Hello mamas!!
A quick question-any advice on how to get my 14 month old to stop hitting? She's not angry when she does it, she just thinks it's funny. When she hits anyone it's in the face. We've tried the obvious, and held her hand and said "no hitting!", but it's not working.
Any ideas mamas? Thanks, ladies!!
Just keep at it, you're doing the right thing! It's hard to process and learn at 14mos. She'll get it eventually.
You'll just have to be a little vigilant with her until she gets it. Right now, she still doesn't really understand. She just knows that she gets a reaction from you when she does it.
I agree, just keep telling her no. Its just a phase.
Kindof had this problem as well. Son wasn't hitting out of anger or frustration, just liked to hit and pinch. We finally realized that he was watching us playfully tap one another and also him. Even little pinches to his cheeks and bottom and he didn't understand the idea of 'gentle, teasing'. Once we stopped so did he. We also instilled the idea of 'nice touches' with examples. It's worked wonders!
you can try the time out... remove her from the situation for a minute or 2 tell her why whe is there and it hurts....and she will realize it soon... but be consistant. I fake cried one time and it sared my son because he didnt really want to hurt me... we hugged it out and said no more..
Only ONE of our kids didn't get the "no hitting" policy in our home and no matter how nice we were, he didn't stop. One day, I had enough and I hit him back - just hard enough to get his attention. He was shocked. I asked him if he liked it? He clearly didn't. I explained in 7 words or less, that no one else likes it either. He did it one more time (to push boundaries) and I hit him again. He never did it again. He's the type of kid that really doesn't get something until it's done to him. LONG lessons for us....
Good luck.
