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Disciplining a one-year-old
Any advice? Hunter has a really short fuse (compliments of his mother.. oops) and when he gets angry he throws things, bites and hits. It hasn't been an issue at daycare yet- he mostly takes it out on me- but I want to nip this in the bud before it becomes an issue.
How do I tell him no? Is he too young for time outs? I don't want to yell, and smacking would probably just send the message that hitting is ok. What should I do?
Re: Disciplining a one-year-old
DS has a temper too (I blame DH, he blames me...). Any way- we do a firm no followed by putting him down (if we are holding him) or moving him from the spot where he is getting into trouble to a spot where there isn't anything for him to grab onto immediately (think: middle of the kitchen floor or middle of the living room rug). I let him flip his crap for a min or 2 until he calms down. I basically just ignore him. It seems to be working because the flip outs are getting shorter.
We also play red light/green light all the time. It is a game and discipline for us. I use it to get him to come over to me and to stop dead in his tracks. Its nice to shout "red light" instead of "no" all the time.
ETA: Oh- and after he finishes flipping out, I have him apologize and give him a hug. Sometimes we apologize to things we have thrown, other times its an apology and hug for me, DH or the dog.
First we try to call each other out on short fuse behavior on front of him. He sees everything.
If he throws something in frustration I grab his wrists/hands (lightly) and say m you are frustrated but x isn't for throwing. Balls are for throwing. Let's throw a ball and redirect.
Hitting I do the same thing I identify the emotion. Grab his hands since thats what he Uses to hit and say M you are angry but we don't hit we are gentle and use hands to pet.
Good question, eagerly stalking the responses...
Z loves to grab my hair and pull. I have yet to figure out a way to stop this behavior.