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- From: tigger@satyr.Sylvan.COM (Grace Sylvan)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: My 1 year old is hitting me
- Message-ID: <TIGGER.93Jan22204046@satyr.Sylvan.COM>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 04:40:46 GMT
- References: <28495@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <4340003@hplred.HPL.HP.COM>
- Sender: tigger@satyr.UUCP (Grace Sylvan)
- Organization: Sylvan Associates
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- give him an alternative -- I know that I say 'gentle, gentle' in as
- calm a voice as I can muster, while firmly but gently grabbing the
- offending hand and making gentle with it.
-
- Definitely put him down if he won't redirect easily. Let him cry for a
- moment. 'I won't hold you while you hit me' should suffice. When you
- pick him up again, remind him to be gentle, giving examples with you
- own hands as need be. If he hits, put him down again!
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- If you're in a situation where you can't put him down, face him away
- from you so that he can't hit your face.
-
- And try to say as calm as possible. If he's just bopped you good -
- don't bother with the redirection, you'll probably be too upset and
- tense to give a good example of gentle relaxed behavior - just put him
- down and let him know clearly that it hurt you!
-
- Remember to encourage and reinforce and demonstrate gentle petting and
- touching behavior as much as possible. Let him know (calmly, don't get
- too agitated or you might bring on a hitting attack with his
- excitment) how nice it feels when he touches you gently - when he pets
- his furry toys gently, etc.
-
- Good luck!
- --
-
- Tigger (Grace Sylvan) Mom of Katherine Yelena, 8/8/89,
- tigger@satyr.sylvan.com Corey 1/31/91; we loved him so,
- Robin Gregory born 2/28/92
-
- "It seems to me that our large goal is to find the ways to help our
- children become humane and strong."
-
- - Dr Haim Ginott quoted by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
-