HTSMumma
08-07-2014, 01:54 PM
Hello experienced Childminders.
I have an issue with a new baby who has started with me. She has had many settling in sessions and is in her forth week with me. She is 10 months old and crawling. She has settled well and if it wasn't for one issue, everything would be fine.
She's incredibly rough. She crawls up to my son and other children and will climb on them, pull their hair, slap them, bite them etc. She has three much older brothers who rough play with her and will let her get away with blue murder, but it's obviously not washing with my 2yr old and the other little ones.
She's made them cry, I've never seen anything like it; a baby of 10 months causing so much hassle and pain on others!!
Has anyone experienced this before? I think her 7yr old and 12yr old brothers are to 'blame', letting her get away with this/actively encouraging it.
I keep pulling her away, but she'll head straight for them. I've tried distraction - works temporarily.
I told mum she was rough with the boys yesterday, but how on earth do you tell a mum of a 10 month old baby that their little one is hurting bigger boys and making them cry??!?!?! Mum is lovely, but I just don't know what to say to her/how to overcome this hitting/hair pulling/biting/boisterous behaviour?
Completely baffled!
Thanks in advance.
I have an issue with a new baby who has started with me. She has had many settling in sessions and is in her forth week with me. She is 10 months old and crawling. She has settled well and if it wasn't for one issue, everything would be fine.
She's incredibly rough. She crawls up to my son and other children and will climb on them, pull their hair, slap them, bite them etc. She has three much older brothers who rough play with her and will let her get away with blue murder, but it's obviously not washing with my 2yr old and the other little ones.
She's made them cry, I've never seen anything like it; a baby of 10 months causing so much hassle and pain on others!!
Has anyone experienced this before? I think her 7yr old and 12yr old brothers are to 'blame', letting her get away with this/actively encouraging it.
I keep pulling her away, but she'll head straight for them. I've tried distraction - works temporarily.
I told mum she was rough with the boys yesterday, but how on earth do you tell a mum of a 10 month old baby that their little one is hurting bigger boys and making them cry??!?!?! Mum is lovely, but I just don't know what to say to her/how to overcome this hitting/hair pulling/biting/boisterous behaviour?
Completely baffled!
Thanks in advance.