Head banging and restraining are NOT a thing of the past!

Liam had a head banging incident over this last weekend. We were 9 months of "head banging free" behavior. I was so beside myself and shocked when I walked in and he had a knot on his forehead. You figure I would be prepared for this behavior but I had written it off as a behavior of the past. I thought we solved this and he wouldn't have even resorted back to this behavior but I guess it will never be completely out of the picture.

My actions that I have to take are: (This is to refresh my memory)

1. Keep my eyes on him when he gets angry and make sure his anger doesn't escalate to rage

If it does resort to a "rage fit", I have to: (This is to refresh my memory)

1. Remember to restrain him until he's calmed.



2. Have no emotions during this time.



3. Keep a calm and assertive voice.



4. Ask no questions, give no hugs, have no conversations with him at this time, until he's calmed.

Nightmare...
Liam also got up in the middle of the night screaming for me and when I went in to see what was the matter he was just screaming and crying and kicking and punching his fists. I couldn't clam him down, he was hyperventalating and was just getting worse. Adrian had to come in and restrain him for 10 minutes until he clamed down and I went back in and asked Liam what happened and he replied "I didn't do it!" and I asked "you didn't do what?" and he replied "I didn't stab myself!" I didn't even have a reply for that, I just hugged him and said everything is ok and that he just had a bad dream. I don't even know where he even came up with the word "stab" no one uses it at home, must be from school, but still it is an odd thing for a 3.5 year old to dream about and have such a violent reaction after he's awake.