10.5 months old dd keeps hitting me in the face`

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my dd has recently been slapping me (in particluar) in the face and other kids at her childminders.
she is aware that its naughty because when i say no, or naughty girl she 'fake' cries, then magically forgets what she has been told off for and does it again.
i have tried holding her hands down and saying no!, shouting 'stop it', ignoring it, or putting her down away from me. but to no avail. is this a phase perhaps? she has had 'naughty' phases of i.e. spitting, etc and i don't know how or when, but just stopped doing these things. is this another one perhaps?

any suggestions on how i deal with this?

I had this followed by the fake crying (known as "rubbish pretend crying" here ). If ds hit us we would just instantly ignore him, moving away if necessary but not leaving the room. I used to tidy mats, papers, books - boy was that room tidy on some days! It has to be a case of "it's REALLY boring when you hit me" and they do get the message. Any response is good for them and they will just keep doing it and they certainly don't have any idea that they are hurting you. Good luck

At 10.5 months she isn't old enough to understand the concept of something being naughty. She also isn't old enough to remember that she's been told off before and to act upon that knowledge.

Try distracting her - later on you will be able to remove her from you, or tell her "no" and expect her to understand, but for now she's a bit little.

i'm having a similar problem with ds (10 months)....he pulls at my lip/teeth and scratches my face, pokes at my eyes. he seems to have an obsession with faces and though i'm keen for him to socialise with other children he just goes straight for th eface and i'm embarrassed about it. would appreciate any advice on how to deal with it........saying no, and moving his hand away from my face results in manic giggling.

God, mine too, AND biting. I have been saying no, and he does understand it, but the trouble is I start to laugh! Completely agree with the put down and ignore approach, and have started this with ds.

I think you need to stick with one strategy for the message to sink in, keep perservering.

they all do it I think. My dts are nearly 15 months and still have fun with the odd game of slapping me or poking and then giggling. Babies like the predictable responses of ow or no or whatever. They soon find other, better things to occupy their attention if you ignore it. It is a phase. With mine, I like the naughty giggles when they know they've been naughty, it's rather endearing. They do grow out of it, so I jsut bear with it.

thats reassuring, but it is embarassing in public, especially as I am so hell bent on making sure she grows up with good manners blah blah blah.
i keep thinking i will have to call in supernanny