I have a 2.5 year old ds who is sweet and funny. However when we socialise he sometimes gets really OTT excited, particularly with his cousin. He will start to 'paw' the other child and quite often this ends up with the other child crying or saying that ds has done something to them.
Obviously if I spot this behaviour I warn him and then if he doesn't respond I will remove him from the situation. But quite often this will just be an escalation of two young children playing together and then he takes it one step too far. I warn him and talk about appropriate behaviour with him. He says he understands, but it keeps happening. It's never malicious but it is inappropriate.
Please help with how I can address this better. I feel like this is my fault! It sometimes really ruins a perfectly nice day out. I do notice he's more susceptible to doing it when he starts to get tired, but I don't feel like that excuses it.
Help please!