DD 17.5 months - is biting and pinching me when she can't get own way - how should I deal with this?!

[josben]

So far I have told her off sternly, shouted at her and tried putting her in the corner of the room and ignoring her..,
I keep thinking she's coming out the this phase but then she'll begin doing it again ... Anyone got any advice?

my ds (18 mnt) started this. I held onto his arms looked him in eye and said firmly no, you hurt mummy, mummy doesnt like that. He did it again so i repeated the above and turned my back on him.

I felt like i was being nasty but he soon got the message.

When dd started this I just held her really firmly, made her look at me and said very seriously, "you do not hit/bite/pinch mummy". I didn't say it or let her go until she looked at me. Not sure if this is good advice but it worked for me. She now says "pinch, no, no, Grace not do it".

Thanks, I will try keeping the eye contact for a bit longer and holding on to her...

Hope this will eventually get through to her...

I am going through this at the moment with my 19 month old. It seems to stop her more quickly if i say "be gentle with mummy" rather than "don't pinch/smack."
When I tell her off it seems to make her worse whereas if I tell her what she should be doing she seems to want to do that and will stop smacking and give me a hug instead.
If she won't stop I walk away from her, out of the room and shut the door on her if necessary leaving her for about 30 seconds seems to give her time to calm down.