Over affectionate toddler

[ChaCha]

Hello,

DS1 is 19mths old, runs to any child he sees in park/supermarket/street and greets them with a massive cuddle/kiss and is very loving. Is more than often pushed away or on one occassion yesterday, pushed to the floor He gets hurt, is sad and then goes back for more. Will he grow out of this? Anyone have experience of it? When provoked (i.e. another child takes the toy he had etc..) he will grab it back, make a stand etc.. but watching him get hurt like this hurts me and I guess i'm looking for someone who has had a similar experience, thanks.

My ds is a bit like that - it used to upset me that he would always try and talk to people on trains etc that would often ignore him and he would be upset and puzzled. he is now 21/2 and is still very affectionate but slightly less non-discriminate with it so it has balanced out a bit - I wouldn't worry too much, he will learn how to distinguish friends from strangers soon. it is nice to have an affectionate child and far better to sligtly overdo it at times to than to be one of thoses kids that won't let you cuddle them imo

Poor wee boy, my son (3) is like this with the children from nursery etc, and some of them don't 'get him' at all. He tries to have conversations with them and they just look at him as if he's mad!

I don't really have any advice for you, but I wouldn't worry too much about your son - he sounds lovely. Just comfort him if he gets upset and explain some people just don't like cuddles from people they don't know very well.

It's lovely that your ds is so affectionate chacha. Try not to worry, he will learn when it's okay to hug/kiss people in his own time.
My ds used to get really close to other chn, in their 'personal space.'