Please....leave now.....my ex husband did the same.....you are in danger...if you leave do not tell him you are leaving.....do it at a time when he is not there....this is when the violence can really be bad....if he knows you are leaving. I went through beatings for 8 years before I finally had the sense to go....it will not change.....it will get worse.....dont stay around to find out.....the effects of abuse on you will last for life......he may say he would never hit you.....he may say he will get help.....but if he hit his own mother....there are deeper issues.....hurry....go!!!!