So my son is 1, he's about to be 2 in January. I've noticed for quite some time now (about a year) when my son gets mad or in trouble or frustrated he hits himself all the time. I try stopping him cause I feel like he's punishing himself but I'm not sure what that means or what I should do. Any suggestions or idea what's wrong?
My daughter would pull her hair and scratch or violently rub her feet together and scratch them all up and even bite herself. I asked her dr because it worried me and her dr said she does not know how to express herself yet when she gets upset so that's how she does it but she is not going to seriously hurt herself and she will grow out of it just don't make a big deal, so we listened and followed her advice and sure enough once my daughter could verbally express herself she stopped.