I am so hoping that we are not the only person to have an 18-month old who does all these.
DS is a lovely child, very demonstrative and huggy. Then suddenly he will get a certain look in his eye and slap me in the eye, or grab my throat in both hands and pull (he has big hands and is strong), or scratch my neck and chest, or bite. He will also do this to dh, but so far thank God, not to other children or other relatives.
We look him in the eye and say '[name], No biting' (or whatever) and put him in the corner for a minute. He is getting quite good at staying there. We are starting to get him to kiss us 'sorry' afterwards as he can't say it. Then we try and pay him some attention.
The one small light about this is that biting is fading - he clearly bites more if he is teething - also it is mostly about lack of attention or tiredness. But otherwise I am really worried - I feel as if I am raising a psychopath - and also quite covered in scratch scars!
Any words of help or comfort??
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Scratching, gouging, biting and Chinese burns
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acnebride · 31/07/2005 22:25
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