Absolutely at my wits end with this. I have a 2.5 year old who is very high energy, and boisterous. He is fun, very loving and I love him so much.
He also hits and bites me multiple times a day, and I am now at my wits end about it, to the point that it's making me cry multiple times a day.
He went through a biting stage at nursery but they've said now he's calmed down loads and is much more gentle there, he has lots of friends. He hits and bites his dad but nowhere near as much. It's mainly me. It's usually when I'm getting him to do something he doesn't want to.
He had his 2.5 year HV check last week and they said they weren't worried and it was age appropriate, and suggested all the things I am already doing - being firm, saying no hitting, hands are not for hitting, hitting hurts etc. I've lost my rag a couple of times when it'd taken me by surprise but mainly I try to be firm rather than angry. I talk to him outside the moment about not hitting and biting and he says sorry then, but at the time he literally laughs at me. I've started leaving the room when he does it (if my husband is there) but that also hasn't helped.
I find parenting hard anyway but this is literally soul destroying, being hit every day. I know he's only little but it's too much and seems to be getting worse rather than better.