Lately Kynan has taken to deliberately kicking me really hard when I'm changing his nappy or zipping him up into his sleeping bag. He's kicked my legs, tummy, arms and head, and it hurts! I tell him no (or uh uh, stop, don't, etc), not to kick, and that he hurts me when he kicks. Usually when I tell him off he stops what he is doing straight away because he knows by the tone of voice that I use that I'm serious (with other stuff sometimes he even starts to cry when I say 'no' because he knows he's in trouble). Lately however he won't listen when it comes to kicking and worse still, he actually giggles or laughs a lot of the time before he does it again! I'm starting to get really frustrated, and when it happens mid-nappy change it's not like I can do much with him nappyless you know? So I just have to put up with it and keep saying no, don't kick etc until I get him dressed again.

DH thinks Kynan is testing the boundries, which is probably quite likely as he's also taken to throwing things and then looking at me to see if he'll get away with it, but what the heck do I do about it? Any suggestions? Is my reaction to the kicking just encouraging him do you think... should I just be ignoring it? I don't want him to think it's okay to kick people though...