My toddler is 2 and has recently started to act out in the form of hitting, pinching, pushing or snatching.
I'm aware this isn't unheard of but it's beginning to make me anxious whenever I take DC out to a playgroup or playcentre or whilst they are in nursery (I've been told a couple of times on pick up they've been snatching or pushing, although my DC has also come home with bite marks from other DC from nursery too so can't be the only one!).
Did anyone have a particularly 'hitty' toddler and what did you do? I'm worried no one is going to want to play with him or he's going to be 'that' child at playgroups etc..
I ALWAYS tell him it's unkind to hit, I confiscate any toy that he throws at someone, I tell him things like 'we don't hit, that hurts X and makes them sad', I remove him and distract him with something else if he's refusing to share a toy and so on but it seems to make absolutely no difference. He wouldn't yet understand a time out imo which is why I don't do this.
Is this completely normal and to be expected? I feel like he's the only one sometimes acting this way but I realise that's probably me worrying and not seeing it in others.
Will he just grow out of it?