Banging his head

[qwert]

DS is 13 months old. Weh someting makes him mad he has starting banging his head off the floor it makes me so sad. I try to tell him its not nice to do, told him please no, and have even tried ignoring the behavior but he wont stop, I know he is little and of course gets fusterated(it usually is when he is trying to do something but cant) any ideas on trying to get him to stop. Its not really something that I feel that "correcting" him will fix cause he is so young and just wont get it.

[425lisamarie]

I dont' understand your post...do you mean he bangs his head ON the floor? And when you said you tell him "it's not good for the baby" are you talking about another baby or him?

[qwert]

Originally Posted by 425lisamarie

I dont' understand your post...do you mean he bangs his head ON the floor? And when you said you tell him "it's not good for the baby" are you talking about another baby or him?

I reworded it, VERY tired when I was posting

[nancyfore]

When did the head banging start? Does he do any thing else? Scratch at himself, etc...?

Sometimes this is age appropriate behavior and sometimes it is the behavior of an autistic child. I was just wondering if there is anything else he does when he isnt mad. Not make eye contact, not like the sense of touch, be over sensitive to light, food,noise.

[MamaKalena]

I remember my DS doing that around that age. It would worry me too! I could tell he was doing it out of frustration because he did not have the communication skills necessary to express himself to me. I would do what you are doing - tell him that he is going to hurt himself.

This is about the time I taught him the sign for help. When he would start to bang his head on the floor, I'd come over and tell him to ask for help and do the sign. He learned it very quickly and used it all the time after that. Eventually he outgrew the head banging thing. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Each week he will learn better communication skills and even words! It'll be over before you know it - hang in there!

[BellinghamCrunchie]

Originally Posted by MamaKalena

This is about the time I taught him the sign for help. When he would start to bang his head on the floor, I'd come over and tell him to ask for help and do the sign. He learned it very quickly and used it all the time after that. Eventually he outgrew the head banging thing. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Each week he will learn better communication skills and even words! It'll be over before you know it - hang in there!

This is exactly what I would do, too. Then help him to get what he wanted, or redirect him to something similar and interesting.