Our babies are quite close in age and Rosehips DS is a 2007 bub too, so perhaps it is just a phase?

Thats hillarious about Charlotte putting on the doe eyes, Aurelia does that too. I'll say "No, don't hit! Gentle, be gentle" and she'll start stroking my hair and face as if I'm a cat lol. She'll lean in and give a kiss too sometimes, cheeky thing. She goes from overexcited to angry as well actually, toddler emotions seem very fluid. I wonder if me telling her 'no' is what makes her angry? She's starting to dislike that word.

I figure the best thing to do is to ignore the behaviour when possible and then give positive attention when they stop, that's about the best parenting advice i've ever come across personally. I wish it worked faster but . . .