I've been discovering that the hard way. His new favorite hobby is grabbing at my face and scratching it with his long fingernails (my wife does cut them, but it's like pulling teeth, for lack of a better phrase). He's also strong, it usually takes me a few seconds to pry his hand away from the fistful of facial skin he's holding on to.
He's left some pretty impressive scratches on my face. I'm usually too embarrassed to tell people my son is beating me up, so I blame the scratches on my cat.
He also likes to pull my hair and snatch my glasses right off my face. One time he even bitch-slapped (pardon my language) my face with one of his toys.
It seems this is a pretty normal stage for toddlers his age. I think he's just learning how he can use his fine motor skills to terrorize his parents. Further, he probably thinks it's funny to get such a reaction from us.
I'm not too worried about it right now because he'll eventually grow out of it. As long as he's not doing it to other kids he's around or other adults. I don't want him being "that kid" in school who's always biting and scratching when he gets mad.
This is just one more thing we'll look back on when he's 18 and ready to go off to college, and laugh.
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