Hey sweetie, just ignore him when he does it. He will soon stop. He knows he gets attention when doing it. Lexi used to wack herself in the head, it soon passes if you arent paying attention.

xoxoxo

My son did this as well. His pediatrician told me to pretend I didn't notice it. It was very hard, because he too would hit his head until he had huge knots, but within a couple of days it had stopped. If you ignore it and he continues to do it hard enough to hurt himself, you should mention it to his physician.

my son austin has autism and before he was diagnosed he used to do it allot ..my advice to you is distraction.when he goes into a tantrum either distracte him or put him in a corner on a chair but put padding in the notty corner .

thats how i did it with my son ,i would use foam to pad the notty corner at one stage i even had his room padded.

weh you go out if he does it in public have him wear a beanie or helmet.and hold him during his tantrum.

dont leave him unatended cause they could knock themselves out.

my son is almost 9 he hardly does it now but he hits himself now :(

hi my son head butt every thing. i asked alot of people what to do and i was told to try to ignore it. i know it is very hard to do but i found with my son it worked. i had to check to make sure he did not hurt himself but i did not take notice of the tantrum, i walked away and tried to not hear even though i was straining to hear he was ok. its a very hard thing to do  best of luck. be strong. hope this helps.

Hi Cass,

First i can tell ya that Josh used to do the same thing. The childcare centre that he attends actually wanted to put a headband on him so he wouldn't hurt himself, thankfully their head office told them they couldn't do it.

The only thing you can do is tell him no when he does it and move him away from whatever he is headbutting. It is so frustrating when they do it but most kids headbutt at some stage.

Hope this helps xoxoxo

P.S. Austin is such a cute little man i find it hard to believe he throws tantrums lol