Agressive behaviour in 10 month old

[mum2b09]

My DD has become really agressive lately. Shes always been quite a laid back chilled happy baby but lately shes been butting biting and pinching me and her dad. Its usually if shes tired or cant have something she wants but sometimes just out of the blue. Just wondering if this is normal?

normal.

She has no self control and no empathy skills (so doesn't understand that it hurts you) and it's interesting to see what reaction it gets. Make it no reaction (bar putting her on floor if she's on your lap and saying no) and she'll get bored. Making a fuss is interesting so behaviour will continue.

I agree with not making a fuss, but disagree with putting her on the floor and saying no.
She's too young even for that, so carrying on as normal without a big reaction is the best approach.

Totally normal. It's really not aggression, she's just trying stuff out. She will understand 'NO!' but if her behaviour gets a big shouty reaction she'll keep doing it. No reaction is the best one - though I agree with calmly putting her on the floor.

I used to put DD1 on the floor,simply to protect my face! She soon got the message and the phase passed.

Thax for yor replies ladies. was just worried about what to do when she had an outburst. i have been putting her on the floor and trying just to not make a big deal of it. im still breasfeeding and shes started treally bitiung and trying to pull my nipples off too. oh the joys haha

Yes, my DS2 did this. I used to go blank faced when he did it, then carry on. Any reaction will encourage it.

Also, teething can cause them to bit, to relieve the pain.

bite, not bit

I know it's really hard, but try not to label it "aggression", even to yourself. I did this and it made me feel differently towards him, because i was worried about his future behaviour and personality.

I agree that this is not 'aggression'. At 10mo, your DD does not have a firm enough sense of self or empathy to be capable of aggression. But, that does not mean you have to put up with being pinched or bitten. With DS2, for pinches, I'd gently restrain the offending hand for a few seconds and then carry on with whatever I was doing. I didn't say 'no' or draw attention to it. But having your hand held is actually quite annoying and he got the message after a day or two.

For biting... well I'm still waiting on the solution to that one. I've had some success with getting him to replace bites with kisses. No success with saying 'no' and putting him down (he just bites my legs!) I'll be watching this thread with interest.