Hitting Problem

I started saying the word "no" the minute my son started grabbing my glasses or just grabbing anything in general that I didn't want him to touch. I didn't yell it at him, but I would say "no, no" in calm words and he is now 14 months and when I say it he does stop what he is doing and walks away. My son is also at the hitting age right now. It's not like he wants to hurt anyone, but he does like the reaction he gets from his 4 yr old sister. He like to go up to her and slap her on the head or face and sometimes even pulls her hair. My daughter sometimes gets mad and crys or yells "ouch!" and he just laughs. I think they just like the reactions they get. At this age they don't know they are hurting someone. It's all fun and games for them. You need to start saying something like "ouch" or "no, no" when you see him doing that, but not in a mean voice, just a normal voice and then remove him from the area of whoever he just hit. (THey do that in daycare.) Good luck.

I have a very similar son, who just turned 2! The thing that mostly broke him of it (unless he's trying to play, but thats another story) was holding his hand and not letting him have it back for a minute or 2 every time he would hit. At least for my stubborn little one, he HATES getting pinned without control of his own body. It took us several weeks of it but it made a big difference. The only thing, if yours is as stubborn as mine was, is that when we first started it he would start kicking, or hitting with his head, and there was more than once he ended up totally pinned up against me. But he only did that for about a week.