3 year old DS is too rough

[NickysMam]

DS is a lovely boy and I adore him plenty. He's also very strong and this is becoming a little too much for me as he plays a little too rough with me.

it actually drives me past frustration as I'm constantly getting jumped on, kicked, head butted, slapped etc. I know he's just playing and not intentionally hurting me but it really does hurt. I'm forever telling him to "stop" "You're hurting me" "I'm not playing" and I can see he's upset by it but two seconds later he's doing it again.

I'm 30 weeks pregnant and very shattered that I barely have the energy to play in the first place, so when he's playing rough, it puts me off and in the end I'm scrambling for the remote to put on Peppa Pig so that I can be 'left alone'. I feel guilty but I'm tired too.

Any suggestions welcome.

I'm not pregnant, my 3yo does this and I hate it.

He got an indoor trampoline for Xmas, which helps a bit sometimes. Other than that I'm just a broken record about it, think it is a gap between being quite physically able but not having developed any empathy.

Is your partner maybe encouraging it with him? If so you need to stress to him that you need to put up a united front of no rough play.

I'm a lone parent, so it's just me that DS has. I know that he gets bored very easily and wants my attention but I'm just too tired to play the games he wants me to play, so he resorts to jumping on me etc.

I feel bad because I'm constantly telling him to "sit down" or similar so I can catch a break.

He also doesn't like playing on his own and is prone to temper tantrums which I try to ignore but most of the time I tell him off for.

I don't want him to grow up thinking he can't express himself or have fun. I'm just too too tired right now and his rough play really is hurting me.

im afraid if he jumped on me because he was bored I would be saying a very sharp 'no' and leaving the room. It sounds like its beyond over enthusiastic play to me and you need to stamp it out now-certainly before your new baby arrives

If your child is capable of understanding simple instructions other than those relating to the 'right here' and 'right now', don't wait until he's being rough before telling him not to be rough. Tell him gently but firmly, every day at the first convenient moment that he shouldn't be rough with you. Having told him, you should immediately ask him to confirm his understanding and acceptance of the rule.

You should praise him at the end of every roughness-free day.

This procedure should be repeated every morning until the rough behaviour ceases and becomes very much a thing of the past.