At toddler group this morning & there's a regular there who brings a boy of about 14m. He's in a hitting phase, as is common at that age. So he's really on a mission this little lad - going up to any child he can find and hitting them over and over.
The first few times it happens she gets up and says 'no' to him + apologises to the victim. Fine. But he's not bothered about being told off (I know that one)so he carries on. At this point she starts to hover vaguely around him whilst he merrily hits every child he can find. It was carnage! And every time he does it she says 'no' to him but then he carries on. So AIBU to think that when your child is in this kind of phase/mood you stick to them like glue to stop them beforethey hit the next kid? By the end of the session he must've hit 30 kids, including young babies. Mums were having to guard their babies against him FGS! I know it's impossible to prevent the odd slap or push but she was just kind of waiting for him to hit the next child without physically preventing him at all. Bloody drove me mad it did!