My 14 month old daughter has stared headbuttting the floor and will headbut me and her daddy out of anger.. I'm scared she'll end up hurt yourself or one of us.. Wat can i do to stop her..
You can stop her by not looking at her. She is getting ahuuge rise out of you and that will feed right into it so she can continue. I would hope she is talking and telling you what she wants by 14 months. If she is not, teach her signs so she will not be frustrated and find out why she isn't talking. Usually kids who headbutt are having problems communicating but I don't know the whole situation, just guessing.
She won't hurt herself. Ignore her. She'll lose interest in it! Hang in there. LOTS of kids go through this.
I posted something similar awhile back about my son doing this and I got some doozy's for answers saying there was something wrong with him or that he had a brain disorder but I also got some good advice so feel free to go take a look. Luckily he was my fourth kid so the comments about getting him to the doctor right away didn't freak me out (some people mean well but are way off track!) The advice I liked the best was moving him to a soft area where he couldn't hurt himself when he banged his head during a tantrum and also to teach him words to express his anger. This too shall pass, he does not do it anymore (thank goodness since he's four! )
My son does this! We ignore it (as long as it's not going to really hurt him.) I think he had learned it got a reaction (telling him not to, kissing owies, etc.) so we decided it was best to ignore and he will figure hey, this hurts - why do this? Of course, we are not talking about severe headbanging here..... Also, he was headbutting when angry, we handled it the same way as hitting "that's hitting, no hitting" and put her down on the floor and remove attention from her.
don't give her attention when she does it...
it is a phase and she will grow out of it.
If you are concerned when you in for her 18 month check up talk to the doctor then, but I doubt she'll still be doing it in 4 months if she doesn't get attention for it anymore..
GOOD LUCK and welcome to mamapedia.
My second one did this. Move her to an area where she won't hurt herself and let her have her tantrum. If she head buts you..Make the correction and tell her no she can't do that and put her down and walk away. So she will correlate the bad behavior with your reaction. They key is to putting her in a safe spot and then ignore the tantrum.
My cousin did that. their doctor told them that some kids to that. Just protect her from hurting herself by moving her to a location that is softer. It's phase that she'll grow out of.
Ignore it, it will stop, she likes the rush to her and give her attention, even if it is negative attention. If you are worried she is doing it hard enough to hurt herself then you should talk to her ped dr.
