My 2 year old hits himself on the top of the head when he is frustrated. It is kinda strange. I don't know where this is coming from. I am afraid he is going to hurt himself. Anyone ever had this problem with their toddler and how did you get it to stop?

You can ask the Dr., but it's probably a phase. My 20 mo. old does it, my seven year old started doing it after a classmate did it. It's just out of frustration. Just keep saying, "No, when we're mad, here's what we do....we don't hurt ourselves." After a couple of hard bonks they learn to hit themselves more lightly - they still get your attention.

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My oldest does it sometimes out of frustration. If it hurt she would stop. I had a friend whose son used to crack his head on the ground, cement even. That worried me.

My 4 yr o ld is doing this now. I went through a time where I was telling him not to hit himself. But have realized I am putting too much attention to it. So I am trying to ignore it and hope it's a phase. I will try to redirect him. He won't hit himself hard enough to hurt himself. It just is hard to watch.

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Yep. My younger son did the same thing. I simply redirected him and let him know that hitting anyone, even himself, isn't the way we do things. I helped him formulate his feelings into words so that we could work it out together, and he no longer does it. IT will pass.

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Ds did this too around age 4. I just ignored it and when he knew he wasn't getting a response from me he quit.

He very rarely does it anymore and I just say to him, "Gosh, we love ourselves, we don't want to hurt ourselves" if he continues I just let it go and he stops. For my ds it's all about the attention.