How do I get my baby to stop scratching and pinching me? Its getting serious!?

Where possible every time she pinches or scratches you put her down. She'll soon associate scratching/pinching with being put down. It will take perseverance though. Good luck.

She has to learn limits and you are lucky she is this young. She continues doing something you have told her not to previously, it seems you haven't gained her respect yet. Make her understand she is not doing the right thing. Just distracting her, holding her hands and talking to her firmly is not working for her. How about sitting her on a safe place every time she does it? That way she'll know there will be a distance because of what she is doing. Talk to her very firmly, more than you're doing it. Not to the point to scare her, but almost. Then sit her on a safe place and leave her there still explaining while she is sitting and listening. It is ok if she cries a little, she will thank you for the rest of her life. You are losing control over this when she is not even 1 year old, imagine to control her when she is 14.. She has to learn to listen and respect you and others since now. Good luck!

Um, if my kid did that, I'd say "OW! THAT HURTS!" loud enough to shock her a little bit, and then put her down and don't pick her back up for a little while. If she does it again, repeat. I'd also pretend to be "injured" and kind of sad, not overly dramatic or anything, but enough to where she sees that this has a bad effect on people. When they're that age, kids don't realise that pinching someone HURTS. But if you don't SHOW them then they'll be the ones who are hitting and biting when they're three.

Play with her hands, so when she goes to pinch you, take her hand and do round the garden or some other hand game. Another trick is to take her hand and show her how to touch you gently. My 17 month old pinches and we always try and show him gentle, especially when he goes to pinch one of his siblings. His pinching really hurts and I never had it with the other two, so I am still working on it. If he really hurts me which occasionally he does I put him down (this worked for biting, which another of my children did) so I am hoping it also works for this.

I hated that stage, my daughter was a nightmare for scratching and biting! I found that saying ow and pretending to cry then refusing to play with her til she gave me a kiss better worked fairly well

Is there a time your daughter is worse? because my little girl used to do it a lot when she was trying to doze off in my arms so i taught her to stroke my arm instead, does mean shes now half convinced im a puppy but its better than the scratching

Clip her nails often. A light swat on the hand with a firm no might do the trick Or make her wear gloves until she grows out of this stage.

When she does it say ''NO that hurts Mommy!!'' and put her down.

have you tried putting her down when she does it?

scratch/pinch back. legit,.