lilmax:
your wife is the problem

divorce her

Agbaletu:
He sees you as his rival and he wants all the mother's attention to himself alone. It is normal for the male child.

eyinjuege:
I believe he does this because he feels neglected, and nobody seems to be paying attention to the Lord of the manor.

Next time put him in the middle of you guys, and give him his own hugs and kisses.

isbish:


I don't think so. He has all his time with his mom. When I am relaxed with his mom, he smiles at us and comes quickly to separate us and be in the middle.

eyinjuege:
I believe he does this because he feels neglected, and nobody seems to be paying attention to the Lord of the manor.

Next time put him in the middle of you guys, and give him his own hugs and kisses.

Agbaletu:

That is not the case in most cases, wherever you put him, no matter the attention, once the father is too close to the mother he will be uncomfortable. Remember at that age the only friend and food he has is the mother, he won't want anybody to share her with him.

eyinjuege:


We're saying the same thing. He expects constant attention. When both parents are having their time together, their attention is no longer on him. If they put him in the middle and both their attentions are on him, he will enjoy that.

Agbaletu:

Some years back, we were playing with my son and my wife put one hand on me and the other on him and i was playing with him with my two hands, could you believe that he took off the hand my wife placed on me. These happened most of the times until he turned 2 years. Now i do joke with him what he did and the guy will be laughing.

eyinjuege:


I think it's common if they're still young or if they're the last child. My last did, till 4 - 5 years. Can you imagine?

isbish:
Hello Parents and of course prospective couples and all prospective parents.

I have been having this experience of my lovely boy who can't bear to see me and his mum all cuddled up in peace. He begins to throw all sort of tantrums and even come as far as trying to separate us physically by pulling his mother's head away.

I understand children can be very jealous especially when they have younger siblings but in this case though not utterly shocking it is, my boy is so young and he is this jealous. Hmmmm!

What's your take everyone? Parents do u experience this?

Cc: Mode.

ImaIma1:
He needs to be disciplined and gradually he will know his place. If you keep saying he is just a child, he will grow up with that attitude.

Rayfield:

It's psychological. That was the Topic my HOD lectured on Last week, and it opened my eyes to understanding Children psychology.
Don't ever try to scold or beat the boy, it's normal. Beating and scolding him/her from doing this has a dangerous effect when the child grows to an adult.
I'll advice you and your wife to read and study the topic: PERSONALITY and focus on the parts that talks about Children, 12months - Adolescence

You are very right. The behavior is psychological, personality development to be precise. However, the behavior is very normal because the boy is in the first psychosexual stage of personality development.

He needs proper attention, not because he actually needs that, but because he derives much pleasure from it. Similarly, he his in the sensorimotor stage (0-2 years) of developmental psychology.

Lastly @OP, shower the boy with much love and let him have his way anytime that happens. Lol, I like "Psychology."

ImaIma1:
He needs to be disciplined and gradually he will know his place. If you keep saying he is just a child, he will grow up with that attitude.