15 Month Old Pulling Sisters's Hair

I hate to say it, but you are going to have to keep the 15 month old away from the other kids if they aren't supervised. The quickest way to end pulling is by a quick removal from the situation. I put my son in his crib about 3 times, and that was that. I did the same when he started hitting.

Now, I know it is impossible to always be there. Trust me, my kids play alone all day long. I told my daughter to just quickly yell for me.

But I do think quick, fast isolation and removal is the fastest way to teach them what the "no" actually means.

Keep their hair up in a pony tail till your youngest outgrows this. She is 15 months old! She doesn't know any better.

In addition to the great advice below, I wanted to add that in situations like that, where a child showed repeated interest in a specific behavior (in this case, pulling) I would also set up an area to let them do this activity to their heart's desire while not hurting anyone. In this case, I would get a bunch of those accordian-pull toys that plays a song when you pull it to stretch it out, put them on door handles that are near you, so you can keep an eye on her and encourage it. It's worth a try, and might give her an outlet so she can explore this activity safely.

Or you could put a gate on her playroom. When she does this take her out and tell her she's can't play because she pulled hair and hurt her sister. Keep her out for a couple minutes and then let her back in.

I'm sure you can hear the scream from the older girl so just run in when you hear it.

I still can't get my almost 5 year old to stop screaming and over reacting when my 3 year old DS does something to her. He get's a kick out of it.

Teach your daughters to say the same thing you did "firmly tell her no. I showed her gentle touches. I also would set her down and walk away, removing my attention from her. " but tell them to not give her any attention and to go somewhere this daughter cannot get to them.. They could also let you know, so you could remove the little one.. Everyone needs to be on the same page with this..

At 15 months she understands what "no' means. As soon as you find out that she's done it, remove her from the play area. Tell her why you are removing her.and put her in an area without toys and gated off from her sisters. You may need to buy a few gates or a play pen yard. This is her time out place. Keep her there for a minute or two then let her out, reminding her not to pull her sister's hair.

You can also teach your older daughters how to say "no" and how to get up and leave the room when their little sister pulls their hair.

Good luck.

I agree with the advice below (remove her from the situation, reinforce the "gentle touch" thing) and have nothing more to add, but I wanted to let you know you're not alone! I have 3 boys, ages 25 mos, 5 and 7, and the youngest is CONSTANTLY hitting or throwing things at his older brothers. My older two, bless their hearts, never retaliate, but the 2 year old knows exactly how to get a scream out of them and does it repeatedly ...day in and day out. It's even worse now that summer is here and they're all together every day. We're still doing the time outs, even though it's hard to see that it makes much difference.

I hope your little one matures more quickly than mine seems to be! :-)

My 19 month old is a bit of a monster too....she beats up on her big sisters all the time. The bigger of a reaction they give (yelling, flailing, etc), the more she likes doing it!

Teach your older children to tell her "no" and walk away from her when she's being mean. She will get the hint that if she wants someone to play with, she'll have to be gentle.

My youngest is getting much better at being gentle....she's got 2 baby cousins that she adores and is VERY gentle with them - it's just her sisters that she enjoys tormenting! lol She'll outgrow it soon enough.

I watch a little girl who is 20 months and a brut. she bites and pinches and she knows what she is doing. She gets a timeout everytime she hurts one of the other kids and she sometimes puts herself in timeout before they tell me what she did. After 3 time outs one day I got the pack and play and putit in my living room for her time out and after the 2 min was up I gave her toys and said she had to play by herself for hurting the kids. She played for about 45min with legos and never complained that she was byherself and it gave me a break to do things without having to be on her. At this age it comes and goes to. We have a week or 2 with no biting and then it starts again for a couple weeks. I just keep the same disipline. Good luck