Headbutting
Does anyone else’s little one head butt things in frustration? My little one has started heading butting his cot, walls and baby gates when he’s having paddies?! He’s actually got 2 bruises on his head atm because of it?! I can’t help but react to it which obviously isn’t helping but how do you ignore that?!
My little boy is doing the same!! It’s so frustrating - I don’t want him to hurt himself. I’ve done lots of research and it’s suggested to ignore the head butting part, but acknowledge the emotions. E.g. “I can see that you’re frustrated because you want that toy. Let’s take a deep breath. Would you like a cuddle”’etc. block the area they’re head hurting with your hand or a pillow. You can also redirect the behaviour by saying “if you’re feeling frustrated we can head butt a pillow/ stomp around like dinosaurs/ do some dragon breaths” (so they still get that sensory input) x