14 mth old spinning to make himself dizzy and banging head on wall to sleep. Normal???

[kalo12]

is this normal behaviour for a toddler.

he also refuses most meals.

I would get his ears checked for possible infections. This can be a big reason for head-banging.
That would be my first action, if not, I would possibly speak to my hv

oh he has had a cold recently so could well be ear infection, but he seems to do this for fun

I think all toddlers go through the 'spining' stage. I remember both mine did and my neice. I don't remember any of htem head banging though.

My ds1 (20 months) spins, but atm, only when he sees a helicopter or hears one

I was a headbanger until I was 15. Honestly. I used to headbang myself to sleep every night. If I stayed over at a friend's house and therefore couldn't headbang it took me ages to go to sleep. Google it and you'll see it's surprisingly common.

dd spins all the time and crashes through the house falling over, she doesnt purposefully head bang though.

Just googled it for you and foundthis

My DS used to bang his head on the wall to get him off to sleep - when he was about 1 or 2. Stopped by the time he was 3- ish I think.

He was also very awkward about eating at that age.

thankyou all. I have a tendency for this kind of ' I am a complete nuerotic mother - is this normal'

Thank you for your reassurances