Went to visit an old uni friend I haven't seen for a year this afternoon. My ds is 2, and hers is 16months. She also has 2 teenage children.
Her ds is gorgeous, peaceful, quiet and contented. My ds is normally fairly well behaved, although does hit other children if they try to take toys away from him, which I thought was getting better.
Anyway, the visit started well, the 2 boys were sharing toys and getting on ok. Then ds started to take toys off the younger child, hitting and pushing him. He also started to run around like a child possessed, screaming and shouting.
It ended up with me apologising constantly, unable to remove ds from the situation, or ignore him, like I would do at home, or give him a time out - which workes well at home on the few occassions I've tried it.
My friends ds was pushed over a few times, and twice banged his head quite badly as a direct result of my ds. In the end I had to leave as I was in tears by the end of it. It honestly was the worst afternoon I've ever had with ds.
I know he has a problem with hitting (used to be biting - but fingers crossed we have cracked that one) but Inever, ever thought he could be as bad as this.
The only different thing about today, was when we arrived at my friends, she offered me and ds a biscuit and ds had some shortbread which he hasn't had before. I know I'm clutching at at straws but I wonder if that contributed to his awful behaviour (although it doesn't excuse it).
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Just had the worst afternoon with ds - hitting/pushing/hurting - completely humiliating.
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PanicPants · 20/08/2007 20:03
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