Feeling a bit puzzled as to how best to deal with my 18 month old. She’s very clingy and demanding but on the whole happy and developing well.
Recently she has started to bang her head when she is angry. So if I say “no, we can’t watch tv right now/eat that/climb on there” she will get angry and bang her head off the floor/cupboard/me.
She then cries because it hurts.
What should I be doing? Stopping her, telling her no, ignoring the behaviour. She hasn’t hurt herself badly yet but it’s not nice to watch.
Also she’s becoming fussy at meal times which I know is normal but I’m unsure if I should be offering her something else. Usually I offer her cereal an hour or so after dinner as I don’t want to send her to bed hungry but it’s beconing a regular occurrence that I’m not sure if I should continue or not?
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Advice on 18 month old
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Cottoneyed12 · 12/03/2018 20:53
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