them on their own for a few seconds. Spencer didn't care when I tried this, he's quite happy to go play on his own but it works for some bubbas. I would keep up with saying no as well, it takes a while but they do get it in the end. It is also good to get in to the habit of explaining why you are saying no. (I got that from the Jo Frost book )-------------
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 19 July 2008 at 12:39am
Hmmm what i think is that your children are all able to read and have been in cahoots with each other on their own forum ,,,
Caitlyn went through a stage of not being gentle ,i just said "no , nicely Caitlyn " and would show her by patting her doll, but otherwise I didn't pay much attention to it, she grew out of it pretty quickly 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 19 July 2008 at 8:20am
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my jett likes to scratch faces too, im trying to teech him the "gently thing too"
but he also loves . . . teeth and will try and pry your lips open to see them! strange child ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 19 July 2008 at 10:13am
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Totally normal. What I use to do is take McKayla's hand gently and say Owie rather do this and open her fingers up if it was close so it is a flat hand and will let her rub my face gently.
They dont have total control yet and dont know their own strength. So not doing it on purpose as such but at the same time you want to teach them how to do it gently. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 19 July 2008 at 10:29am
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Kal was a hitter & bitter as well, i would just say "no, gentle hands"or" owchies that hurts" etc & remove or distract him.
Im not sure weather it was his relations with the cat taught him natural consequences or what ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 7:22pm
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Keziah tries to pull my face off whenever I go in for a kiss or cuddle and it really hurts
Sorry no advice as to how to stop it but I do feel your pain (quite literally LOL) -------------  
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Posted By: 2bmumof3
Date Posted: 20 July 2008 at 9:19pm
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I did the teach them gently thing when my boys went through this, it works eventually.
Just thought I'd share a "what not to do". A friend of mines eldest boy whos just gone 3yrs wouldn't stop biting his younger brother, mum lots patience and bit him back to show him how it's not nice. Kid screamed for ages and tells everyone his mum bit him ------------- Sara Corban (22/11/04) Connor (18/04/06) Chelsea (21/05/08) 
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