How do you keep your toddler from hurting your baby?
I spend the entire day telling my 3.5 year old to be careful around her 7 month old brother. All day, every day she is being wild and crazy and I am so worried shes gonna accidentally hurt him. She's doing gymnastics flip on his playpen, breakdancing right next to him as he's crawling towards her, leaning all her weight on him. It's driving me nuts. I don't like having to tell her no and stop all day, and I'm just exhausted. Im also constantly worried about him eating one of her tiny toys like a barbie shoe or stickers or whatever other tiny stuff she plays with. We do have a big playpen but it's not always possible to keep him in it. This stage is so anxiety inducing and I am so tired. Help!
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I think the key is to not react or make it seem like its forbidden because they would like to something more. Hope that helps xx
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So I have an almost 3 week old and a 2.5 year old. I've made a point since the day he was born that my toddler needs to use gentle hands. I let her explore and touch him as much as she wants, and if she is a bit too rough then I just tell her to be careful because he's a baby right now. When I have him lying on his playmat and she wants to lie with him I just remind her to be gentle. She can be gentle but she's also a live wire. The other day she flopped down next to him and nearly took half his body out. Though I wanted to react to protect the baby, I just reminded toddler that she still needs to be careful as we don't want to accidentally hurt him. With her toys, before I put him down I say that we need to tidy up anything small because if it gets to his mouth it can make him sick. She doesnt fully understand but she does help me tidy. When she tries to put her toys inside his mouth I just advise she cant because it will hurt him.