My 24 month old daughter is generally a kind, loving and happy little girl but recently has been displaying some behaviour that really has me perplexed. Whilst playing with her baby doll and soft toys she will bite them repeatedly with varying degrees of intensity then will turn and say 'baby cry' or 'name of soft toy cry'. These incidents aren't usually part of a tantrum in fact generally speaking she normally isn't upset either before or after. I have no clue as to why she does this.
She has never bitten another child and nursery have never had any issues with her behaviour. She does sometimes bite and scratch DH and I but it's almost always during a period of rough/silly play and it seems to me that she just gets too excited and the bite happens when she is just to wound up. She is improving in that area all the time. When she bites her dolls I normally agree that yes they are crying because she has bitten them and bites hurt then often without prompting she will kiss the 'ouch' and give it a hug.
Hoping that someone can tell me that this is just a phase and maybe offer an opinion as to why she might be doing this!?
Often it's the dolls face or eyes that are the target.
I am currently 22 weeks pregnant with DC2 so wondering if it could be a reaction to that?