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The Bean has started biting and hitting other children at the toddler group we go to. I can't ignore the fact that her behaviour coincides with the arrival of Pops, but it could also be the terrible twos. It's fairly embarrassing when your child is the only one in the room being horrible to other children. At home we sit her on the naughty step and let her know what she has done wrong, at nursery I give her a stern telling off and remove her from any situation which is fraught but she still seems to misbehave day after day. Of course she is a perfect angel for her Dad, so I half suspect he doesn't believe me when I tell him the mischief she's been making... I asked my mum what I was like as a toddler and guess what - I went through a stage of biting and hitting other children when I was two years old - Is history repeating itself? Has she inherited something from two-year-old me? At least my mum said it didn't last for long, but that doesn't stop me from feeling like a bad mother when my child has whacked someone over the head with a saucepan! All suggestions on dealing with naughty toddler will be greatly appreciated! Pops is sleeping well and because of The Bean's behaviour, largely gets ignored. This is probably a good thing and I'm hoping she be less needy in the long run... I still feel guilty that I can't spend enough one-on-one time with her, as I did with The Bean when she was small. I've talked to other mums and this seems to be a familiar worry for most second-time-around parents. I wonder of it is easier for Octopus' when they have second babies - what I need are more arms... I went to a Hen 'lunch' on saturday and took Pops. Because she is only three weeks old and sleeps for almost all of the time she's great to take out and about with me. In fact she slept quite happily when someone else's four year old stepped on her carrycot, not realising their was a baby asleep! We had lunch at Petersham Nurseries in Richmond, which was lovely. There were three of us breastfeeding and two pregnant ladies and one with a toddler, but the restaurant staff didn't seem to mind and nor did the other diners. It's really refreshing to know that people are more tolerant of breastfeeding in public now. It is also worth mentioning that we were all very discreet and had muslins covering our modesty. So there you have it, yes it was a hen night, and no i'm afraid we stuck to white wine spritzers but at least we got our boobs out...