https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 20:37:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851943 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:09:59 +0000 mrskc 851943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: Yeah, I worried about ear infection or teething, but I'm just chalking it up to weird baby behavior. He also went through a phase of hitting his toys on his head repeatedly and another phase where he punched himself in the jaw. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851934 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:07:25 +0000 Smurfette 851934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For awhile R would rub her hand over her eye, over and over. I would hold her hand for awhile and she would do it all over again, once I let it go. She stopped doing it after a couple weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851840 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:50:11 +0000 NovBaby1112 851840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: lol mine too! i feel like she's gonna rub her eye balls out!!! strange little babies ;)</p> <p>@mrsjazz: good idea, maybe a little blanket for her to hold onto or something? i hope she grows out of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851831 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:47:50 +0000 mrsjazz 851831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Mine did this at that age, too. I would try to move her hands and play with them or put things in them for her to play with it. She'll grow out of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851830 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:47:42 +0000 MsLipGloss 851830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: My baby girl also rubs her eyes suuuuper hard. *augh* It makes me so nervous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851824 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:46:28 +0000 NovBaby1112 851824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: hmm i'll have to look into a necklace to try and distract her. yea, she does it more at her bedtime feeding when she is the most tired...</p> <p>@mrskc: weird! my LO does it mostly when she is nursing on the right as well...at first i thought maybe ear infection or teething, but maybe its just normal weird baby behavior lol. </p> <p>@MsLipGloss: yea, i started kissing her chubby little hands to try to keep her from giving herself a black eye :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851812 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:42:55 +0000 MsLipGloss 851812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes my LO will tug at her hair while she is BFing and tired. I try to hold her hand (she loves to have her fingers and palm kissed!) and keep her from hurting herself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851802 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:39:40 +0000 mrskc 851802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, my son did this a lot when he was 6-7 months. He doesn't do it nearly as much now at almost 8 months. He did it a lot when he was tired and usually it was only when he nursed on the right. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851792 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:35:41 +0000 rattles 851792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine did/does this! She's only 6 months now, but she doesn't do it much anymore. She did it a ton at around 5 months. I wore a chewbeads necklace and that seemed to distract her some. I found mostly she did it when she was tired though, so I also tried to make sure I timed her feedings around that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/7-month-old-punching-herself-in-the-face#post-851756 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:22:55 +0000 NovBaby1112 851756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 7 month old has recently started punching/hitting herself while nursing, often times pretty hard. She does it over and over again and I have to hold her hand down lately when she nurses or she will just keep whacking herself in the eye. Did anyone else's LO's do this? I am getting freaked out! I don't want her to hurt herself! </p>