My two year old can be a little bugger at times with pushing boundaries and testing out rules but he's never hit or bitten anyone so this is all new to me.
My 13month old slaps people in the face when they are holding him/ he's on their lap (including me and Dp) He does it when he's excited and thinks it's a game but I want him to stop.
When he does it, I hold his hands and say No that's not nice but he just laughs (thinks it's part of his game maybe?) I've tried taking his hands and stroking my face with them saying "gentle hands" but as soon as you let go he just slaps again. I've tried putting him down where he can't reach me when he does it but he cries and looks really confused like he doesn't understand why.
I know he's young and he doesn't understand but is there anything else I can do to stop it?
Is it just a "this too shall pass" phase. I'd like to hope it is and he'll stop as soon as he started but otoh I don't want him to get into the habit of thinking it's ok to slap/hit people and thinking it's bloody hilarious to do so!
Any idea's please?