It feels like in the last 2 ish weeks my toddler has turned into the worst kid imaginable. Hitting, screaming, biting her sister (13 months) I really don’t know what to do anymore. We try not to spank but nothing seems to be working anymore and I refuse to let this go on any further for the safety of my other kid and the fact she’s going to pre k this fall . Any advice would be appreciated
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I know it's rough. My son definitely has intense moments too. We have resorted to the calm down corner (his daycare has one). When he is not being nice, we immediately remove the fun thing, walk him to the corner and have him sit. We encourage him to take deep breaths or "read" a book. Sometimes he just sits and tires himself out with a tantrum. Once he's calmed down, we hug him and have him correct the behavior. So for hitting, we'll say you can touch but use gentle hands.
My son just grew out of biting a few months ago. We did the norm with saying teeth are not for biting. A few times, we did bite him back but he only really did it at school so that didn't help.
If it suddenly started, he may just being having a developmental leap moment and struggling to communicate what he's feeling. Hang in there. Just be consistent with the redirecting.