Trying to Get My One Year Old to Stop Hitting and Pulling Hair!

Doing exactly what you are doing is the key. Redirecting he attention, and telling her "No Hitting" is great. My daughter is at an age, where she will go to do something like hit, and or touch something she is not oo, and she will say,"NO" before she even does it, so she understands she is not to do the following. Kepp up the great work. Dont hit her back, and you are correct when you say,"that is not an effective teaching method". They dont understand just yet, that it hurts. They are displaying feelings, and because they can't talk, they have no other way to show you there feelings, than to get frustrated and or hit, cry, temper tantrum etc...You are doing a great job.

Sounds like you are dealing with it appropriately. The only suggestion I would have is that you tell her "no hitting" or "not nice" or "that hurts" but don't make a big deal out of it or offer a lot of attention over it. Just quickly move her on to an appropriate activity or new toy. You don't want to reward her with attention by fussing too much over her hitting. Instead give her attention with the new activity and get her interested in playing with it.

D.,
My son used to laugh at me when I would give him the stern "no." I know it's appropriate, but with his temperment, it just never seemed to work. So I decided a softer more gentle approach that I read in "Positive Parenting".
When he hit me, especially if it was in play or just trying to get my attention, I would say, "Please love mommy, don't hit. Hug." It took a few days of emense patience, but it was a huge success.
One day, he was hitting my friends coffee table with a spoon, and I told him, "Don't hit that," and he stopped, hugged the table and gave it a kiss. :-)
If he does bit or hit in malace, he does get a time out. He loves his crib though, so it's not entierly punitive, but it just gives him time to reset or "work it out". He doesn't cry or anything, but he always comes back with a renewed attitude. But the previous has worked so well, we don't have many time out's that he doesn't ask for anyway.

Another friend of mine had a hitter, and we bought him one of those punch bags that pop back up when you hit them. And when he hit, we'd redirect him to the bag. Depending on your childs temperment, maybe this is a better solution.

Good Luck!