Ok weeks holiday and my husbands gone back to work and my sons behaviour has gone from good to horrible. Everything is a battle and everything is a tantrum with slapping and scratching. What do i do
I have a 2year old who does the same. Today was not a great day!
I find both these options work well:
When he is in a hitting/scratching mood I sit him on my lap, and wrap my arms around his arms tightly so he can't move, and then I talk really quietly in his ear so he has to stop yelling to hear what I am saying. If he starts screaming again, I just stop talking straight away and just stay there holding him. He almost always totally stops crying and wanting to hit me, and then I find he has calmed enough for me to speak with him about his behaviour etc.
Second option is when he is having a tantrum about something I want him to do....for instance he wants to eat his dinner of Spag Bol on the couch, I want him in to eat it in the highchair... I ask him twice to do what I want him to do...he then normally trys to pull the bowl from my hand etc etc, I take it away, and then pick him up and sit him in the corner facing me, and tell him he needs to sit there as he is being naughty etc etc. He normally cries and then tries to walk away, without any words I just pick him up and keep putting him back until he is calm. I them tell him he can go out of the corner. I leave him for 5 minutes and then ask him to eat his dinner etc at the high chair, but normally by then he has already gone to his highchair and got in already and said "Sorry Mum".
Staying calm and deep breathes are my best suggestions!
2 year old
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