I really need some ideas with how to deal with my dc2, who is 3 3/4.
I have 3dc, 5, 3 and 1. Dc2 hits dc1, and has now started hitting dc3, dh and me, as well as being generally badly behaved at times. Most of it seems to be attention seeking, but also escalates massively when she is tired.
I praise her good behaviour as much as I can. I give her as much attention individually as i can. We have done sticker charts. Time out used to work well as it gave her space to calm down. I try to ignore the bad behaviour and reward the good.
But I just don't know how to cope with the hitting anymore. I feel I have run out of ways to deal with it, nothing seems to work but obviously violence to her siblings cannot be tolerated whatever the cause.
She is a really lovely child, and nursery thinks she is angelic. But I am at a loss as to how to deal with her.
Dh is getting increasingly impatient and thinks there is something wrong with her and that I am making excuses for her, as she is now coming up to 4 and he feels that she should have grown out of of it by now. I feel that she is a perfectly normal, if a little difficult 3 yr old.
Please give me some ideas, I am feeling so down about this!