Hi, am writing this post on behalf of my friend. She is heavily pregnant with her second child, has just moved home and is exhausted but mostly from the challenging behaviours of her son (who is 2 and a half years old).
He hits. And she has tried lots of things! I really really feel for her :(
He is a bit of a nightmare too when it come to sharing. And yes, I know that's pretty normal and that they don't really get sharing but he is just clearly has real issues with it.
The hitting is the main concern though, especially with the imminent arrival of her second child and really needs to be nipped in the bud asap.
She has tried time out several times. She acknowledges she needs to be consistent but says every time she puts him there he comes out.
She's taken away privileges but says that's doesn't seem to bother him at all.
He has a lot of tantrums too. I witnessed one today when we arrived at their new home. Initially he was really excited to see my daughter but within no time at all he turned, for what appeared to be no reason, hitting his mum and at the same time asking for a cuddle from her while putting his arms up to her to be picked up.
She's tried ignoring the bad/unwanted behaviours but hitting shouldn't be ignored!
Any advice would be very welcome.
TIA