My dd who just turned 2 keeps pinching my 4 year old son to the point where she draws blood. I have chopped her nails but she is a little bully. I have tried scolding her, smacking her, sending her to her room and even pinched her once to try and teach her a lesson but it does no good. He cries and cries when she does it and his face is covered in red scabs. He never hurts her back and I always praise him for not retaliating but she just doesn't get it that it is wrong. She dobs herself into dh when he gets home from work like she is proud of it. I don't know what else to do.

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks

Now i am no expert on these things but we stayed with some friends whose 3 year old did this to my 20 month old for a whole weekend and i know how distressing it is for the pinchee, the pincher and the mothers involved!!
Does she only do this to her brother or to other kids too? If it is only her brother she is probably doing for your attention.
Have you just tried ignoring her altogether when she does it and fussing over your son only, maybe she is likeing the attention albeit bad attention that she is getting when she does it.
These things are so hard with little ones because she probably doesnt even know why she is doing it, she is only a baby.

Thanks for your response saldal. Thankfully she only does it to my son...it probably is just an attention thing but it is so frustrating. I have ignored her and devoted all my attention to him but it makes no difference. I keep telling him to stay away from her/stop annoying her but he won't listen to me and then it is too late. Hopefully she'll grow out of it soon.