Whatever the cause of a head injury how you assess whether your child should see a doctor or go to the emergency room is the same.
What to do if your kid hits you in the face. In other words if a ball screams off a bat hits you in the face and stops your face just absorbed 175 joules of energy. Dont apply ice directly or you could injure the skin. For younger children those between 18 months and 2 years keep it simple.
And you wont want to face the fact that you are hitting your child because it feels good. For example reward your child for using gentle touches. Its also important to talk to your children about aggression during a calm moment.
Second you would also like them to inform your child this will be on record and will follow him into adulthood. Hitting your children may stop their bad behavior but will damage them and your. When your preschooler hits you decide what you will do instead of trying to control your child.
Be prepared that you may have to do it more than once for a child to realize that. When your child hits you and laughs do not lose your calm. Newtons First Law of Motion tells us that for an object like a baseball or a Fiat or a bullet to come to a stop it needs to give up all of its energy to another object.
The best thing you can do when a toddler hits themselves is to tell them not to do that as they will hurt themselves. Most minor contusions will fade away and disappear within a couple of weeks. You can also praise your child when they use gentle touches.
Gently ask them why they did it. Have toys in the house that are specifically for biting and hitting. When it comes to hitting a lot of the time your child will stop after a couple of times after they realise they are hurting themselves.