Toddler behaviour

My toddler is so naughty lately lots of hitting and biting so we have implemented the naughty corner. She thinks it’s a fun game and will run away and not co operate. We have tried telling her no it’s not nice we don’t hit/ bite. We use our words but I’m just at a loose end with her. When we do tell her off with raised stern voices again she just laughs and will hit again and bite. Honestly I’m struggling with this behaviour now and I don’t know what to do. She’s super stubborn

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How old is she?x

@Julia 2 and 4 months

I work with 2 year olds and that can be such a tough age as they are pushing boundaries and seeing how far they can go and get away with. Instead of doing the naughty corner have you tried a time out where you either sit her down for 2 minutes or ignore her for 2 minutes as some children do find it funny when you tell them off as to them it’s a game. What I find works with my 2 year olds at work is sitting them down and explaining to them how what they are doing is making me sad and how it’ll make mummy and daddy sad as it’s not kind, especially when they are trying to bite/hit. There’s also books that you can get about being kind and also some great books about emotions that you can get by Sue Graves that might be really good for her as well. A reward like a sticker chart/sweets if she’s been kind x

I can't offer advice on the biting but when we went through an awful phase I just used to ignore him and eventually he got the hint that, that kind of behaviour would not give him a reaction or my attention. It was so hard as it used to make me really cross. I just had to walk away from him.

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