https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 09:36:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rough-toddler#post-2713825 Tue, 21 Mar 2017 14:04:45 +0000 Boogs 2713825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: My youngest is 30 months and he can definitely talk more. He just has such a different personality! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rough-toddler#post-2713818 Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:58:44 +0000 ValentineMommy 2713818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: I'm still praying that a lot of it is frustration because he doesn't talk a lot yet. I'm hoping once he can communicate better that it will decrease!!! A mom can dream! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rough-toddler#post-2713789 Tue, 21 Mar 2017 13:37:59 +0000 Boogs 2713789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your kids sound like mine! Mine are almost 6 and 2.5. I have no advice for anything that worked, other than being on top of it and redirecting as quickly as possibly. Mostly I just commiserate with you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rough-toddler#post-2711417 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 12:20:38 +0000 ValentineMommy 2711417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@charlotte: Same here! I just want it to stop!!</p> <p>@Pumuckl: When our 4 year old DOES get hyper, oh man, DS2 goes craaaaaazy. Lol He definitely feeds off him....and when that happens, I can totally understand what's going on. It's when it occurs out of the blue that is so frustrating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rough-toddler#post-2711261 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:23:45 +0000 Pumuckl 2711261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>While my second is a little older (24m) and a girl she very much is a wild child. I think part of that is just trying to keep up with her big brother. Our twins are about to turn 2 months soon and while she is super gentle and loving towards them 95% of the time she isn't the other 5%. So we just keep an eye on her when she's able to "access" the babies. We also just tell her that she has to stop and physically remove her when she's being rough with her older brother. We also talk about how she doesn't like being hit so she shouldn't be hitting either. I hope the rest will come with time and increased maturity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rough-toddler#post-2711256 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:12:56 +0000 charlotte 2711256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following for advice as well. Our 18m old daughter is very rough with our 4 year old son. He can't even sit down and put his shoes on without her coming over to hit him for no reason. I know its developmentally normal and they are testing limits but I need it to stop! We are also expecting number 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rough-toddler#post-2711254 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:08:55 +0000 ValentineMommy 2711254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 2 boys (4y and 20m). My older one has always been pretty gentle and is very sensitive. We never really had to discipline him. Our younger son is a wild child. He is independent and full of energy, but man, he is ROUGH. He literally beats up his older, and much bigger, brother. He pulls his hair, he hits him, and today he scratched his face, close to his eye. Sometimes it starts out by the two of them playing together and in an instant it just escalates. Other times, it's just seemingly out of the blue. He will literally walk up to him and pull his hair. And then of course, they fight over toys sometimes, and an argument follows.</p> <p>DS2 is not extremely verbal at this point. He can say words, but not enough to express himself or how he's feeling. We've tried all types of discipline: time outs, doing "gentle hands", not showing major reactions....I just feel like nothing is working! </p> <p>Now that we are due with DD in a few weeks, I'm growing increasingly worried that he's going to lose his tiny wild-child marbles when she arrives and go completely nuclear.</p> <p>Does anyone have any advice/tips/commiseration? I am praying that this is a phase that we can help him grow out of (quickly!)! </p>