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Submitted by: Baby Help Line

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Hi Veronica! For one reason or another, your baby probably finds it comforting to do his little routine. Some babies schratch their mom's or their own cheek, twist their hair (if they have any, mostly older kids, though) or do something else. Unfortunately, when he is old enough to tell you why, he probably stoped doing it a long time ago! /Paula

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Submitted by: Anonymous

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try to find a way for baby to stop. my cuz used to do that when she was tiny and now she's 11 with a huge black scar on her forehead....

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Submitted by: NannyNurse

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Babies all have certain routine motions they go through when falling asleep. As long as these are not damaging (the area on his head is not red or bruised which I am assuming it is not) it is fine to let them continue. Generally though it is also quite easy to change that motion to something else. Try covering the side with a pillow or blanket. He may fall for it at first and then with time you can ease the pillow or blanket down into the crib until he is used to laying down while he falls asleep. You may find that he changes the hitting into rubbing his head back and forth on the pillow (I know a child who this trick worked on) Alternatively if you are able to you can always give him something new in the crib that is distracting (such as a new mobile) and try laying him down only slightly reclined so that he can feel like he is still sitting up. Good Luck and hope all work out for you, in the end as long as he is not causing any damage, there is not really any harm. He will out grow it eventually.

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