Slapping

I’m going through the same

Ive tried it all seems to be getting worse 😔

Same here! He finds it hilarious when I say no, or ouch! Im trying to ignore it currently. Hard for you with it being your baby though! Xxx

Not going through this myself ( yet anyway), but a few thoughts on similar things that might help. My little one is sometimes rough and grabby with my dog, she pulls his ears and he yelps, poor thing. When she does this we say gentle hands with Marley, so tell her what she can do vs no. We then put our hands over hers to guide it to stroke him softly, so showing her what to do. Then once she's stroking him softly, we take our hands away and give verbal praise, that's a lovely soft stroke, marley is enjoying that, good job. It seems to work. I've always been advised it's more effective to tell them what they can do vs no. So perhaps you can try saying we are gentle with eachother and take their hand slowly and gently stroke your arm, then give praise. It may take a few repetitions to sink in btw. Try it and let us know if it works, good luck

My little boy is a hitter. At this age, any reaction to them is good, even negative ones. He doesn't understand he's hurting, just knows he gets a reaction. Plus for them, they can't communicate, so they have to express themselves other ways. I've tried loads too, because my little boy hits and slaps and pulls hair. The best thing that works for us is redirecting. Ignore the hit and distract. He stops hitting then, and goes onto whatever I distracted him with. When we are out in public and he hits a child, or he repeatedly hits me when I try distracting, I tell him "kind hands". I move myself away from him and say "mummy's not safe when you're hitting". It's so so tough but it is normal too x