freckleonear
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needhope I think there was a benefit with my cousin's daughter because the hitting wasn't happening all the time. There was a lot of good modeling and guidance from her daughter when the hitting wasn't happening.
With the playdates it was like... the entire interaction was the other kid taking toys from DD and hitting her, and eventually DD went off by herself. Then the other kid would seem happy. As soon as I'd bring her back around to the other kid, the hitting would start again, when DD was just sitting there playing with toys (even her own toys that we'd brought).
Is it something that would go away as DD became more familiar to the other kid?
I would try reducing the number of toys available during the playdate. Maybe just have one or two toys out at a time, so that the focus becomes more on the interaction than on the toys.