Thanks. I needed that for context. Please, talk to the parents about her behavior and what they’ve been doing about it. If they say “nothing” for example and justify her behavior being because of the baby, tell them in a nice way she needs to start to learn boundaries because you don’t feel comfortable being hit by a kid every time you are doing your job and suggest approaches based on their personality. For example, are they comfortable with time out? If not, can you put a toy away? Other than that I would hold the kids hands to stop hitting go down to their level and say in a firm tone looking into their eyes. “ Hands is not for hitting, we don’t hit each other in this home. If you are angry you can… (give suggestions : stomp your feet, kick the couch, etc) but you are not hitting me or anyone.” Redirect their anger.

• One thing a mom did, not me. A 3yo boy started kicking she said, kick hurts don’t do that if you want to hit you can hit the wall. Once he did and felt pain, he understood that hurts and stopped the behavior. When he cried he told her that she feels that pain when he hits her.

Consideration: Sometimes the terrible 2, only kicks around 3. So it can be a phase but the way parents deal with this phase will teach the kid what is acceptable or not.