Son started hitting/pushing in pre school. Is it a phase?
Hi ladies
My son who is nearly 3.5 years old has always been in day care full time, recently started pre school and this last week we have been told 3 days in a row he has hit other children. I don’t have context so unsure why he’s doing it. He’s never hit/pushed before and I’m worried this is something new we are going to have to constantly deal with.
Anyone been through this? Is it a phase? Does it pass? He’s at the end of the first school term so teacher said could just be them getting tired of 5 days of teaching but I honestly broke down today. He’s as good as gold at home (as no other child in the house to interact with) and most of the day at school is absolutely fine but it’s these random hitting instances which is really upsetting me. First time mum here so struggling to understand this.
My boy had had spouts of hitting me at home at bedtime when he’s super frustrated / having a tantrum and doesn’t wanna go to sleep 😴 he doesn’t hit at school and honestly just feels like a phase, normally happens around skipping naps and stuff like that and then he’ll stop for weeks, months and randomly start up again. it has gotten better, and less frequent, we explain gentle hands and not nice to hit, I don’t react in a big way either just very firm but neutral. We also list out his fav tv characters and say they don’t hit too. We practice deep breaths and asking for space aswell I think your boys probably just dealing with a lot of frustration or big emotions and it’s coming out with hitting which is normal for this age, Is there maybe someone in his class he’s butting heads with aswell? It’s definitely a hard phase 😫 here you need a chat x