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kathy
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This too shall pass! It's hard at this age to discipline. I have a 22 month old. I firmly tell her, "NO" and remove her from the situation. If she were to hit her sister, I would tell her NO and pick her up and remove her from the room. Sometimes, I make her give her sissy a hug after she hits. I tell her it isn't nice.
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Don't make a big commotion over it, and always remain calm. Kids like the reaction they get both positive and negative. If you get emotional and say no, bad, etc they may actually think it's funny. Instead CALMLY say that is bad behavior and you won't tolerate it. There a several ways to alter his behavior. You can gently walk him to his room and say he has to stay there until he is sorry, you can take a favorite toy away until he stops, you can refuse him any type of desert or sweet snack, he can lose tv time, etc. Most importantly than the punishment is the positive reinforcement. As soon as he stops hitting, compliment him RIGHT AWAY. Tell him how proud you are, what a nice way to behave, give him a special snack and tell him why he deserved it, etc. It's just a matter of showing him the proper way to behave and the benefits of behaving that way. It does take time, but this actually works, as long as you continue to praise all good behaviors.
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you need to make it clear that hitting is very very wrong you time him out for 1 and a half minutes and then you make him say sorry by time him out what i mean is put him in a corner (i.e. the naughty corner... it's not safe to use steps at that age) and if he escapes you put him back with no eye contact or communication whatsoever when the time out is over you make him apologise you must get down to his level to tell him he's been naughty and why he's in the naughty corner
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when i worked at a daycare we use to say gentle hands then show them what gentle meant... we would take their hands and using our face let them rub it saying gentle, gentle. then when they would hit we would again we would say gentle... then show me gentle and that worked with most of them but those kids were younger.... like 13-19 months... with the toddlers we would say be nice to your friends its not nice to hit it gives people owies then we would give them another chance then if it happened again we would pull them out of the situation and tell them they needed to play all by themselves till they can play nice. that usually worked but not always. hope that helps
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