2yo shoving etc

[sazzerbear]

My 2 yo ds has started shoving his friends and hitting them and me, apart from time out/naughty step, is there anything else I can do? He is normally so sweet and it's really embarassing when he starts doing it, normally when people come to visit as well! TIA

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Best thing to do is remove him from the situation for a while explaining why you've done it ... is he talking much? Does he have good understanding? There's not alot you can do and stuff like time out etc doesn't often work that young.

Yes, he's pretty bright up so hopefully that will work, thanks!

I second ICANDO's advice. I told mine he couldn't go to playgroup or nice places he liked if he carried on and he seemed to nderstand. Also left places after 1 warning and said we can't stay if you push/snatch/whatever.

Also made mine apologise anytime another child was upset and showed him 'look, XXX is really really sad now/ *** is crying because you took her toy/pushed her'.

He'll go up to a crying child now and say sorry when he's done nothing wrong, bless him!

He's so much better now he's nearly 3 (he distracts a child and then runs off with their toy instead, the sneaky monkey!!)

He's quite good at apologising at least! Good idea about the one warning then go..he was being vile to his friends at home today - shame we couldn't go anywhere!