Jonah does this sometimes when he is responding to multiple things.

It can be something that was said minutes ago that Jonah had not processed yet or it could be something like hearing someone singing “Happy birthday.”

If Jonah does not know how to express what he is feeling, many times, he resorts to hitting.

We try to minimize it by giving him as many tools to communicate with us as we can, but occasionally, it still happens.

Here, in the middle of a hug, Jonah is trying to communicate with his brother (and ends up hitting him) and you can see that Jonny does not take it maliciously. He knows Jonah is not trying to just be mean.

Instead, he shows Jonah to “touch soft.”

Something was bugging Jonah and he let brother know, but they were both fine after that.

I’m still trying to find the best way to deal with the hitting.

How do you guys handle it?