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[quote=Anonymous]DD1 is 3 years old and loves her younger sister, who is almost 7 months.  But she wants to be constantly touching and hugging her, sometimes almost aggressively.  It used to be cute, but now that DD2 is able to crawl and wants to move around, DD1 will often give her aggressive hugs trying to keep her still (sometimes to keep her away from DD1's toys).  It's especially a problem when she tries to give a hug but wraps her arm around DD2's neck, so we've worked ad nauseum on telling her that DD2 is little and she can't touch her head.  We will repeatedly say things like "DD2 is asking for space please, or please give DD2 space to move" and will move one child or the other to a different room to enforce this boundary, but DD1 just can't seem to control herself.  For example, after having multiple talks yesterday, this morning DD1 asked if she could hug DD2's legs while I was feeding her - she seemed like she was trying really hard to find appropriate ways to touch her, but within the 1-2 hours before school that they were both up in the morning, it devolved into the same issues.

Has anyone btdt with any advice other than repeatedly holding boundaries and separating them? This often leaves DD1 in tears and I want to balance safety for DD2 as number 1 priority, but also encouraging a positive sibling relationship.[/quote]

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