Agressive help lmao

I always say gentle hands but she laughs at me. My daughter is 10 months but I’d rather just try and explain not to hit and be gentle with people

I’ve been teaching gentle to my daughter since she came home from the hospital 😂 no joke. When she swatted towards the cat at a very young age I’d say, “yes we pet kitty, and we’re gentle” in a sweet soft tone. Now, she is typically very very gentle with him at a couple months under 3 years old. So, I’d say it’s definitely not too young. As she’d get older (around your baby’s age and older) if she ever swung towards me/grabbed at my face, I’d gently take her hand and rub it on my cheek and say “let’s be gentle” in a soft tone. I feel it worked pretty well, or at least didn’t hurt! Of course she randomly does not so gentle things towards me, but over all, she’s what I would consider a very gentle toddler.

Apparently the best way is not to react even though it may hurt. Maintain a straight face and tell baby 'we dont hit we must be gentle' as above etc. Good luck! 😀

Me too he’s 9m and it’s so fun for him to slap my face especially right before bed I try to just grab his hands gently and shake my head and say no but he just laughs in my face they are still so young right now so I wouldn’t be worried they are just learning

Why not grab her hands, hold them down and stare at her with a dead serious face and tell her “no hitting” if she laughs u don’t give a reaction, you remain with the same serious look? Btw this is me genuinely asking lol.

My opinion is to definitely start teaching nice hands at 1 year old because if you start them young then they’ll learn but you have to be repetitive so everytime she slaps you say nice hands and shake your head no no my daughter is 1 year old and she does the same thing but I’ve been saying no no and slapping her hand and then she won’t do it again .

i gently grab my daughters hands and tell her “we don’t hit anyone. we use gentle gestures to get attention” i’ll kiss her hands and continue with my day. i always show her love.