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[quote=Anonymous]Posted in general parenting, but was told this m ight be a better forum.

DS, 21 months,  goes to a wonderful home daycare with terrific providers. Lately, they have been noticing some new and disturbing behavior on DS's part--namely aggressiveness either toward other kids or more recently himself (banging his head against wall or table and screaming fits when frustrated or sometimes for no seeming reason). he also becomes very clingy, and cries with seemingly no provocation. After observing this for some time, they have noticed that he is fine in groups less than 5--3 or 4 max and he is fine, but once there are more kids, he acts out in various ways. As they put it, he is like two totally different children. We don't see this behavior at home because he is just with us or his older brother and gets lots of attention.

any thoughts about whether this this just a phase, or indicative of other issues?  Fwiw, add/adhd and sensory issues run strongly family, older brother has both, but when he was a toddler it manifested itself as distraction and inability to focus, becoming almost paralyzed in larger groups, but not acting out in this way. And, he was not dx'd until age 3.5, 21 months seems young to figure out much but maybe I am wrong.

as for eating, sleep, etc, seems fine and on a good schedule and, as I said before, at home he is generally a very happy, engaged, emotionally responsive if boisterous kid. In terms of developmental milestones he seems on track for everything, neither particularly advanced nor delayed. [/quote]

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