aliwali
18-01-2012, 06:48 PM
Hi everyone
I feel like crying, I've had such a bad day. I have this 2.5 year old for 2 days a week, and I dread it as I can never be sure what sort of mood he will be in. Today from the moment he came in he was snatching of the little ones, hitting them on the head and pushing. When I told him not to hit my daughter on the head because he was making her sad, he threw the toy at me!!
I use time out for instances such as this, but when I go and talk to him it feels like what I say isn't even going in one in let alone out the other as he is back at it 5 mins later.
He is going to see a speech therapist soon on my recommendation as he can barely say any words and I think that may be part of the problem as he can't express how he feels. He is also going for a hearing test.
I spoke to mum about it today and explained that while I am happy to work with her, I can't have him hitting other children and he needs to learn that. I really worry that when he starts playgroup in September he won't make any friends. There are already mums in the playground who look and him and say they don't know how i can have him as they have heard from so and so what he is like (not from me I might add).
So I guess what I'm asking is can anyone offer any advice on how to handle his behaviour? I think I am going to give it 2 more weeks and if I can't control it better then I am going to have to give notice, which would be a shame as when he is in a good mood he is quite a sweet boy (although there is a never a whole day without any incident).
Just feeling like a bit of a failure today.
Thanks for reading.
I feel like crying, I've had such a bad day. I have this 2.5 year old for 2 days a week, and I dread it as I can never be sure what sort of mood he will be in. Today from the moment he came in he was snatching of the little ones, hitting them on the head and pushing. When I told him not to hit my daughter on the head because he was making her sad, he threw the toy at me!!
I use time out for instances such as this, but when I go and talk to him it feels like what I say isn't even going in one in let alone out the other as he is back at it 5 mins later.
He is going to see a speech therapist soon on my recommendation as he can barely say any words and I think that may be part of the problem as he can't express how he feels. He is also going for a hearing test.
I spoke to mum about it today and explained that while I am happy to work with her, I can't have him hitting other children and he needs to learn that. I really worry that when he starts playgroup in September he won't make any friends. There are already mums in the playground who look and him and say they don't know how i can have him as they have heard from so and so what he is like (not from me I might add).
So I guess what I'm asking is can anyone offer any advice on how to handle his behaviour? I think I am going to give it 2 more weeks and if I can't control it better then I am going to have to give notice, which would be a shame as when he is in a good mood he is quite a sweet boy (although there is a never a whole day without any incident).
Just feeling like a bit of a failure today.
Thanks for reading.