http://advice4parenting.com/stop-toddler-from-hitting/ The online parenting resource for parents and parents to be. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:46:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://advice4parenting.com/stop-toddler-from-hitting/comment-page-1/#comment-82 john@toddlershitting Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:26:27 +0000 http://advice4parenting.com/?p=869#comment-82 My wife and I were so frustrated with our son hitting his older sister and sometimes even hitting us as we were trying to discipline him. It got to the point that our marriage was starting to suffer because we were so stressed out and always arguing about how to discipline our son and how to get him to stop hitting others. Patience was wearing thin and our daughter would very rarely play with him because she was afraid of being hit it he got upset. You are right in that you need to be vigilent and be aware of when the tantrums and hitting are about to start. Time outs will sometimes work, but the best advice that I can give is to try to stay calm and take a deep breath once the tantrum is over. Patience is a must and sooner or later this phase will pass and you can look back and realize that this is just a part of parenting. There will be more stress and confrontations in the future, so you need to try to go with the flow and enjoy the ride. .-= john@toddlershitting´s last blog ..<a href="http://toddlershitting.blogspot.com/2010/02/toddlers-hitting.html" rel="nofollow">Toddlers Hitting</a> =-. My wife and I were so frustrated with our son hitting his older sister and sometimes even hitting us as we were trying to discipline him. It got to the point that our marriage was starting to suffer because we were so stressed out and always arguing about how to discipline our son and how to get him to stop hitting others. Patience was wearing thin and our daughter would very rarely play with him because she was afraid of being hit it he got upset. You are right in that you need to be vigilent and be aware of when the tantrums and hitting are about to start. Time outs will sometimes work, but the best advice that I can give is to try to stay calm and take a deep breath once the tantrum is over. Patience is a must and sooner or later this phase will pass and you can look back and realize that this is just a part of parenting. There will be more stress and confrontations in the future, so you need to try to go with the flow and enjoy the ride.
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