Mum guilt from last night!

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I feel better if I offload, and perhaps if someone can tell me whether I should feel guilty or if I’m letting my anxiety take hold? Basically my 5 year old is always winding up and hurting his 2 year old brother. Last night he put his finger in his brothers mouth and got bitten. While he was having a cry about his finger hurting he (accidentally) lay on his brothers arm causing the 2 year old to start crying a bit. Instead of asking him to get off his brothers arm I just pushed him a little to roll him away from his brother. I feel guilty because I feel I let my frustrations cause me to push him off his brother rather than ask him to please move. It wasn’t a hard push or anything and my 5 year old didn’t say anything about it or seem to notice, but I am feeling a bit anxious about the whole thing.

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Jesus Christ, you pushed him lightly. You are MASSIVELY over thinking this.

He wouldn't have HT any sympathy re the bite either. That's the risk you take when you shove your finger in someone's mouth!

Are you stopping him & disciplining him when he's annoying/hurting his baby brother?

Read ‘how to talk so kids will listen, how to listen so kids will talk’. It will calm you down loads and give you constructive parenting skills. The only thing you will regret is that you hadn’t read it sooner.