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Does anyone have any tips to help stop a 12 month old from slapping and biting. She seems to only slap me. I hold her hand and say no in a firm voice but she thinks it's funny and does it again. She has now also started biting us. She also thinks this is funny. She only does it to DH and I. Any help would be appreciated.
Miss does that here too. I tell her 'mummy is not for hitting/biting' or 'we don't hit/bite'. It often gets a giggle here too and I tell her 'mummy doesn't think it's funny' and if she keeps doing it I put her on the floor and tell her again. When she hits I'll also take her hand and say gentle as I use her hand to stroke me face. We now have less hitting (usually only when she's really cracking it) and she has started to stroke or pat my face gently. Admittedly sometimes it's not so gentle but it's clear that's what she's trying to do so just saying gentle gives her the cue to do it gently and we make a big deal when she is gentle.