When my now 1 year old daughter was 6 and 7 months she would hit and claw and pull hair at bedtime as myself or my husband rocked her - it was only at bedtime and she stopped around 8 months when she learned to put herself to sleep and I didn't have to rock her to complete sleep anymore. She started hitting, pinching and pulling hair again abut a month ago but now it is very obviously out of anger - If I take something away or close the gate to the kitchen when she wants to go in or who knows... she will look me right in the eye and get this mean little face on and yell and smack me, or pull my hair - even at naptime sometimes if I'm trying to calm her down and soothe her before putting her in her crib - she will pull my hair in the back - not nicely play with it, yank it and rip it out, I will move her hand away probably 20 times and she keeps going back and if I even whisper the word no she FLIPS and smacks me or pulls my hair harder.. it's nuts... So you can imagine what she does if I say no in a firmer voice - cries like I murdered her and smacks me - I have tried saying no loudly, using her hand n my face and saying "nice" - I tell her "no we do not hit" or "No pulling mommy's hair" - I have put her down and walked away - but she won't stop - the minute I pick her up again it starts again ...should a 1 year old be angry like this? ... How did she even learn to hit or pull hair out of anger? ... She is never around or exposed to anything violent - the only TV she watches is the Vtech learn DVD' that I do with her and sometimes I let her watch Postman Pat or Babar on Qubo - no siblings - no daycare - otherwise very happy baby... My husband and I are calm people and honestly haven't had a fight since before I was pregnant....should I be concerned about her anger or is this just a normal thing?
Is it normal for my 1 year old to be hitting and pulling hair out of anger?
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