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“So just to
clarify: 3-year-old girl kicks 1-year-old, and I am to hold my
3-year-old (after making sure the crying 1-year-old is fine, got that)
and just sit with her until she feels better? No time-out, just hold her
and tell her that I love her and that I know she is hurting too....So,
no discipline, just love, i.e. more attention....more attention for
kicking the baby?!"... Kerri
I know exactly
what Kerri means. Someone kicks my baby? The lion-mama in me roars.
The last thing I would feel like doing is lavishing love on the
perpetrator.
Except that the perp is my three year old,
who is also my baby. And who is clearly in a state of emotional
dysregulation, or she wouldn't have done such a thing. She's sending me
a clear signal that she needs my help, desperately. READ POST
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