Often, parents of children who have reached the age of 1 year notice that the child has begun to exhibit destructive behavior.
It consists of the baby breaking toys, hitting himself and mom and dad, hitting the floor or the wall, etc.
There is no need to think that you have a little barbarian growing up in your family: the whole point is that the baby does not yet know how to speak and cannot express his emotions with words - so he “expresses” himself as best he can.
So if you are facing a similar situation, check for the 3 reasons listed below.
Once you figure out what exactly is causing this behavior, trust me, the problem will be solved.
Physical discomfort, pain, stress
As we have already written above, the child cannot formulate "I will hit the wall with my hand to forget that my tooth hurts", but he acts exactly like that. Acute sensations, even if they are unpleasant, help the child to distract himself from other, no less unpleasant feelings.
Desire to attract attention
No matter how small the baby is, he is able to understand that aggression never goes unnoticed - and even if it is not exactly what he would like, in any case it is better than being ignored by adults.
Imitation
Remember what cartoons your baby saw last? It's quite possible that they were the ones where the characters beat each other up as hard as they could. So don't be surprised that your little one decided to repeat his favorite characters.
Earlier we talked about why newborns hiccup often .
