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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 496021" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>I apologize.....I haven't read completely through the rest of the replies but I"m in a hurry. I had to restrain my difficult child when he was younger and did it two different ways. One was the "hugging" method where I would encircle him with my arms from behind while sitting and also use my legs to wrap around the lower half. I never really squeezed but tightened my arms enough that he couldn't move but I wasn't really "squeezing" him.....if that makes any sense. Instead of holding on to him my hands were connected with each other. I would also make sure that my rings were turned inward so that if they scratched, they scratched me and not difficult child. </p><p></p><p>The other method I used was straddling him. I kind of sat on him but never put my full weight on him. My knees were on either side of him and I had his arms pinned down to the side of his head.....upper arms straight out from his shoulders and elbows at a 90 degree angle. While I had SOME weight on him to hold him in place, the majority of my weight was on my knees. I sat just far enough back that he couldn't kick/knee me and his hands were far enough from his own face that he couldn't scratch himself. An interesting note about him and this particular hold. He managed to get one hand free just enough to grab my face. I wanted to see what he would do so I told him to go for it, do his worst. He grabbed my cheek in his hand....kind of like a baby would, but he didn't do anything. You could still see the rage but you could also see that he didn't want to actually HURT. </p><p></p><p>Once he got bigger, obviously restraining was out of the question but I have been known to barricade doors with my body so he couldn't leave the house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 496021, member: 2459"] I apologize.....I haven't read completely through the rest of the replies but I"m in a hurry. I had to restrain my difficult child when he was younger and did it two different ways. One was the "hugging" method where I would encircle him with my arms from behind while sitting and also use my legs to wrap around the lower half. I never really squeezed but tightened my arms enough that he couldn't move but I wasn't really "squeezing" him.....if that makes any sense. Instead of holding on to him my hands were connected with each other. I would also make sure that my rings were turned inward so that if they scratched, they scratched me and not difficult child. The other method I used was straddling him. I kind of sat on him but never put my full weight on him. My knees were on either side of him and I had his arms pinned down to the side of his head.....upper arms straight out from his shoulders and elbows at a 90 degree angle. While I had SOME weight on him to hold him in place, the majority of my weight was on my knees. I sat just far enough back that he couldn't kick/knee me and his hands were far enough from his own face that he couldn't scratch himself. An interesting note about him and this particular hold. He managed to get one hand free just enough to grab my face. I wanted to see what he would do so I told him to go for it, do his worst. He grabbed my cheek in his hand....kind of like a baby would, but he didn't do anything. You could still see the rage but you could also see that he didn't want to actually HURT. Once he got bigger, obviously restraining was out of the question but I have been known to barricade doors with my body so he couldn't leave the house. [/QUOTE]
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