Disciplining a 1year old?

Question

What can you do to disciplin a 1year old other than spanking?

When you tell her no she will either scream hit or bite, and its only getting worse the older she gets.

Answer 1

Discipline can and does work with a child as young as one.  This begins the ground work for discipline and life in the future.  When she begins to throw a tantrum, pick her up and place her in a safe place until she can calm down.  As she gets older (toddler aged) you can remove a privilege or say "when you can talk like a big girl I will listen".  Again that's for when she gets to be toddler aged.  

Reasoning is not one that works well for this age or any age until at least 3 or 4 years old.  Babies and toddlers don't comprehend the lectures or reasons why you should behave.  They understand direct, quick consequences and displeasure in tone of voice.

When she screams, hits, kicks, bites, etc. you can give a firm single swat on her backside.  But if this is not in the realm of your comfort as far as discipline or you find it's not the most effective means of discipline for your particular child, you always use time out, redirection or loss of privilege (losing a toy, no Sesame Street until you can behave, etc).  I found that at that age for my now two year old son, I would get down to his face level and say "NO.  Biting/hitting/etc hurts."  And that could usually take care of it.  As he got older and wanted to test the limits more often, we had to move it up to redirection, time out, loss of a favored toy/TV program, or even a firm swat to the behind.

Be consistent though and follow through.  Best of luck to you!

Answer 2

Don't give her a toy... to calm her down.

Take her away, let her throw a fit and ignore her... place her in a "quiet" time out place.  FOLLOW THROUGH. take away whatever she was doing that set her off for the day, her toy AWAY don't give it back until forgotten.  

Spanking is okay, but won't "fix" you have to let her throw her hissy fit and get over it, but leave her in her "place" even a crib, until she stops screaming.  than take her out and if she does it again over the toy, put her back until she stops.

CONTINUE CONSISTANCY

:-D hope this helps

Answer 3

Discipline works when toddlers are old enough to understand that their actions bring consequences.  At a year old, it's not likely they can reason that well.  By two, they might be starting to catch on.  What worked best for me with young toddlers was to distract them with an interesting toy or activity or to pick them up and remove them from the situation.

Answer 4

remove the child from the situation and try the "time out" technique. This can be in a corner, a designated chair or their room. Be firm and consistent "no, we don't hit" a one year old will continue to push her boundaries but with time it will get better.

Answer 5

You have to stand your ground, if she throws a fit when you put her in time out then let her throw a fit but don't let her leave that spot.  Reconfirm to her that what she did was bad and don't comfort her when she is having a tantrum because she's in trouble.  You have to put your foot down now or it will get worse the older she gets.  Good luck!