@Zoey thank you for answering, I will give it a read, it’s hard because I know they must be finding it hard to regulate and we are the ones they feel most comfortable with but it hurts my feelings 🙈 I’ve always been a sensitive soul I know I need to toughen up but yeah 🫠
I guide my daughters hand and show her to stroke mummy instead going “ahh that’s nice, gentle hands for mummy” she still hits occasionally but will often now follow it with stroking me and saying sorry, she’s just turned 2 xx
Hi lovely, just maybe somethings to look out for or think about. Is it at specific times of day, specific places, when you are doing something (I.e on the phone, washing dishes ect) as there could be a trigger as to why. Also could it be that it's a bid to get your attention (not to say you are not attentive) and maybe enjoys that specific initial reaction/response cause if that's the case you could incorporate that type of reaction into play so she doesn't use undesirable behaviour to seek it. (For example maybe she enjoys that snap reaction from you so could you play a game where it is incorporated so she gets whatever it is she likes from that interaction without hurting mummy) Sorry I am a special needs teacher and we constantly look out for why or what is the function of children's behaviour, so totally not a judgement or anything negative at all xx
One of my little boys did exactly the same and only did it to me. I felt like I tried everything because at one point it was constant all day, like every 5 mins, I can remember just bursting out crying in the height of it. Then it just stopped all of a sudden, nothing changed, it just stopped. So I do genuinely feel like it’s a phase. I know that might not help sorry but dig deep and it will pass 🥰 xxx
So hard when LOs act like this. My LB only smacks me and usually when he is tired and we are doing bedtime routine. Sounds like you're doing everything right just keep consistent. Great read here https://sarahockwell-smith.com/2018/09/28/what-to-do-when-children-bite-push-shove-hit-and-throw/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFnt4dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQybtKBBffsIHvxtSJe-_Z38ZfsNZ4uIeQSKAYtUPUKrEQrSecdbkz6RKQ_aem_8_VeimqYZPko1yaK7W2ORA