Head banging is usually nothing to worry about. So if your child isbanging his head occasionally against the crib or the wall or anyother surface, he’s most likely trying to soothe himself and releasehis stress, anger or frustration. This kind of behaviours, justlike thumbsucking [/en/break-childs-thumbsucking-habit], is a normalpart of a toddler’s life and doesn’t indicate an issue.As a parent, you better not make something out of it, while doing yourbest to address any underlying cause of emotional upset and keeping aclose eye on how often your tot bangs his head and how severely hedoes it, and report it to his paediatrician.Head banging can be a sign of developmental disorders if it continuesbeyond age 4 and if associated with repetitive motor movements,developmental delays and impairments in social skills[/en/social-and-emotional-development-babies].