Just looking for a few helpful strategies to deal with this. He’s going through a real hitting and throwing things phase- thankfully it only seems to be at home with me and my DH, he doesn’t act out like this at nursery as far as I’m aware.
He hits both when he’s really upset and melting down, but also when he’s just cross. He throws things when he’s cross but more increasingly when he’s hyped up and seems to be deliberately provocative. I do think the throwing in particular becomes a bit of a game for him.
We’ve just started employing the approach of removing our attention when he’s doing it. Calmly removing things if he picks them up to throw but otherwise not giving him much airtime. I guess I’m looking for reassurance that this is a reasonable approach as it feels like I’m ignoring bad behaviour!
He doesn’t respond well to telling off - he simply laughs and continues. And talking to him about gentle hands or having a “time in” doesn’t really do much either.
Any wisdom gratefully received!