Help please!!
My 19mo DS is too physical!
Sometimes it seems to be well natured / curiosity / friendly but just too rough, but more and more he’s just violent!
The ‘friendly’ 🤦🏻♀️ version is stuff like grabbing another toddler at the park and hugging them to the ground, or touching another child’s face but roughly.
Other times he grabs another child’s legs on the climbing frame, hits other children in the head / face.
It’s been a few months now and getting worse. For context, he moved from a childminder to a nursery a few weeks ago and hasn’t transitioned as well as I’d hoped he would. He doesn’t do this there as far as I know but seems ‘up in the air’ since moving. Nothing else I can think of that’s different. It’s more likely when he’s over stimulated but can never really be trusted around other children at home / park / soft play.
He does sometimes do this with me and dp. Our response in the past was ‘ow. No don’t hit. gentle, gentle…’ but this hasn’t gotten us far. Since last week I’ve started leaving places after one warning when he starts hitting….
Any advice gratefully received!!!
Btw he’s gorgeous a lot of the time too!!!