my almost 5 mo. old son fiercely shakes all his toys around and hits himself in the head and face, then cries. Yes they are totally age appropriate- and soft toys he is not interested in. how do you stop this?
he even does it with his little plastic baby keychain! what toys can i give him if he hates stuffed animals…?!
I’d sure like to know! Short of taking away all plastic “hard” toys I don’t think there IS much you can do. My son does this at times too but it’s getting better. He’s 7 months old and has seemed to have gotten better control of his hands. At 5 months, though, he was ALL over the place with toys. I almost wanted to shout “Duck and cover!” when he was playing. 
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How do you stop an infant from knocking himself in the head with toys?
Posted at July 15th, 2008 by admin
LMAO!!! I think he will figure it out soon enough.
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dont give him toys that he can hurt himself with?
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Lol… they just kind of have to learn. Just supervise him and make sure hes not doing anything that can really hurt him.
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I’d sure like to know! Short of taking away all plastic “hard” toys I don’t think there IS much you can do. My son does this at times too but it’s getting better. He’s 7 months old and has seemed to have gotten better control of his hands. At 5 months, though, he was ALL over the place with toys. I almost wanted to shout “Duck and cover!” when he was playing.
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awww i have no idea, when did your son start doing that?? i cant wait for my son to pick up toys and play!!
mine does take his head and SLAM it up against mine though….then cries and cries, its horrible lol!
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AWWWWW… That’s so funny and sad!
He will just need to grow out of it. It is trial and error.
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Unfortunately, babies will always do this. My son has been doing that ever since he was 3 months old. It’s one of those things that is going to happen no matter what you do. However, I stopped reacting to it when he did it. So if he hit his head, I started laughing instead of worrying. Then he would start laughing instead of crying.
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