<human>: My 17mo is by all accounts, a rad little boy. ([STILL not walking] but whatever). He's affectionate, sweet, charming and has shockingly good comic timing. The issue? He's got a thing for hitting. And head butting. And pinching and biting - but just me. He doesn't do it to my husband. He'll even do it *to* me in front of my husband, and when he takes him, my son stops. It's getting really frustrating: it *is* intentional, too, but I don't think he understands I'm getting really hurt. 

What's really alarming is that this is starting to mirror the end of our breastfeeding relationship: I stopped BFing him at 10 months bc he *literally* almost bit my nipple off. (Husband had to physically help me get him off my boob without hurting him.) After that incident, we stopped bc the thought of him biting me like that again made we so anxious. (We had also been weaning over 3 months, so it wasn't cold turkey). Two days ago, he bit me so hard I have three tiny teeth shaped bruises on my stomach. It's getting to the point now where I straight up *flinch* around my son bc I don't know if he's going to headbutt me or give me a kiss.  

When I shared this in a moms' FB group, I got a lot of unhelpful "boys will be boys" advice. I've never grown up with boys, so maybe I'm just not used to this.

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<bot>: I flinch around my toddler bc I don't know what he's going to do to me and he doesn't exhibit this behavior with his dad. HALP.