My baby girl is 13 mths old now n she is getting stubborn day by day. i try to yell at her to make her understand not to do certain things. but its in vain she wont listen. at time if she doesnt get what she wants she wud start to cry loudly or at times bang her head on the ground. but inspite of all her tantrums i see to it not to give her what she wants at that time. please tell me how to curb her habbit n stop her from being so stubborn Gouri replied. Every parent goes through more or less the same kind of issues :-) I do not scold my kid directly but instead scold his toy doll...This creates the impression that the doll is not behaving properly so mamma is scolding him and he starts responding and obeying what i ask him to do...

Nupur Nanda replied. hi,
my 16mnths used to do the same cribbing and crying. sometimes she used to hit me. thanks to hetal, her tips worked for me. ask her.i agree with supriyasanoj, hetal too had told me the exact words about taking the child to mirror and saying the exact words. it was i guess 3-4mnths back and it helps me in soothing my little girl whenever she gets wild in public places. hope it works for you too.

don't get angry and never yell at her. be very gentle and kind. this is phase and will pass on.
best of luck sunil sanghi replied. your daughter is just 13 months old angel. not to worry. understanding capacity of children till age of 5 is very less. nothing to panic. this is quiet common and faced by and large by large group of parents. just be kind to child and take care. i am sure you will enjoy doing it. happy parenting. supriyasanoj replied. She is just 13 months old.she is still a baby,when she acts stubborn just ignore her.but when she cries and tries to abng her head take her and show the mirror and say lovingly \" you look so abd crying\" she will surely get distracted.if you have not child proofed your home.now is the good time because she is becomming a toddler and will surely explore,shouting will not help. Minka replied. Hi,

My son who's now 17 mos old also has this behaviour which started when he was around 15 mos old. I have realized that ignoring him is the best option and certainly not giving him what he wants . I noticed he used to get upset when I said \" No\" to him when he wanted to do sometging unacceptable ( like try to open the hot water tap, or insert finger or something into electric socket ) and used to bang his head on door or floor. First I used to rush to him and pick him up etc and this wud aggravate the problem . Now I just ignore if he's doing something not so harmful ( like trying to open the kitchen cabinets ) or I pick him up and put him in the middle of the room if he's doing something dangerous and then I ignore him or sit nearby reading newspaper but obviously ignoring him. he will stop banging his head and come to me for reassurance. I still don't hug him and kiss him since I don't want him to think that kind of behavious deserves hugs and kisses. But I think he now understands it and this behavious has lessened.

The last thing you should do is get upset and shout at her. I think that reinforces her behavious since she 's now getting your full attention.

I read somewhere the new mantra to teaching kids discipline is to ignore bad behaviour and reward good behavious instead of just punishing bad behaviour.

when she's being stubborn about getting something, try to distract her with something else less dangerous and let her know you are pleased when she accepts it.

best of luck