DD2 (Emily) has always been very active and manic which is completely different from passive DD1 (Freya). When DD3 (Natasha) came along I was really worried how Emily would react but she seemed not fussed and ignored her for most of the time and just gave hugs and kisses. Now that Natasha is crawling and picking up toys and things, the last month has been hellish. Emily is also very close to her dad who is in the Navy and was away for four month this year which i think didn't help her behaviour. I've coped just about but the last two weeks Emily has been dangerously aggressive to Natasha. In the last week along she's repeatedly stabbed her in the back with a ballpoint pen, stood above her whilst Tash was on the floor and dropped a magic 8 ball (which is really heavy) onto her face and then last night she did exactly the same with a plate. I just don't know what to do.
I'm ashamed to say i lost it with her last night and slapped her legs and sent her to bed. Ten minutes later i made her apologise to Natasha and explained how it was really naughty to do that. She knows the consequences as i asked her if she would want me to drop a plate on her face and she said 'no' so she obviously knows it would hurt her.
I'm normally a really laid back mum but this is driving me mad. Theres only a few weeks til DH goes back to sea although this time only for 6 weeks but i'm so worried how this will affect Emily and how i'll cope while he's away. Because there's a big age gap between Freya and Emily there was no sibling rivalry and i expected some this time round but this is ridiculous. Natasha has just moved in with Emily and Emily gets up in the morning and climbs into her cot (the girl climbs everything!) and jumps on her to wake her up. I've told her to come and get me when she wakes up and to leave Natasha alone to sleep but although she's done that twice in the last two weeks, she jumped into the cot again this morning. Any advice would be much appreciated. #
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terriefarrell · 28/08/2006 09:46
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