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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no advice, but I did experience something alike with a charge, too. Not as extreme as yours though! I remember being irritated when he would wrap himself around my legs while I was changing the baby to the point that I tripped over him once and nearly dropped his sister. I don't remember exactly how old he was, late three-early four, probably. But it kind of went away after a while. I don't remember doing anything specific except for telling him he was hurting me when he was getting too rough and asking him to be gentle. And the usual 'it's lunch time, not hug time - hug time is after lunch'.

Hope he grows out of it soon, it is annoying! And I don't doubt you love him but kids can be too much, that's for sure.[/quote]

Thank you so much for this! Whew I was beginning to question myself. I've been working with children for 10 years and have had charges this age before and can't recall them being this touchy and clingy, but was like maybe in forgetting and they were? Lol but defintely not. I remember having to ask for hugs myself sometimes from my last 4 yr old boy. I do believe it has a lot to do with the younger sibling now that you mention about yours. He is very jealous and territorial when his little brother is around me. Hopefully he is going to grow out of this and it's just this way due to spending the entire summer with me, his family didn't even go on a vacation. I did for a week and he was horrible to my fill in. So now that school is back in I'm hoping some of these hugs will become shared between his teachers and I.

I'm defintely going to try using the "it's not hug, time it's _____ time" with him because my saying "hugs are for special times" seems to not work. Thanks a ton![/quote]

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