https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 00:12:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2198005 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:50:24 +0000 Madison43 2198005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice - but my friends 9 month old is the same way. We were just joking last week that her and her husband are battered parents. They are bruised up! Its crazy how much force a little baby can have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197996 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:41:26 +0000 youboots 2197996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: yeah for some reason this reminds me of the advice we got on how to keep our puppy from biting... Just yelp like her litter mates would. It worked pretty quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197969 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:24:43 +0000 Chillybear 2197969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: My logic was that if she hits a classmate at daycare that most likely going to be their reaction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197966 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:23:09 +0000 HLK208 2197966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chillybear: that's hilarious!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197963 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:21:58 +0000 Chillybear 2197963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My toddler (20m) smacked me in the face while we were getting ready for bed, so I started fake crying. I must deserve an oscar because she then started hysterically crying. My husband says I traumatized her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197954 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:17:03 +0000 Maysprout 2197954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Each of mine had a weird phase like that. One liked to pull hair and the other was fascinated by eyes and would try to scratch at them. When I finally said this is more than a mini exploration but now a habit that needs to be broken I just put them down and said no and didn't pick them up for like 10 seconds. If they did it again I put them down again. Literally it was for like 10 seconds but I guess it feels like an eternity to them. I think for each of them it maybe took 5-7 times of picking up and putting down the first time (lots of crying) but maybe only twice over the next couple days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197951 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:15:59 +0000 runnerd 2197951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have any advice, but we having this same exact issue with F minus the bleeding. He laughs when you say ow, or no. We say "gentle" and redirect but it's not very helpful. He also is very grabby when he is being lovey and wants to grab on with full body, and he tries to do this with other kids. Wish I had a solution too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197949 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:15:19 +0000 Chuckles 2197949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hlk208: Putting him down and moving away for a very short time (like 30 seconds) works pretty well for my son, even at that young age. Not like time-out or anything. I would just say (super calmly, so she's not getting a reaction from you), "ouch. That hurts me," put her down, and move away. Especially if she is drawing blood, it might help. You don't have to wait until she stops crying or address that. Then come back and go back to whatever you were doing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197947 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:14:24 +0000 Mae 2197947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hm. Fia is a little like this. Selectively. When she was a little younger and especially with the animals she was really aggressive/rough but she just didn't understand. she'd hit and pull their hair trying to pet them. We kept trying to teach her gentle petting and practiced on stuffed animals and also on these two pics of dogs we have hanging up (dumb but she loves it haha) and now she is muuuuuuch better with the pets at 12 mo. She still gets over excited and pulls their hair sometimes but mostly she gently pats/pets them. </p> <p>But my hair is a whole other thing. She is freaking obsessed with pulling my hair and I have no idea how to stop it. She thinks it is hilarious. Any time I wear my hair down (or if it is up and there is a piece hanging) she pulls HARD on it. I shriek "ouch! that hurts mommy!" and try to make a sad face then move her away from me. But she clearly doesn't get it at all because she just laughs and tries to do it again. If she does it 3 times in a row, the third time I just give her a sharp "No!" which usually makes her stop but also cry. :/ No advice on that because she still does it to me all the damn time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197940 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:09:43 +0000 HLK208 2197940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: I have and she usually cries more...it's tough because she's a baby and needs me, I obviously can't discipline her but I'm afraid of her at the same time lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197937 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:09:02 +0000 Peasinapod 2197937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 8.5 month old is also very aggressive. If you say ouch she laughs. Definitely doesn't seem to understand. Hoping you'll get some good advice we can follow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197934 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:06:28 +0000 Chuckles 2197934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried just putting her down and moving away briefly each time she does it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/aggressive-baby#post-2197930 Wed, 03 Jun 2015 13:04:14 +0000 HLK208 2197930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>N has been slapping and hitting for the past two months (she's currently 10.5 months) but within the past month, she's been SO aggressive. We usually tell her gentle hands and demonstrate what that is and feels like. With our other two LO's they picked up on being gentle when we would show them. N will do the opposite and rips our hair, grabs our eyes, nose, lips, you name it, and will make both DH and I bleed. DAILY. I worry about DD and DS because they won't stop her from hurting them! She screams when she does this too. I know she's too young to understand that it hurts but I don't know how to get her to stop.</p> <p>Have you heard of this happening? Or experienced it? It's so much more intense than B and E. E would grab my mouth and pull on it while nursing or grab my hair but she would never actually hurt me. </p>