Another Question, My Daughter Digs Everything!

I am not sure what state you are in, but I would ask to have her evaluated by Child Find. It is an early childhood intervention service that will evaluate your child and provide services at no charge to you and your family. They are awesome. If they find that there is a problem with your daughter then will immediately start services which they will provide until she starts public school (kindergarten). The earlier services are started the better the results. If there is a problem and it is caught early, she may not even need help for very long:) It is better to have her evaluated and find that everything is fine, then to wait. Your pediatrician should know the number and if not you could call your local school and ask for early childhood intervention services and how to get in touch with them. If you can also call Children's hospital and ask to speak with the developmental unit. Tell them you need to find out where to get your child evaluated.

Also above all else, pay attention to your "gut" feelings. If you think or feel something is "not right" then stay on top of it. Mother's KNOW best. Don't let them "blow" you off.

Kris(37) Mother to a special needs child (autism, XYY syndrome -not Klinefelts, sensory intergration issues)who was not diagnosed until age 4 even though I "knew" something wasn't right by the time he was nine months of age.

I will send you good energy for everything to be normal. Take care.

You're DD is 9-10 months old, right? I've never heard of digging at that age. Maybe mittens would help? I don't know, but I wanted to wish you good luck. Maybe ask her pediatrician for advice? My DD stopped digging around 5-6 months old. I'd just tell her "No. Ouch that hurt Mommy" and pretend to cry. Then I'd put the infant mittens on her for a little bit. She outgrew it then. But I don't think infant mittens would fit a 10 month old?

Hi, my son is almost 10 months old and does this to my face sometimes. I don't know if what he does is quite digging, but something similar. The only advice I can give is to keep her nails clipped really short so she can't draw blood. Also, I take his hand away from my face with one hand and with my other hand I shake my pointer finger and firmly say "NO! NO!" It takes consistency, but he doesn't do it as often as he did a couple months ago. Sorry I don't have more for you.

How old is your daughter? My daughter 22 months with a twin brother and she hits everyone and everything. We started time outs for 2 minutes or so about 3 months ago. She has started talking and we encourage her to say No if her brother takes her toy, if she doesn't want to play and he is up in her face, because she hits everyone if she feels embarrassed, has a cold and doesn't feel well, if she is tired. I strongly suggest the time outs. 2 minutes next to the wall not facing it, walk her to it, sit her down, say no hurting or digging, go the full 2 minutes before letting her up, tell again no digging, tell her you don't like it, hug and go back and play. Now my daughter will throw a fit at times when I go to get her up and hit me again and she sits back down for another minute, then i tell her to be nice we hug and back to play, sometimes though I will lay her down with a snuggly and a book for some quiet time if she is really unruly.