Hitting

My 'older' son Evan keeps hitting his "younger" brother Ian. It just started the other day but now it is nonstop all day. He slaps him in the head, throws toys at him, etc and Ian will just scream at him like "stop". I feel so bad and I keep correcting him as much as I can for a one year old but he keeps doing it. My other son has a bump under his eye because as I was changing his diaper his brother came over with a weeble and wacked him in the eye with it. Ian has been extremely clingy and I can't walk out of the room without him crying so maybe Evan is jealous? Is this when the fighting starts, this early? Any suggestions on correcting a one year about hitting? Ian is also starting to hit himself, I guess since he is always getting wacked by his brother.

 

My 'older' son Evan keeps hitting his "younger" brother Ian. It just started the other day but now it is nonstop all day. He slaps him in the head, throws toys at him, etc and Ian will just scream at him like "stop". I feel so bad and I keep correcting him as much as I can for a one year old but he keeps doing it. My other son has a bump under his eye because as I was changing his diaper his brother came over with a weeble and wacked him in the eye with it. Ian has been extremely clingy and I can't walk out of the room without him crying so maybe Evan is jealous? Is this when the fighting starts, this early? Any suggestions on correcting a one year about hitting? Ian is also starting to hit himself, I guess since he is always getting wacked by his brother.

 

I can't offer much advice. Kaylee has started to hit Kelby and if I get her in trouble she hits me. I tell her to not hit that she is being naughty and hitting is not nice and then I sit her on the couch. (Which lasts 2 seconds). I have no idea what to do with her her and she is just plain mean at times. Good luck and I hope you find something that works. Hang in there!

 

After you give him time away, you could have him hug the other and say sorry or have some kind of piece offering. Good luck.

 

We are having this same issue right now. DS is ALWAYS hitting DD. We recently turned our dinning room into their playroom, well, now they have more room, and it still hasn't changed anything! Now he just lets her start crawling, and goes and flops down on her and she screams like mad. I give him a time out and scould him for his behavior, then I make him give her kisses. I just began this but, so far it isn't working. He like that he can do it, get a little time out, and then kiss her. He claps about it. I am sure he doesn't understand it yet. He is really in the repititio stage he soes everything over and over...especially hitting and tackling his sister! What else can we do but redirect at this age?

I will follow this thread, and see what other people have come up with that works. Hope you find the answers...Sorry wasn't much help!

 

Honestly, I don't know what to tell you, either. Alissa is always hitting on Victoria. She's almost bullying her. It's like she knows she the bigger of the two, and tries to take advantage of it. She's really rough, and she kind of manhandles Victoria. Victoria, on the other hand, never tries to reciprocate. She'll cry and cling onto one of us, but she never tries to get Alissa back. It's kind of like she (Victoria)knows that she is the older sister, and never tries anything. But she is still quick to help Alissa if she thinks she needs her help.

 

My boys (now 2 yrs old) both went through a similar phase. I think it was when they were around 18 months. Anyway, my husband and I were very consistent and strict when it happened. When the one of them hit our response was always the same. Say "no hitting" and they would get a time out (which was sitting face out against our kitchen wall) for a brief period of time. In our house hitting is an immediate time out, no warning, counting to three, etc. It's serious and we want them to learn that even at an early age. They comprehend more than you think. The phase didn't last long (maybe a few weeks) and now they never hit.

Good luck.

 

Amy hits Sarah sometimes (though not very hard). We say "no hitting," remove her a few feet away from Sarah, then ignore her for a moment while comforting Sarah. I don't know if it makes any difference, but the idea is to teach her that if she hits Sarah, she gets ignored and Sarah gets attention. Most of their hitting is in the context of fighting over toys, though, so it's not quite the same situation as just hitting for the fun of it.

 

We are in the same situation. I came here to this board today to try to find some advice too. I don't know what to do about it either. Mia is hitting everyone: me, DH, baby, twin, and all we keep doing is saying NO but honestly that doesn't seem to work out well. She does cry and get upset when we say NO, and doesn't continue to hit (for a minute or two ) so I hope she knows she is doing something wrong. DH and I can take it and so can Jake most of the time but I don't like her hitting the baby at all! Lately all Tessa has been doing is sitting strapped in her chair up on the counter where it is safe!