18 month old banging his head :(

[Deliainthemaking]

My DS is always headbutting people or banging his head, he headbutted me inthe nose this morning nearly broke it, he headbutted his GParents floor on sunday which is concrete so he has a nice shiner (!) errgh it really upsets me

how did you deal with this stage??

Lots of reinforcing "Don;t bang your head it will hurt" to both dcs.

If your dc DOESN'T have special needs it will pass.

Sadly for dd it is ongoing.She headbangs a wide variety of things.I try to stop her but usually am just wincing in horror!!

so glad i found this thread, my DS just started doing this (now 17 months). It drives me nuts. He does it when he gets frustrated, especially if i tell him he can't have something or do something. He picks the hardest object and head butts it. He did it at a baby music class the other day when i told him he couldn't play with the stereo, the other mums looked horrified. I'm really glad i'm not alone as the other mums reactions made me feel a bit of a freak.
I'm afraid i don't have a solution but will be watching this thread with interest.

My ds has been doing this for a couple of months now but it is getting much less frequent (he is 19 months now). I was told by an experienced nursery nurse not to react as it may reinforce the actions. She also said providing it seems more to do with frustration or not getting what they want, it's nothing to do with behavioural problems. Once they learn to talk it should pass.

DS2 went through a stage like this (including banging his head on the patio in the garden). I made the mistake of googling it and got terrified he had some kind of special needs . Anway, he is now 2.10 and hasn't headbutted in a long time (unless you count running full pelt, head first into my groin, which really, really hurts I can assure you).

In the end I just ignored it and he stopped by himself. I wouldn't worry about bruises from it, dc's at this age are covered head-to-toe in bruises anyway.

Its seems to be this 16-19 month old bracket

monkoray mine does it out of frustration like Almost for dramtic effect

I tell him no, put my hand in front move him away etc I just havebto hope for the best I think

he still has the mark its horrible

Does he do it when he can't get something? Or have something? My DS gets annoyed and aggressive (17 months) if he can't have something. But he cms down really quickly if I look him in the eye, at his level and say what it is he wants eg "biscuit", "phone" etc quite firmly then say no biscuit then distract. So he knows I understand him (he doesn't talk) so gets less frustrated. Not saying it always works but helps.