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I have a new dcb (just starting his 4th week) that is an absolute 'tornado'. He just turned two.
He will rarely participate in anything, even story time (which every other kid sits for). I never force participation, but usually after a couple of weeks of the same routine kids get interested enough to voluntarily join in. He likes to color and paint, but he will literally put two marks on the paper and then say that he is all done.
He won't sit at the table for meals, but screams like I am beating him if I put him in a high chair. (I really INSIST that he sit for meals, as his bite and run habits are a choking hazard).
He will pull a bin of toys down, get bored in 2 minutes or less, throw them all around and pull down another one.
He can be aggressive(hits or attempts to hit 1-2+x/day), he smacked dcg today and yanked the toy she was playing with away, all with a smile on his face. He FLIPPED OUT when I removed the toy from his hands and gave it back to dcg and attempted to have him apologize. For a solid HOUR after that he continually tried to take the toy back. Forget redirection, he was screaming "No, dats MINE!"
He is FEARLESS with anything. He will jump off of anything and he scares the daylights out of me. I have literally put my helper on him as a 1:1 when outside. I have never had a kid this over the top before. Any and all advice would be appreciated!
I have spoken to Mom and Dad about my concerns. One of the reasons that they switched providers was for more structure. He was left to his own devices/free play and was generally allowed to bully the other kids. He is an only child, and the parents really want to work with me.
All that being said, I really do like the kid. He is polite, can be very kind, he is incredibly smart and very cute. (cute is a survival mechanism!)
He will rarely participate in anything, even story time (which every other kid sits for). I never force participation, but usually after a couple of weeks of the same routine kids get interested enough to voluntarily join in. He likes to color and paint, but he will literally put two marks on the paper and then say that he is all done.
He won't sit at the table for meals, but screams like I am beating him if I put him in a high chair. (I really INSIST that he sit for meals, as his bite and run habits are a choking hazard).
He will pull a bin of toys down, get bored in 2 minutes or less, throw them all around and pull down another one.
He can be aggressive(hits or attempts to hit 1-2+x/day), he smacked dcg today and yanked the toy she was playing with away, all with a smile on his face. He FLIPPED OUT when I removed the toy from his hands and gave it back to dcg and attempted to have him apologize. For a solid HOUR after that he continually tried to take the toy back. Forget redirection, he was screaming "No, dats MINE!"
He is FEARLESS with anything. He will jump off of anything and he scares the daylights out of me. I have literally put my helper on him as a 1:1 when outside. I have never had a kid this over the top before. Any and all advice would be appreciated!
I have spoken to Mom and Dad about my concerns. One of the reasons that they switched providers was for more structure. He was left to his own devices/free play and was generally allowed to bully the other kids. He is an only child, and the parents really want to work with me.
All that being said, I really do like the kid. He is polite, can be very kind, he is incredibly smart and very cute. (cute is a survival mechanism!)
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