Sorry if this has been done before....my 14 month old dd has been scratching for a few months now & i've tried all sorts to discourage her but nothing seems to work. She is scratching out at faces - she's done it to me, hubby, nannies, grampies, aunties, cousins - mostly when they go in close for a kiss, they get a scratched face instead! The more you say no etc, the more she will do it - have tried doing it back to her (gently) but she just laughs! I'm sure she knows I don't want her to keep doing it - when I say no, it seems to make her more determined to do it & she will do it all the more. Once, I thought I'd see how long she would do it for & she scratched at my chest for a good minute before I had to stop her as I was red raw! She will sometimes, after I've told her off & pretended to cry (another tactic that dosn't seem to work) give me a cuddle as if to say sorry & that she knows she's done wrong, but this dosn't happen often. It really upsets me as I am concerned that at this young age she is showing an angry streak that I really want to stamp out. I'm also frightened she will start to do it to the other little ones at playgroup - that won't be popular with the other mums! HELP!!