My son hits me. HELP

Ethan is 13 months old and he has a bit of a temper. He throws things when he is not happy but for about the last month he has started hitting and headbutting me. Whether we are just reading a book or playing "wheres ethans nose". I don't know what to do. He generally headbutts when he is angry. I have been firmly pulling his hands down and saying don't hit mummy but he just laughs.

My mum looks after him during the day and he has hit her a couple of times.

We don't smack ethan so I am not sure where he is getting it from.

I just need any suggetions on how to stop him doing it.

He also bits every now and then but not too often.

This is something that you'll need to nip in the bud as soon as you can. Grab him, say in a firm voice that he's not to do that, and put him down away from you. I presume if you put him on one side of the room that he is well able to get back to you by himself? Do something like that, and he is able to come back to you (probably for a cuddle) when he is ready. But it just associates a very firm and not nice thing (being removed, no attention etc) with his hitting/biting.

It doesn't seem to matter whether you use it for discipline or not, kids just like to try out their hitting/kicking/biting strength.

We use time out in Charlottes bedroom because she is going through a hitting stage at the moment. She hates being separated from us and we only leave her for a minute or so. She knows why she was put in there when she comes out because we do the super nanny thing of getting down to her level and explaining why.

Its hard but by being consistent, it seems to work really well.

Yeah, another thing paft taught me was if you get down and explain it every time they think its great cos they get that extra bit of attention. If explaining isn't helping explain what kind of behaviour you want at the start of the day or every so often and say what will happen if he does it. Then just say time out or nothing at all and put him in there. When you let him out don't say anything but when he starts playing nicely then go up to him and give him a cuddle and say something like "mummy loves how well you are playing"

This approach worked a bit better for us but every kid is different

Miya hits my face or pulls my hair, from about 18mths we put her on the 'spot' for 1min, after the first day or two she knew she had to stay there so she would sit there and yell and scream until I said she could come and join in as long as she played nice.
We have found this worked really well, however she will stil sometimes do it when we are out because she knows the spot isn't there.

I think whatever way you do it you need to let him realise if he hurts you on purpose then you don't want to hold play or cuddle him for a minute or two just so he knows you don't like it.

He doesn't really watch TV - it is generally going in the background but he doesn't sit and watch anything. he may watch the wiggles or playhouse disney but only for like 5 mins at the max.