Rage from my 11 month old, hitting me and everything!!

[babybloos]

I am trying to analyse my 11mth dd behaviour to see if it could be teething or something explainable?? She gets a bit frustrated and then will really purposefully smack me in the face or dh or books or anything really, but the hitting of me is the worst and i can't imagine if she did it to another child or anyone else!!!When i say a bit frustrated, it happens a lot, she is well slept, day and night, feeds well and just generally seems very clingy and grumpy unless entertained constantly. i am at my whits end and could really use some advice, even if it is just that she will grow out of it

TBH at that age I would ut it down to trying to express herself the only way she knows how. What is her speech like?

My dd started with this but a firm "no" from the start usually works after a time.

i agree with helsi too

thanks for the advice, firm no's are being ignored or giggled at - i think we may just be at the age where she is so used to me being lovely mummy and playing all the time that everything is still a game and maybe she just needs more boundaries!! she was better today and actually listened to me and i praised her for leaving it and she seemed pleased. her speech is pretty limited to dog, cow, moo, some other words which mean things but only i know what they are!! what is speech meant to be at 11 months???? she is far more developed in this area than the other 3 babes she sees regularly her age!! you will get me worried!! she does understand almost everything now and maybe i just need to persist.....

hi, my dd is now 17 months, a few months back she was smacking everyone and every thing, including herself!! everytime she went to smack i wold take her hand and show her how to stroke instead. she seems to have stopped now, she will still sometimes smack her own face if i say no to her, i think its just frustration, because they cant say what they want yet. it will pass!

thanks loads izzybiz, i will keep persisting

babybloos-I have a dd who is 12 months. I also have a ds who is 4. I had many of the same concerns about ds when he was 11,12 months-mostly because I did not know what was normal for a child of his age! my expectations of him were unrealistic (and still are because I am always breaking new ground with him!) with dd I now realise that the sort of concerns that I had about ds were such a waste of energy-at 11 months your dd is still a baby-without a malicious bone in her body. She is experimenting with self-expression and if she is bright (she is certainly more advanced than my dd in terms of language) that may make her more easily frustrated.
My advice would be to continue to say no to her when she hits you-but don't let it spoil your enjoyment of her-it will pass. hope this helps

Hi, my daughter is nearly six months and was sleeping through the night untill recently. I have just started her on solids. Im only giving her half a jar for lunch and dinner a time at the moment with milk/water. She seems to be really enjoying it. She goes down at 8pm and has started waking between 2am and 3am. I give her a bottle and she demolishes it! She is currently on 7 ounces (Aptamil extra ) sometimes leaving a ounce. I was wondering if I could give 8 ounces instead. Though it does say as a guide on the box that for her age she should be having 7 ounces. Any suggestins for getting her to start sleeping through again would be appreciated.
Thanks

Ds is 11 months and I am getting bitten a lot at the moment. I say, firmly, "no, we don't bite" and if he does it again, I put him down or move away from him and then distract him with something else.

I think it is working, it seems to be a bit better.

thats great beansprout and chipkid, i think this is what mumsnet is all about....making us feel that we are normal!! i really appreciate the advice and i am still enjoying her. Has anyone watched the Human person on living tv? It says that because babies all have different personalities early on that you have to treat them individually, because one thing may work for one baby and not for the other. I had forgotten that because dd is a bit wild and not a very chilled/layed back baby that she may need a few more no's before it sinks in!! There is so much to enjoy and thanks for your experiences