Hi everyone,
I need some advice 😩 I have made a new mum friend and met up with her and her son who is a few months older than my son who is 3 in October. Her son is a lot bigger than my son and everytime they are together my son ends up crying and distressed. I have noticed that my son is almost desperately trying to please him like he thinks he has done something wrong. His mum has told him off but it just seems to happen everytime. I recently looked after him while his mum ran some errands and everytime I left the room my son would start crying 😢 i asked the boy if he had hit him and he just smiled and said sorry. I tested to see if he was doing it with no reason at all and so walked out of the room and stood by the door. Within seconds he smacked my son!!! I told him off and was left shaken at what I'd just witnessed. I'm going to speak to my friend and have decided that he is not spending time with my son anymore because it is literally causing him to be on egg shells everytime. My son plays fine with all my other friends kids and I have no problems. Of course I know kids can be kids and the odd argument here and there over a toy but this is just a different level. I feel disgusted with myself that I gave the kid a few chances to see if it was just a one off but this kid is brutal and knows exactly what he's doing 😕 am I over reacting?