help needed with dealing with boisterous 3.2 DS

[Nanoon]

My DS (3.2) has become really boisterous and i'm not really sure how to deal with it. The situation isn't helped much due to me being 38wks pregnant and therefore physically unable to cope with his climbing all over me or running at me etc.

Where possible I do try to ignore and walk away from him when he is being like this but of course there are times and when it is not appropriate. He has become quite rough with his friends and today at nursery they had to tell him constantly to calm down. I have tried to give him a gentle warning, then a very serious warning and finally making him leave the room and sit on the stairs or go to his room for 3 mins but to be honest all this seems to do is releive the pressure for a short time because it all starts up again the minute he comes back into the room.

I wonder if it is connected to the iminent arrival of DC 2.

He can also be incredibly loving and whats to sit cuddled up to me all of the time.

Is it a normal phase for a 3 yr old boy??

It's a very normal phase, Nanoon, and it has nothing to do with your pregnancy (for which I congratulate you)!

Let him run it off in his own way. It's very important for boys to be able to let off steam without being overly chastised. It's a normal phase of their development.

I know that doesn't help, particularly, but you'll just have to side-step him for a while, particularly whilst pregnant.

Yes, many 3 year old boys are like that.

My advice as a mum of 2 ds is get him outside as much as possible and let him run, climb, ride a bike, kick a ball etc. I have always found swimming good for burning up that excess energy if the weather's bad.

Good luck

I think i worry way too much about things that just part of their normal development, too much supernanny etc.

yes I think swimming is a good way of burning energy but those thrashing legs and my huge tummy aren't a good combo at the minute

Hopefully once the baby is born i'll be able to run around with him abit more