baby hitting

Dear blackrose, I hope you are still active and hopefully by now this problem has passed but I'm still going to answer because there still might be some helpfull aspects in my reply or maybe other people can benefit from it. Hitting is negative behaviour and what you want to do is bend it into positive behaviour. You can do such a thing by giving her a praise for everytime she does something well. But how to praise 'not-hitting'? Tell her that every time she makes it through an activity without hitting she will get a sticker or another treat. This will help her focuss for a short amount of time because babies have a short time span and won't be able to focus on one thing for a long time. If she gets to story time without hitting or if she gets through getting dressed without hitting praise her and give her a sticker. Put them on a reward card and if she hits you tell her why and take one sticker away. I know this works great with toddlers and children just below the age of 2 and I think it might work with younger children if you make the periods of time short enough. All the best!