Behavioral issues/ tantrums

[aracelibriesmom]

Ok so my little one (2yrs) has been doing this head bangging thing for a while but recently its worsened. To the point were she will be crawling and bang her head forward on the floor and it obviously hurts her... yet she still does this. She will be sitting down playing and she gets mad/upset over a little thing like her sister took her toy or she wasnt acknowledged by someone walking by and she will throw herself back and bang her head real hard on the floor... sometimes if we are holding her she will try to bang her head on ours or just throw herself back she has hurt her head a few times when she bangs it against our furniture or a chair but she continues to do so... this is starting to worry me a lot I am afraid she bangs her head on the wrong thing or throws herself while standing (holding on to furniture) and hurts herself sometimes we have toys all around her when she throws herself back she lands on anything from cubes to dolls to any baby toy and sometimes that will hurt her more than the bang on the head... if anyone has any similar experiance and or can advise anything on how to help her stop this it will be greatly appreciated, and again it does hurt her because she cries sometimes... I think this is all very related to ACC so I decided I would try posting it here. Thanks!

[ehart]

I experienced this with my non-ACC child. He did the head banging for a few months. It was very frustrating for me to watch and he had bruises covering his forehead. We found that if we left the room and ignored him, then he would often stop, or not do it as bad. He even got to the point where he would bang his head on the hard floor, then crawl to the carpet and continue banging. It is a form of temper tantrum that children, thankfully, out grow. My nephews (they are twins) do the throw back tantrum method. They have now progressed to falling gently to their bottoms and then falling backwards. I expect them to out grow it in the next few months. Ignore, ignore, ignore....that is the best advice I can offer. Good Luck!
-Erin

[aracelibriesmom]

thanks for your reply ehart, my only concern with ignoring and not picking her up and stop her from doing it is that the openings on her head ( dont know the medical terms for them fonels? fontenels?) are closing a lot slower than a typical 2 year olds and head banging scares me I dont know if that is related to ACC or not... I have tried ignoring her but she will continue to do so even harder if I walk away. I will try it though, I will make sure to put her on a safe place were she cant bang against wood, tile or sharp objects maybe if she sees the patern of her being ignored whens he does it she will eventually stop... maybe she sees it brings attention to her when she does it because ill usually pick her up and hold her to stop her try to distract her and play with her... hmm interesting lol
I know its a form of temper tantrum but I dont know if with her ACC it may take longer for her to grow out of? uugh