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Setting boundaries for 2yo play pushing me

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Mummy3574 · 30/06/2019 05:43

Looking for advice on a specific question!

When DS started to become mobile, I had a game where he would try to push me over while we were sitting and I would pretend to fall over. It was one of the few things that made him really laugh and he was so proud of himself and cute. He only did it with me, not with DH.

Now he's 2, and quite a bit stronger. Yesterday he did the pushing thing to me and my friend while we were sitting on the grass, and after a bit of resistance we let him. I haven't done the game for a while now and his reaction is pretty much the same.

At the back of my mind I've always been thinking this is fun, but he's bigger now and I don't want him to start pushing other kids around and think it's fun and ok. His nursery once said when he was 1yo that there was a bit of pushing from him on another kid but it was just one occurrence. He seems fine with others, starting to interact with them.

So should I stop the game now and explain that we don't push people around? He really doesn't listen to instructions tbh but maybe something will get through to him. I'm just wondering if I'm overthinking this. I'm a bit worried about sending mixed messages.

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