First of all, your daughter absolutely deserves to have her space, so the others are going to have to start learning to play on their own and give her the space she needs. I am going through this with my own daughter...the others shadow her and are on her heels and the minute she plays with a toy they all want it. So now I redirect them and have them wait for DD to finish her turn with the toy.
Second, you mentioned that you don't take disciplinary action, but do you think this is working for you? Hitting or screaming or bullying in any way is unacceptable and there needs to be a CONSEQUENCE for this behavior. By talking and snuggling about it you are actually rewarding the behavior, and giving it attention. I would look into doing time outs. She is older now, she is no longer a baby and needs to have consequences to her actions so that she can establish what the boundaries are.

































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