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Aden, who is 9 months old, has found a new favourite thing: banging his head on the wall or whatever he's leaning against. It's even sometimes his dad's head. And he'll bang it pretty hard too, not just a little tap. He hardly ever cries when he does it, just if he accidentally bumps it a little too hard, which isn't often. He just sits there and keeps doing it.

Does anyone else have a child that does this? I'm worried that he's killing brain cells or something! How can I stop it?

It's a common thing for kids to go through. My kids went through it about a year and more out of frustration. Honestly, the worst part is for us parents rather than the kids!

The big thing is to understand it's just a phase, don't give attention to it. I know it's SO hard to not wince or run up to them, but my kids thrived on the OWIE attention, so I had to ignore it. Kids' heads are pretty tough and it's generally the front part of their head which is made for preventing trauma.

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