Toddler Hits Her Head On Floor When Angry

Your preschooler may get a bruise or two but don t worry head banging is usually a self regulating behavior.

Toddler hits her head on floor when angry.

My son is almost a year and a half old and has started to bang his head on the wall or the floor when he s mad or frustrated. If your son feels understood he is less likely to bang his head or to hit. Your toddler may also bang his head if he s in pain from teething or an ear infection for example. If he follows you to hit you you may need to.

18 month old toddler tantrums with hitting head banging. Some children do this around nap time or bedtime almost as a self soothing technique. As odd as it may seem head banging among babies and toddlers is actually a normal behavior. We try not to react too much but we are shocked.

The front or front side of the head is the most frequently struck. It is not hurting him he is not doing it very hard. If he tries to hit you move out of reach. However that doesn t mean it s something to be overly concerned about.

Healthy infants and toddlers who are head bangers grow up to be coordinated and completely normal children. If we remove him from doing something eating dog food he will sit down on the floor and slowly lower his head to the floor and bang it 2 or 3 times. Usually toddlers will hit someone else when they are angry but sometimes they turn their frustration on themselves. Although this type of outburst isn t a common occurrence in children when it does happen it can be scary.

While a minor head bump is bound to happen from time to time here are a few tips to help keep your baby out of harm s way. My one year old will bang his head on the kitchen floor when he gets mad. Try not to worry. Head banging seems to help kids feel better perhaps by distracting them from the discomfort in their mouth or ear.

A toddler s head is built to take all of the minor head trauma that is a normal part of learning to walk and climb. This means your child is unlikely to hit his head hard enough to seriously injure himself. You are so mad you wish you could have that. He knows his threshold for pain and will pull back on the throttle a bit if the banging hurts.