3 year old said I hit him!

[lucie333]

My toddler woke up this morning with a scratch on his head and I said "what happened to my baby" this is completely my fault I think it's just something I've always said when he comes home from nursery with a nasty bite or mark I say what happened, he usually says boys hurt me but I think he says this because he knows I'll cuddle and kiss him and ask him if he's okay. Well when I asked that question this morning he said I hit him😒 so when I took him to nursery I let them know this is what he was saying, I thought it was best to say something rather than not. Have I done the wrong thing?

I don't think you did anything wrong but kids say stuff all the time. When DS was a toddler he once randomly said I'd broken his arm 🤔

My son announced to everyone in asda that I punch him when he’s being naughty.

My 4yo has taken to saying, if he falls over, that I pushed him. I wouldn’t worry about it - I reckon nursery will have heard this a million times before.

My son has ASD and during his assessment, when asked what made him sad, he told the EP ‘when Dad hits me with a hammer’.

That was nice.

It'll be fine! I think you did the right thing telling nursery. I wouldn't mention it again to DS though. My husband shut the car boot on my eldest's finger by mistake (obviously). Cue kiddo telling everyone that he has a black nail and "Daddy did it"...

When my DD was about that age she told me the dog had nipped her, I was slightly confused as he was asleep in his bed and I’d been in the room, it really wasn’t like him... but I mean it’s a dog and small child so I took it seriously.

I asked where he’d bitten her to check it, she said not bite, nip... and did a pincer movement with her finger and thumb and agreed when I said, with his fingers, not his teeth? 😐😂

They'll be used to small children saying random stuff. You’re better to have said something than not.

When my son was 3, he told nursery that he had been making sausage and mash (in his play kitchen) and I came over and punched him in the head??? An interesting few days followed as nursery referred it to SS for safe guarding.

He also told then he rode a goat to a Tesco in London.

Kids…

Ds2 said that he'd been hit. He hadn't. SS encouraged him to maintain that he had been hit, even when ds1 told him he'd never been hit. No one believed us. Took us 12 weeks to get him and ds1 back, they had to stay with my sil. Took 3 months.

I got on to a packed tube with my 3yr old daughter (she’s now 13) and as the doors closed she said ‘why are you taking me away from my mummy?’ and proceeded to look out of the doors for about 4 stops!

😂😂

My youngest years ago in a queue asked if I was going to lock him in the cupboard again when we got home.

Always in a queue.

Kids are fun.

My 3 year old did not like holding my hand.

I regularly walked down the street with him squirming and screaming “let go of me nasty lady, help help.” Worryingly, no one ever stopped us.

I wouldn't worry about it, they must hear it all the time. Both my kids said stuff like that which was totally untrue

When one of mine was about 5 or 6, she told the teacher that she slept on a mattress on the floor and didn't have any blankets. The teacher even gently probed..... I was shocked. My DD had an entire bedroom to herself, en suite, satin pink duvet that she'd picked out herself, and more toys than most children's hospitals. Honestly I was so embarrassed. I've no idea why she said that, but she did!

My DS once limped all day in Nursery & said his father had pushed him downstairs.

When we had our welcome meeting at DDs school the teacher said "If you believe everything they say happens here, we'll believe everything they say happens at home".

My 6 yo DS told his teachers we let him play Call of Duty. I got pulled to one side in the playground one afternoon and was absolutely vilified by the safeguarding lead. I asked DS if he knew what COD was - he didn't, of course, but had heard DH talk about it to a friend and he wanted to sound cool in front of his classmates...

@lucie333 so do you know what did happen to him then? Finger nails too long and scratched himself? Another child pushed him at nursery (although you probably would have seen that yesterday)?

I wouldn't focus too much on what he's said but would wonder what has actually happened - the nursery staff might ask you and it would be good to know so you can do something to prevent recurrence

Ds used to scream every time I held his hand that I was hurting him! Crossing the road in the supermarket, it was a phase thank heaven

I've had this before at nursery with then 3yo DC after they got in the way of a shopping bag full of bottles🙄.

"Mrs Goldbar, your DC has a bruise on their forehead and says that you hit them round the head with a bag".

DC is called over.

"DC, did Mummy hit you over the head with a bag?"

"Yes".

"And did Mummy mean to do it or was it an accident?"

"Accident".

DC was quite accident-prone when younger so I did have to explain injuries to nursery on a number of occasions. But at least it means that there are other people watching out for young kids.

That made me laugh out loud! The thought of you have a supermarket goat in the shed…🤣🤣

My son once accused me of punching him in the head to nursery. I hadn't. He's launched himself at me full belt in a fit of rage and head butted my elbow. I didn't even see him coming as he approached from behind when launching the surprise attack

Apparently he was a pachycephalosaurus doing a headbutt attack to save itself from danger. Sure, the danger of mum carrying your washing to the machine 🙄. Helpfully he demonstrated being said dinosaur for nursery, including grunting, and all was well again.

I got a call from the welfare lead at my son's primary because he'd gone to class and said he'd been "drunk all weekend". He was 9. He has ASD/ADHD so can be prone to coming out with things. What had actually happened was that I had let him have a sip of my alcohol free shandy. Never again 😆. Fortunately they knew me well and it was more of a heads up than anything else but I was horrified. Kids come out with all sorts.

Kids are the wildest imagination sometimes.

My mums nail polish was coming off her toe and my DS (3) said 'Oh no, Nanny didn't look when she was crossing the road and a car ran her over and got her foot' 🙄

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My son does this too. Gets embarrassed if he falls then says I pushed him 😅 obviously I've never pushed him in my life! He also told nursery I tried to cut his fingers off (I had just cut his nails).