15 month head banging

[choufleur]

Help! My 15 month ds has started head banging whenever he doesnt get his own way. I know it probably just frustration but what should i do? Ignore it? tell him to stop? ???

Have read elsewhere that it's frustration because they can't communicate properly. Mine does the arching and screaming as well but it's the head banging that worries me as he always seems to pick really hard object to hit his head on

My 19 month old dd does this is well, my ds also went through a stage of this when he was younger, they do grow out of it, i do say no to dd because if i ignore her she carrys on doing it & i worry about her head.

I began by telling DS to stop it but it made him do it more so now I just ignore it. It's horrible to watch.

I think it's fairly normal although a little embarrassing in public

DS did this for a while and we did later realize it was frustration at not being able to communicate as well as he wanted. All I could do was keep large soft cushions in various rooms and slip one underneath him when he started so he didn't hurt himself. The stage didn't last long - and it stopped when his talking got really fluent.

my litle one now 2 1/2 did this all the time, was always covered in bruises on his forehead, in fact he would head bang anywhere, floor, wall, cupboard, seemed to be the hardest place he could find
I found it really upseting, but advice was to try to ignore, get them interested in something else like distraction if poss
Honestly they do grow out of it but its horrible.
Apparently is frustration and just attention seeking..... important to try to give attention as much as poss at other time, sit and read a book, play a little etc. good luck.

I totally get that my 18mo does it when he is frustrated, BUT he also does it for fun, just goes over to the wall, bangs it, looks and me and laughs then comes over and gives me a hug. WIERD!

Interesting CS. My ds doesn't do it in frustration/temper, but definitely for fun. I'm assuming he likes the sounds as he chooses things like the bath or a radiator to do it on. No bruises, either, so it must be fairly controlled,but does get od looks when we are out and he does it.

Not just T then! Don't think it is for sounds with him, his fav place is when we are lying on the mattress on his floor, I have fed him and it's bed time, he rolls over, bangs gently, rolls back and gives me a kiss, rolls over and bangs - on and on until I stop him.

Boy has been doing this for a few months ( now 16m/o) if hes on carpet I try to ignore if on a hard floor i pick him up & lay him over my knee or hold under my arm. he finds a dummy comforting and once calm will give it back in return for a toy or something more intersting to do.

My DD started it at 15 months too. She would used the garden wall (head height) whilst playing beautifully one day! Her favourite place was the stone kitchen floor! I was quite distressing and she was covered in bruises. The Health Visitor said to ignore it (as hard as it is). It did pass fairly quickly. I did not think it was related to attention seeking but the HV said that it was and that it is usually bright children (she seems to be!) who do it. My DD talked very early and could certainly express herself verbablly at the time she was headbanging so I would not say it was related to frustration in her case. I found the best way was to pull her away without too much attention and divert her intestest onto something else. She is now 3 and very demanding (verbally) and digs her heels in when she doesn't agee.

It looks like quite a few dcs go through this stage. I think i'll go and invest in some padding for the walls and keep my fingers crossed he grows out of it soon.