1 year old,hits and throws things

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my 1 year old boy throws toys of any sort at anyone that is around him, even the cat gets things thrown at her, also he hits people in the face if your holding him,i get really upset when he does this to me, and really dont know of what punishment to give him,i have tried tapping his hand and saying 'no thats not nice',but im finding his hitting becomes worse so tapping his hand is not a good idea, ive tried a stern 'NO' but nothing is working has anyone got any ideas what i can do to stop this behaviour from someone so young.

I think you need to try to prevent it, rather than 'punishing' it when it does happen. Watch out for when he's about to do it and distract. Give him big cuddles and praise when he's being gentle. I completely ignore this sort of thing and engage DD in playing instead (only 10mo). He's not doing it on purpose to annoy you, but probably likes people's reactions.

how do i prevent it? that would mean taking all toys off him, my other 2 children get alot thrown in there direction, when theres nothing to throw he will quite happily stand against the sofa hitting his sibblings legs waiting for a reaction but i cant ignore this behaviour in a hope it will stop, its been going on for weeks now,my pregnant friends that visit also have things thrown at them, i have treid the distracting approach but this behaviour is still continuing.

My DD throws things and claws at my face when I'm getting her off to sleep. She's 15 months (A year corrected age) and I just say 'No, we don't throw' and if she carries on I remove her from what she's throwing and interest her in something else.

I think all you can do is divert and distract at this age, there's no point in thinking along the lines of punishment as he's not doing it to be naughty.

Could you try using 'big' toys that can't be thrown to engage him eg those activity table things etc. Take off him things that really hurt when thrown to minimise damage and provide him with soft things - textured toys, cloth books etc.

Also, give him plenty of authorised throwing time eg could you get a small ball pit for the garden, or soft, small footballs etc. Hopefully this will help him get this out of his system and he will move on to a new skill.

DD hits and she has just turned one. I was a bit taken aback as I didn't think it would start so young!

If she does it really hard, or she does something else that hurts I say OW in a really loud voice, which comes naturally as she has hurt me! She gets upset at that. But if she doesn't stop, I put her down and ignore her. Generally though I try to stop her before she does it, so hold her arm as it swings forward.

They are definitely not doing it to be naughty, just to see what will happen. Unfortunately she has started lifting my top up and pinching my flab

My DS (14 months) at times is really bad with hitting/slapping, hair pulling, scratching, pinching and biting (sorry no experience of throwing as he's not very good at that yet!). He is worse when over-excited or tired. He normally does it when we are holding him so I just say, very sternly, "No! No hitting/biting/whatever. That is very naughty/not nice/etc." If he continues I put him down and he normally just wanders off to play and distracts himself.

thankyou for your messages, lecce i think the ball games have started this problem,he has found alot of interest in ball games and now he can throw them he throws everything as well. as for punishment i was only thinking a naughty seat/step,and did wonder if he was to young for this. i think he has abit of a temper and its all new to me as my other 2 were not like this.