I love language. I love talking. I love dialoguing. But I am completely unsure what to do when a child is too young to truly access any of those
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Yeah this a tough age. For that very reason. Nursery is awesome. It's Sunbeams that are hard. They HAVE to learn the structure of primary, and yet they aren't much beyond a 2 year old and have 10 second attention spans.
About all you can do is work on the language skills with him when he's calm so he understands more, and can say more when those harder times come. Hitting is something that is a common response for toddlers. Maybe teach him what feelings are? And how to express them right. Maybe try teaching him to hit a pillow when he's angry, or show him the emotion of how you feel when he hurts you. Each child is very different, but those are just some ideas from a mom who has been there and is there.
Most of all hang on. I remember my mother walking around muttering when my youngest sister was small.. "She's ONLY 2... she's ONLY 2..."
When Lego was two, we found that he LIKED time outs, so they were absolutely no deterrent for hitting, kicking, pushing, pulling hair, biting . . . typical two-year-old boy behavior.
Anyway, I found that if he used a hand to hit, I would give him a warning/reminder, I would gently but firmly hold that hand and tell him, "Since you can't use your hand nicely, I will have to hold it for you for a minute." Count to sixty, and then quietly let him go with a reminder to be gentle with his body.
It worked well for Lego (well, it made him really mad, but it was effective), but every kid's different. It might not work for Jackson.
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About all you can do is work on the language skills with him when he's calm so he understands more, and can say more when those harder times come. Hitting is something that is a common response for toddlers. Maybe teach him what feelings are? And how to express them right. Maybe try teaching him to hit a pillow when he's angry, or show him the emotion of how you feel when he hurts you. Each child is very different, but those are just some ideas from a mom who has been there and is there.
Most of all hang on. I remember my mother walking around muttering when my youngest sister was small.. "She's ONLY 2... she's ONLY 2..."
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Anyway, I found that if he used a hand to hit, I would give him a warning/reminder, I would gently but firmly hold that hand and tell him, "Since you can't use your hand nicely, I will have to hold it for you for a minute." Count to sixty, and then quietly let him go with a reminder to be gentle with his body.
It worked well for Lego (well, it made him really mad, but it was effective), but every kid's different. It might not work for Jackson.
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