Toddler starting to hit and pinch

Ok so my toddler is starting to hit and pinch and then he only bites us when he’s teething but sometimes it’s aggressive and won’t let go. Does anyone else go thru this and what did you do because we’ve tried different things and nothing helps. And honestly he’s just not listening to me mostly his dad idk if it’s cause I’m the one who’s home with him all day but maybe I should start time outs ?? Idk please help

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Yes our son went through this. It does take consistency but just remember it’s a phase. What we did is tell him no and remove him from the situation. Don’t over explain just say no and follow up with the “gentle hands”. For example if he hits you tell him no and remind him gentle hands. If he biting remove him and tell him no. We tried time outs but I feel like they weren’t effective. Just be assertive and confident when you tell them no.

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We still struggle with this today. The only thing that works is taking my son up to his room and giving him something to squeeze like a squishy toy or stress ball and leaving him for 3 minutes. We call it time out but I'm not trying to punish him. It's just he gets over stimulated and cannot express it to me. After he calms down I tell him "we don't hit" "that hurt mummy(or whoever he hurt)" and I get him to apologise. He isn't always able to say the word sorry but he will give me a hug after

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Sleep help 😭😂

I’m coming on here to beg for some advice for my little one’s sleep again.

He’s 18months old now and hasn’t slept properly in over 3 months

I don’t know what has happened, he was always a great sleeper and loved sleeping/bedtime. He used to go straight into his cot with a bottle and fall straight asleep. Over the last few months his sleep has gone south.

I have tried speaking to health visitors and doctors but I haven’t had any help.

He will no go into his cot. I’ve been having to drive him around to get him to sleep and that was somewhat working but now as soon as I try and get him out the car he’s awake. I’ve tried calmly staying in his room rocking, singing reading but he will not have any of it. He will keep going until 11/12 each night until he crashes. My partner works away normally so it’s all on me and I can feel myself going mad. He won’t nap unless it’s in the car either so I truly don’t get any time to myself 🫠

What else can I try? I’m desperate

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How do you redirect your anger?

How are we redirecting our anger/annoyance at our other halves because I'm on the absolute verge of blowing up or crying.
It's just a bunch of little things I think that have added up and I keep apologizing for being moody but then more things happen, at this point I could honestly take the baby and the dog and go.
For example our baby has silent reflux and has had colic, I ask OH last week if he's putting the water in and then the formula because when I looked at some of the bottles he made they were just over 120ml instead of 150ml So i asked how many scoops were in it, he said 5, I said you've not out enough water in for 5, he said he had. Then today I've been on my way out to do the weekly shop, he's putting formula in the bottles before the water, so I've said you're not supposed to do it that way, he said says who, well me, Google, the midwife, the health visitor, the fucking back of box, he chucked the formula back in the box in a huff and then said are you going now because your doing my head in I've only just got in from work - 1) do it properly 2) I asked him if he could not spend 45 minutes upstairs when he comes home from work because I needed to go and pick something up at 6:30 and he got in around 6:10 normally he comes down around 7pm so he was already in a mood. I told him that's probably why the baby is crying in pain if he's not making the bottles correctly.
Then we're running out of formula and forgot it from the shop so I said I think it'll last til tomorrow he said he dropped some bottles because he was doing it with one hand - I do everything with one hand. I think I've been the loo once without the baby, I eat my food with one hand even though we normally eat together, there isn't much I don't do one handed including making the bottles.
Even when he's off work I feel like he might as well be at work, I don't think we've had a conversation longer than 2 minutes for about a week, we've got a meal booked for Saturday and I just want to cancel it, because I no I'm going to be the one who eats one handed and he'll say just put the baby down - then the baby will cry and then everyone looks at me. I don't think he's once tried to soothe the baby off to sleep, he's got no issues staying up past midnight when the baby comes to bed with me but when he's got the baby it's a different story, it'll be midnight on the dot and the baby will be handed to me whether I'm asleep or not, like tonight baby is 9 weeks so trying to get him into a routine so put him to bed upstairs he was crying so I went up, soothed him and came back down, then again crying I'm in the middle of doing something he's made no attempt to get up so I've got up again. 3rd time baby crying, not even a flinch from him.
Over the last few weeks he's been having the baby until midnight and bringing up but over a week he forgot to bring something up with him, once it was hot water so I've got a screaming baby but I've got to wait for the kettle to boil, then it was wipes not helpful when there's an poop explosion at 2am and just things like that.

So sorry for the rant, but I just feel like he's doing it wrong on purpose so he doesn't have to do it, get a grip.

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Sleep routine

Advice please!!
Is anyone else feeling like they are putting too much pressure on a sleep routine?
My baby has a bath every night (he loves them) I aim to get him down for 7-7.30 every night however, he eats when he’s hungry and naps when he’s tired. For example this evening he was so tired at 5.30 but I’ve tried to keep him awake so he’s still in his bath bed and sleep routine. Meaning he’s gone to sleep overtired and waking every 10 minutes.
Should I just follow him? Let him nap when he wants and then just slightly push back bed time if necessary?

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Exclusive BF mums when did your LO stop feeding?

Also if you can share why/ how in comments.

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11 week old refusing bedtime

Hi not sure if anyone can help me but my 11week old baby will not go down for bedtime easily it takes me almost 2 hours to get her to stay asleep in her bed. She gives me all the queues she is tired and I stick to the same routine every night. She will fall into a deep sleep in my arms and I’ll transfer her into her bed however within minutes she is awake and then takes forever to go back to sleep I’m struggling to find how I can make this easier. She has white noise on, dark room ready for bedtime and room temp is good. Anyone have any suggestions I’m eternally grateful x

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