My nearly 2 year hold has recently developed the behaviour of hitting, mainly other children!
It started off just if another child had a toy he wanted or tried to take his toy etc he would hit them. But now he just seems to hit other children randomly whenever he comes across them!
Just come back from a soft play, had to leave early as it was a nightmare, he made 4 other children cry! It's making going anywhere like soft play or playgroups impossible, so embarrassing and I'm just constantly apologising.
Now I know this is normal toddler behaviour, but whatever I do doesn't seem to help. I try to calmly get down on his level and say no hitting, it hurts, we must be gentle etc, but he just doesn't seem to take it in.
To note I also have a 9 week old so makes chasing him round more difficult. Have also asked at his nursery but they said he's only done it a couple of times and it's normal toddler behaviour so they aren't too worried. How come he doesn't do it there!
Any help, suggestions from anyone who has dealt with the same would be greatly appreciated!
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Toddler hitting - help!
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LDH17 · 07/02/2018 12:11
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