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DD went through a hitting phase, too. What we'd do is basically tell her "gentle" and remove ourselves from her range. So if I was holding her and she hit me, I'd say, "Be gentle, please," and put her down. If she ran over to me and hit me, I'd remind her that we need to be gentle and walk away.

He's probably hitting because he doesn't know how else to express himself or because he gets some kind of reaction from you. You can try teaching him a different way to signal his frustration (e.g. by signing "mad" or "angry"); most kids will grow out of this with time, as they learn to communicate better.

Wow! LO makes fists with both hands and swats at her own head when she's frustrated! I think it's good that you grabbed your LO's hands and said NO HIT! 1 year olds totally know when they're not supposed to be doing something.
Sometimes LO will smack our faces and think it's funny. I grab her hands and have her touch my face gently. And I said "ee-bbuh-yoh.." which means pretty in Korean. HAHA.

LO used to hit us too when he was younger. He doesn't do that as much anymore now that he can express himself verbally. We tell him "hands are not for hitting" and redirect his hands and say something like "hands are for waving bye bye". It's from a book we have called "hands are not for hitting". He recalls the book which distracts him from being angry.