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Sitting here crying...AIBU

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Dystrophin345 · 18/08/2019 21:10

Hi all,

My DS is 2 years (and a month) old. He has been a lovely little boy but over the past month he has become really difficult. We just came from visiting family in a different country for 3 weeks so I don’t know if it could be the change in environment.

He is super clingy (was before as well), really stubborn and screams if anyone other than me look at him (and shouts NO stop). He is pulling other children’s hair (and pinches too) and although we have been working on this, it has not improved. He’s done it to his cousins and I’ve now started to remove him from the room and say ‘no hair pulling it hurts’. But he seems to do this out of the blue. I took him to soft play today and he was really happy, jumping around and the next minute I know he is pulling this poor child’s hair (and the mum wasn’t happy). I apologised and removed him straight away and we didn’t go back.

He is verbal and uses 3-4 words in sentence so I’m not sure what this is. He starts Nursey next month and I’m trying to nip it in the bud as my husband currently works abroad so if he gets kicked out of Nursey for these behaviours I’ll really struggle

I guess I’m just looking for some reassurance and sympathy and obviously tips are welcome

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 19/08/2019 08:19

It could simply be the fact that you've had a massive change.

I'd keep things quiet and regular for a couple of weeks. No play dates or days out that are full of other children. Just very quiet with the two of you.

If it continues, it might be worth getting his ears and throat checked out and seeing if he has a urinary infection.

Dystrophin345 · 19/08/2019 09:00

The thing is he starts nursery in two weeks. He needs to start his settling sessions next week. So I’m not sure how well these would go down with him!

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imamearcat · 19/08/2019 10:54

He may well be fine at nursery, they are often completely different at nursery to how they are at home.

Try not to worry it's probably just a phase!! Make sure you have lots of 1 to 1 time / fun and don't get sucked into a vicious cycle of bad behaviour and then you being more negative and so on.

Dystrophin345 · 19/08/2019 11:03

That’s true!

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