I hope I'm worrying about nothing here, but I am a bit concerned. DS, 26 mos, likes to give his toys "boo boos." He will throw them and say "owww," and I say why did you through the truck and he says "boo boo." Sometimes he will throw every toy in sight and say "owww" for each one. Occassionally when I try to talk with him about this, he'll hit me too and say "owww" or even hit himself, again with the "owww." I think I became more concerned the other day when we were playing with cars on a pretend street, and we made sure to build a fence between the street and the area where the toy dogs were playing so they would not get hurt in the street, and he took one of the dogs, ran it toward the street and hit it with a truck, and said "owww." He's since done this with little people toys too - hitting them with cars in the street.

Any advice on how I can encourage this behavior to stop? I'm wondering if I'm paying too much attention to it and that's encouraging him? I'm also concerned that this might not be normal behavior even though people in my life tell me "he's just being a boy."

Thanks!