Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to deal with violent behaviour from a 2 yr old.

He constantly bites, scratches, hits or throws objects at older brother, sometime it is revenge for something his brother has done but the majority of the time it occurs for no reason at all.

My Ds1 who is 4 has scratches all over his face which have been done by ds2.

Yesterday ds1 was watching tv & ds2 climbed up & got a torch from top of tv & threw it straight at Ds1 hitting him on head.

His behaviour is starting to become a worry & I am not sure how to deal with it, he is fine with other kids but his brother seems to cop it all the time. Smacks do no good, he will go to his bedroom then come out apologise for what he has done, then later will do it again.


Thanks

Leanne

have you tried time out? Get a boring room or place in the house and make him stay there for 2 minutes (1min for every year age) making sure he knows you are upset with his behaviour no talking to him in that 2 mins just leaving him alone and if he runs off keep putting him back there, works wonders with my 5yr old DD and 2 and a half yr old DS

I may not be of any help, but firstly I would suggest looking at his diet. Is he eating too many processed foods/drinks containing colours, sugars, salts & preservatives? I have found this to be a major component of behavoural problems with my kids. A basic diet change can make a real difference.

Secondly, ban the things he likes when he's been naughty. ie: take away a favourite toy, game or suspend all TV. I've tried time out with both my kids and it doesn't work for us - so banning say "TV tomorrow morning" (eg: ABC Kids) works wonders as well as no books before bed or not going to the park tomorrow. They soon realise that its not acceptable to act that way as they don't like the consequences.

They still act up and get into trouble, but you just have to try and keep on top of the discipline.

Best of luck.

Have a look at this link. Many people have found it to be very useful in this situation:

http://www.askdrsears.com/html/6/T063900.asp#T062400

HTH