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Looking for advice: toddler is hurting her Grandma (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 day ago by philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club to c/parenting@lemmy.world

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Hi everyone

Proud girldad of a beautiful 1 year old here. Life is good and I now love being a father.

We are just having one problem. She attacks her Grandma and leaves nasty scratches on her face. We aren't sure how to proceed.

What we do currently is if she attacks, we firmly say "no, we don't treat grandma like that" and then encourage gentle touch. It's not working.

We are firmly against physical discipline, we tried time out once but she went mental, possibly she's too young for time out.

Can you tell we're first time parents? Haha

Any advice would be appreciated

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[–] Pickleideas@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not to sound condescending and too obvious, but make sure to keep her nails trimmed & monitor more closely when she's interacting with grandma. At this age, a lot of it is preventing them from having the opportunity to make the wrong decisions.

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Very young kids have those razor thin knife fingernails, too. Definitely keep those things short.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago

Combined with grandma, depending on age, having paper like skin.