2 year old hitting out
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@Kimberley thank you lovely xx
We had a really bad stage of this, my husband was absolutely covered in scratches and bruises!!!! It has definitely improved recently though. What we found helped was naming emotions, really simple like “you’re sad” “you’re angry” “you’re happy”. Then when he hits/scratches we say “that makes mummy feel sad/hurt”. Then when he is gentle we said “that makes mummy happy”. It really helped!!! Took a lot of time but it got there eventually. (He did then go through a phase of hitting children at nursery JUST so he could then cuddle them and make them happy again 😂 )
Thanks lovely I appreciate your help xx
Agree with above. Also we demonstrate behaviours to him. So when he does something naughty me qnd my husband will model apologising. I.e. my husband will say “sorry for hitting you mama, we know thats not nice and we were just feeling angry but we won’t do it again” ..it’s really worked to help him understand what he’s done, how it makes someone feel and then what he needs to do about it
@Arooj thank you xx
We are having days where are little one is pushing, hitting and shoving people his own age. We've found it's worse if he's hungry, tired or feeling unwell. Today he was being a nightmare with his cousin - he'd already had a nap so we ended up giving him his dinner at 3.30pm. Played so much better after that. So I'd try looking to see if there's any patterns n see if things are improved by food, sleep or calpol.
It’s a really hard stage where they are testing boundaries and seeing the limit of what’s annoying and hurtful to you and will you still love them. He loves you and feels so comfortable with you he knows your a safe space to practise this. I tell my daughter that I won’t let her hit me, it hurts . At this age it’s more about repeating this rather than explaining, it will take time but it’ll get better ❤️