Extreme Baby Violence
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Topic: Extreme Baby Violence
Posted By: KiwiL
Subject: Extreme Baby Violence
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 8:16pm
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Ok, so Jackson has taken to attacking me! He grabs and claws at my face and neck vigorously and honestly, he has a devil child face while he does it!! He looks like he is trying to murder me!!! Tonight I have marks on my neck and face where he has grabbed at me.
I don't let him watch violent TV programmes, or play violent computer games, so why is he doing this?!?! Heh heh, seriously though, anyone else's baby do this? I assume it is some strange stage. Jackson has always been really tactile with his hands, and has recently really enjoyed feeling things, so maybe it's just another way of exploring with his fingers? I modelling gentle behaviour touching his own face, and I remove his hands when he does it, but how do you teach a 6 month old not to do it and that it hurts? I am guessing he is too young for the word 'no'? |
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 8:27pm
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Hold his hands and/or put him on the floor for a minute when he does it. Have you tried turning him away from you on your knee and direct his attention towards a toy or something? Also, keeping his nails short helps (but they are still sharp!) -------------  |
Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 8:27pm
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my advice is keep his nails short Josh has been through stages of being rough and is going through another one now either hitting and laughing or clawing at me i just put him on the ground and walk away now but there is a bit of an age difference. Could still work for you tho as they do something similar to teach little babies not to bite while breastfeeding by removing them. They should eventually learn that if they do that then it will result in them being taken away from the fun/food could be worth a shot -------------   
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Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 8:54pm
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lol and he looks like such an angel in your sig pic :P ------------- 
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Posted By: KiwiL
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 9:11pm
| Ha ha. He does doesn't he? But don't be fooled - you should see the face he gets! It is so intense! |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 9:33pm
I wouldn't worry, I'm sure it's him just exploring what those dangly things at the side of his body are for  Cooper did the same thing. You have to remember too that we must look really funny to them and maybe he's trying to work you out....
I'm sure he'll settle down soon. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 12 March 2009 at 10:23pm
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Maybe say Ow & take his hands off? Kiss his hands if he's gentle? ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 13 March 2009 at 9:47am
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It's a stage. When Daniel did it, I would grab his hands and get them to gently pat my face which he was attempting to claw off and say "gentle touching" then give him a cuddle. I also keep his nails trimmed. Now, I tend to just do a firm "No", take his hands and move him away. I'm not convinced he understands no, but the tone of voice distracts him from what he's doing. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: KiwiL
Date Posted: 13 March 2009 at 1:05pm
| Yeah, that's what I have been doing. He doesn't seem so vigorous today! |
Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 13 March 2009 at 4:28pm
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Joel grabs our faces with both his hands and grins and leans in, but then he just licks our faces like hes trying to kiss -------------  
 
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Posted By: KiwiL
Date Posted: 13 March 2009 at 5:35pm
| Aw, cute. I call Jackson my little sucker fish as he 'kisses' with a huge open mouth, and a bit of tongue action thrown in. Gross, but cute too. :o) |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 15 March 2009 at 5:31pm
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Caden used to to grab my skin on my neck and arms etc and attack me aswell lol, FREAKIN hurts!! lol
Now he is into hitting things, and my face one of those things he likes to hit! I just take his hands away and say no! We have been saying no to caden since he staretd crawling(6 months old) and he now knows what NO! means and he will 70% of the time stop and look at me like "why?" lol ------------- |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 15 March 2009 at 9:35pm
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lol my boy is older but he started at that age.............he is more violent with hubby as he knows that mum will kick arse especially now she is pregs.......and i tend to walk around with a pillow now...............i put it down to the fact he wanted to talk and communicate and couldnt and thats wat he did as his way of showing us something. ty has just started to talk better and sign language helps so he isnt too bad...........i recieved a black eye a number of times at that age im sure everyone thought it was hubby...........and every where i went ty smiled nicely to people like he was mr innocent.............i found to pull him off me put him on ground without saying anything and ignoring him worked a treat and when he was good i was all over him telling him every second how good he was...........lots of kissies and hugs too ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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