My seat!

[Sabba67]

My two year old grandchild comes home from nursery shouting "my seat", "my car", "my teddy", "my apple" etc. etc. Is he usually angry and takes a lot of cajoling before his mood improves. Could this mean something is amiss at the nursery (maybe play is an unsupervised free-for-all and this is his survival strategy) or is it perfectly normal way of expressing his dominion over his surroundings? There are no other children in the house, just two adults.
His mum thinks it may be a response to hunger as he is away for a long day (8 - 6) and only gets a snack at lunchtime and not much in the afternoon. She could have a good point. Any similar behaviours?

8am til 6pm with only a snack?

Find a new nursery!

PS does he have SN? Just wondering if there's something else you haven't mentioned as it seems really obvious that he must be a) starving and b) exhausted by 6pm which would explain everything!

My two year old grandchild comes home from nursery shouting "my seat", "my car", "my teddy", "my apple" etc. etc. He is usually angry and takes a lot of cajoling before his mood improves. Could this mean something is amiss at the nursery (maybe play is an unsupervised free-for-all and this is his survival strategy) or is it perfectly normal way of expressing his dominion over his surroundings? There are no other children in the house, just two adults.
His mum thinks it may be a response to hunger as he is away for a long day (8 - 6) and only gets a snack at lunchtime and not much in the afternoon. She could have a good point. Any similar behaviours?

SN?

When you say that he "only gets a snack" at lunchtime, can you give an example of the sort of thing he has. Is it provided by the nursery, or his parents.

The behaviour sounds fairly normal for a child who is learning about sharing, for the first time. In a household where he is the only child, he will be used to all belongings being his own. He is used to being able to put toys down, come back to them 20 minutes later, and then still be there, available for him. Obviously this is not the case in a group setting and it will take him some time, and possibly some extra support to get used to the idea of taking turns or sharing. It's great that he's using words to express himself and his wants/needs.

Being grumpy after a busy day at nursery is also completely normal. Does he still have a sleep?

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