Behaviour

What are we doing to discipline our July babies?
I’m starting to really struggle with certain behaviours. My little boy has a thing for pulling hair and biting. He does it to myself and other children. No matter how much I tell him it’s not kind and it hurts ect he’s just not processing it.
I come from a school background and we used to do warnings and time out. I wouldn’t know how to implement this with him though as he wouldn’t sit still and listen it would make the situation harder. I feel he’s too young for this yet. I also don’t want to use his bed/bedroom/highchair ect and make that become a “bad or naughty” association.

I know he’s young and it’s just a phase but I want him to learn that certain actions are not okay. He’s doing this to other children too which isn’t fair.

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I'm struggling too with my daughter. She's started hitting and throwing things around when she doesn't get what she wants. I have started sitting her down every time she does it but I'm not sure she actually understands. A lot of literature suggests that this phase is normal and they will grow out of it, we just have to persevere with the sitting or telling them no.

If it’s with other children I usually say “no don’t hit, we use gentle hands with our friends” more for the other child’s benefit (knowing that I have acknowledged the behaviour) and if it keeps happening remove them from playtime. If it’s with me I don’t react and just make myself unavailable to him physically and don’t engage with him for a bit. Then when he’s playing nicely and gently I praise him for it. It’ll stop eventually if you consistently reinforce the boundary. It’s if there’s inconsistency in the way you deal with it that it might persist.

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