Discipline for 1yr old

My daughter is 14 months old now and I know she’s still learning and stuff but she’s gotten a lot rougher with me as in slapping me in my face trying to bite me and yanking my hair and it’s random. I tell her no and that I don’t like when she does that but she just laughs and does it more. I’m also 34wks pregnant with a boy so I don’t want her thinking it’s okay to do that to her brother when he’s here. I don’t know how to discipline her as obviously telling her no isn’t working but I also dont want to spank her as yes she’s only 1. Any advice??

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Don’t give her access to you so either put her down or stand up. Tell her no and then have no reaction. She’s laughing because you are giving a reaction. If you just immediately cut off access to being close to you and go about your business (without explaining to her since she’s too young for that) she will notice.

Remove yourself from her immediate area so she can’t reach you. “Hitting hurts. I won’t let you hit me.” Model gentle hands with her until you’re blue in the face. Honestly I’m sure she probably will do some of this with the baby - I’m just telling you this to let you know that you’re not doing anything wrong if this happens! Again you’d just remove baby from her immediate area and keep reminding her and showing her what to do instead.

When they get a little older and receptive language is more advanced you can offer some alternatives - here you can go hit this pillow, for example.

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