Biting, scratching, pinching, poking: is anyone else's baby beating them up?

[MrsTittleMouse]

DD (8 months) is constantly doing all the above to me. It used to be that she would want to be close to play or cuddle, now it's to bite me. She bites when she feeds, and with her free hand she has left scratch marks all over my cleavage and shoulders. She tries to remove our glasses, she grabs handfulls of neck skin when we pick her up, she tries to poke DH in the eye.
She's a lovely girl though, and obviously there's no way of explaining to her as she's too young, so is there anything I can do? When she bites when feeding I say "no" and pull her away (which is involuntary!) but it doesn't discourage her, she laughs. It's come to the point where I'm hesitating before I cuddle her as I know it's going to cause me pain, which is crazy.
Any ideas welcome.

Aww, No advice for you but

I hope it is just a phase she is going through.
Good Luck

Could she be learning how to cuddle and stroke? Sounds like she is playing like a kitten doess before it learns to retract its claws

sooo weird that youve posted this. i was having that EXACT conversation with my neighbour this afternoon. my 8 mnth does the same thing, she seems really aggressive although she laughs when she does it (god, hope theyre not psycopaths in the making!!)
Think its just misplaced affection, but i too am COVERED in scratches and bites! And dont start me on the hair pulling....

Oh God! Hadn't thought yet that I was raising a psychopath!
How are the little hairs at the back of your neck? I don't think I have any left, but then she manages to find some more...

I think it is a phase. I breastfed dd for 10 months and the last month was torture. She bit me several times but the pinching was the worst. I'm not blessed with the most toned arms in the world so there was plenty for her to grab on to. And if I got a fright and yelped when she did it she thought it was hilarious. It stopped as suddenly as it began though and now she is an adorable, cuddly, affectionate 14 month old.

Forgot to add that she still loves my glasss though. I wear them all the time so she is fascinated but the sight of my face without them. Don't know if she will ever grow out of that one but at least she doesn't bend them all over the place any more.

Oh, I hope it is a phase, and one that she gets over quickly. She does know how to be gentle, but she doesn't choose that option very often. Last night she grabbed hold of my arm and ate it like a corn on the cob!

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God, I'd forgotton how painful this age is!

my 8 month old is the same! I have to put my contacts in first thing as he tends to lunge for my glasses, hair is always tied back and no big earrings! I think he's just trying to be friendly but is a bit over eager and un-coordinated.

my baby is 12 months and has been beating us up for months lol. She pinches bites scratches pulls hair smacks all of it. Me and my husband have always got scracthes and bruises from our little darling lol. She has given both of us nose bleeds where she went through a phase of head butting. I really hope she grows out of it lol cos she's a big baby was 10lb at birth , god help us if she dont!!

Dd gave dh a blood blister on his lip yesterday. She's 6mo

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Mine was the same... she is 21 months now and getting a lot better :)

Just remember - what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger... or something.

yep. Our 12 month old does exactly this including the glasses thing.Am worried about him hurting other LOs.

Oh I remember dd made me cry a few times pulling my hair. The little bully