My 2 yr old keeps hitting me?

Question

So I have a 2 year old. She is a wonderful kid and I love her to death. But, she just started this new phase of hitting me when she is upset or frustrated. She doesn't do it to anyone else but me. I have tried to put her in "timeout" every time she does it but it doesn't seem to be improving anything. I don't want to hit her back because i feel like that is basically just telling her it is okay to hit. Any suggestions on how to discipline her so she stops?

Answer 1

put her in time out and talk to her ... ask her why she hits you and if she would like it if you hit her... (dont do it of course) explain to her your feelings get hurt when she does that ...

Make sure to talk to her once she has calmed down but dont wait too long where she forgets what she did to be put on time out~  

Answer 2

just keep putting her in timeout....and make sure she knows she's in timeout because she hit you...eventually she will catch on...and make it look like its really bad to have to go to timeout even if it's not....warn her once and then if she does not listen then you put her in timeout......i really do not think you should hit her right now because then she'll be confused....maybe when she is older and she gets it more but not at 2

Answer 3

if you don't want to hit here back,then you might as well get use to it.I am a father of 2 and they turned out really good ,i'm not saying beat here but when she hits you,you really need to hit here back twice as hard and that hitting buis. will stop real fast and like I said if you don't well get use to it and a lot more because she will just get worse and start kicking and biting and slapping you.you really need to put a stop to this disrespecting you like right now,if you wait your going to loose.

Answer 4

hhit her back so she knows that hitting someone is not cool.

This advice is from a stoned college student and should be taken lightly.

Answer 5

The next time she hits you.. .try acting like it hurt you really badly... and you are seriously injured... I don't know if it will work on a  2 year old but you can try it!

Answer 6

Two year olds are on the cusp of being able to communicate and sometimes hit when they know what they want to say but are too emotional or not quite sure how to say it.  I told my kids "no hitting", used their hand to "pet" the place where they hit and said "nice-nice with your hands" or "be gentle", and then reminded them to use words to tell me what they need.  Help her get better with communicating and the hitting might get better.  If learning to use words is the issue, time out might not work because it cuts off communication, the very thing that is causing the frustration.