Banging head??

charliebear · Nov 4th, 2009, 04:38 AM

AJ will sit agains the wall and deliberatly bang his head???

Surely its got to hurt but he continues to do it and smiles.

Anyone had any experience of this??

sabby52 · Nov 4th, 2009, 05:24 AM

Yep Dec done it, he grew out of it pretty quick. Believe me hun if they where hurting themselves they wouldnt do it. !!! lol I think I have read a few posts about this so I think it is fairly common

tinybutterfly · Nov 4th, 2009, 06:27 AM

yup, i've seen kids in our day care do that, sitting in a row, all banging their head for a while
we tried to stop them but they just did it again when they had a chance, then we let them

littletobyj · Nov 4th, 2009, 07:32 AM

Toby does that alot, I do worry about the condition of his head sometimes!! I think the bump sounds alot worse than it is!! Hoping he will grow out of it, think he likes the attention!

tinybutterfly · Nov 4th, 2009, 07:54 AM

^^ there's your answer then, if you (or anyone else) don't give him attention anymore
it will most likely stop

Loz75 · Nov 4th, 2009, 14:05 PM

Emm does sometimes, I think it is just experimenting with sensation, sometimes frustration and sometimes if she's bored/ not getting enough attention.

LeannieB · Nov 4th, 2009, 14:43 PM

Hi. Toby does this sometimes he sits there and does it with a massive grin on his face. He thinks its funny. He doesnt seem to do it for attention though xx

charliebear · Nov 4th, 2009, 14:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by littletobyj

Toby does that alot, I do worry about the condition of his head sometimes!! I think the bump sounds alot worse than it is!! Hoping he will grow out of it, think he likes the attention!

I agree I think it sounds alot worse than it actually is.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loz75

Emm does sometimes, I think it is just experimenting with sensation, sometimes frustration and sometimes if she's bored/ not getting enough attention.

Yeah, sounds like experimenting with sensation, he went through a phase of pulling his own hair, still does occasionally.

Not sure about the doing it for attention part, as I move AJ away (the only attention he gets when doing it) and we carry on playing.

Lovemyboy · Nov 16th, 2009, 11:50 AM

My boy did it when he was months old, i said to the midwife because i was really worried he had something wrong with him but she actually told me that it is a sign of intelligence!!!!!!!!! She said that although they have lots of toys to play with etc they get bored and do this!!!!!
So there you go, we have clever children!!!! x

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charliebear Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North East -UK Posts: 4,269	Banging head?? AJ will sit agains the wall and deliberatly bang his head??? Surely its got to hurt but he continues to do it and smiles. Anyone had any experience of this??

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sabby52 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Belfast N.Ireland Posts: 15,162	Yep Dec done it, he grew out of it pretty quick. Believe me hun if they where hurting themselves they wouldnt do it. !!! lol I think I have read a few posts about this so I think it is fairly common

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tinybutterfly Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,903	yup, i've seen kids in our day care do that, sitting in a row, all banging their head for a while we tried to stop them but they just did it again when they had a chance, then we let them

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littletobyj Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Preston Posts: 173	Toby does that alot, I do worry about the condition of his head sometimes!! I think the bump sounds alot worse than it is!! Hoping he will grow out of it, think he likes the attention!

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tinybutterfly Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 3,903	^^ there's your answer then, if you (or anyone else) don't give him attention anymore it will most likely stop

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Loz75 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cambs Posts: 411	Emm does sometimes, I think it is just experimenting with sensation, sometimes frustration and sometimes if she's bored/ not getting enough attention.

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LeannieB Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kent Posts: 854	Hi. Toby does this sometimes he sits there and does it with a massive grin on his face. He thinks its funny. He doesnt seem to do it for attention though xx

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Lovemyboy Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 439	My boy did it when he was months old, i said to the midwife because i was really worried he had something wrong with him but she actually told me that it is a sign of intelligence!!!!!!!!! She said that although they have lots of toys to play with etc they get bored and do this!!!!! So there you go, we have clever children!!!! x

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