when it happens hon, make sure you don't even make eye contact. quickly move him away or scoop up your dd and take her away for huge cuddles. Then when you are cuddling her say no that is not nice, it hurts or tell him to 'look you made x sad'. That way he is not getting the attention even when you are telling him off.
I was recently on the 2 year old training and came across an interesting piece of research which says that if you can intercept the behaviour for a few weeks it will self-extinguish. So if you can spot it about to happen, distract him quickly with words or by moving him away - don't even mention what he was going to do. Worth a try??
if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got
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