I just wanted some advice on how other parents deal with their toddlers going through hitting or scratching phases. My 22 month old daughter attacks mine and my husband's faces when she is having a tantrum and we have to pick her up ( for instance to stop her running off near cars etc). It's starting to really get to us because it hurts a lot and can leave marks and/or bleeding. She doesn't do it with anyone else, just us, and she is a very loving, affectionate and sweet natured child but this stage of going for our faces has been happening a while now. Currently we tell her no, explain that it hurts and put her down.