Head Banging GS

I asked before what is he actually banging his head on in the middle of the night if it’s the cotsides use bumpers if it’s the mattress don’t worry
The thought of putting padded hats on a 16month old is unworkable in my opinion and he’d probably strangle himself trying to get it off
I think your families anxiety is probably making him worse as it’s getting him a lot of negative attention in the middle of the night Can’t they ignore him once they know he’s safe and sound I can’t imagine harm he can do to himself inside a cot, or is he climbing out ?

"The thought of putting padded hats on a 16month old is unworkable in my opinion and he’d probably strangle himself trying to get it off ".
I agree Bluebell.

Reward acceptable behaviour and ignore the unacceptable - I learnt this many years ago when on a training course while working as a physio in a unit for children with learning disabilities. It's hard to do but should work - even getting his parents' attention is a reward.

Cot buffers are now out as there is a risk the child could get tangled in them and cause injury or worse.

Perhaps he just hates being hemmed in 11/2 is young but maybe he’d be better in a little toddler bed that he could get out of and trot into mum and dads bed Mine used to potter in if they woke up and just get in with me and we all slept Is he going to bed too early ? How many times a night does this happen ?
The other thing is maybe try a travel cot nothing at all to bang his head on there

My son used to head bang straight on to a concrete floor. It is very stressful. I read a piece in Dr Jolly, who said walk out of the room leaving the door open. This worked for us ur son stopped banging his head. We did not have the night banging though.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this plea. GS is still headbanging but it seems to have been less this week. Maybe we are less anxious about it having read your replies. It's great to know other people have been through it and come out the other side with happy, healthy little ones and I'm sure GS will too, just reading your stories has helped immensely.
What a great crowd you are! xx