Pushing Baby's over at nursery

I have had an accident report today that my son has pushed a baby over at nursery and this caused them to fall and hit there head (I assume the child isn't walking as it stated they pulled themselves up at a table) and when staff tried to speak to them he then laughed at them and kicked them. This isn't the first time it's happened with a younger child, he will often push them and then lay on them and he also tries to sit on them. I personally do not think the babies/toddlers should be mixed together to avoid accidents like this. However, I do not want him hurting younger children! (Or any child) Has anyone got any tips to deal with this or been through something similar with siblings? He goes to nursery 3 days a week and I haven't got friends with younger babies. I feel like there isn't much I can do as it's isolated to nursery but would like some advice if anyone has any!
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What age children are in his room - at our Nursey it’s 6 months to 18months then the next room is 18m -2.5 x

@Jade so he's in the toddler room which is usually 1.5-2.5 years but they bring the babies in later in the day x

There so strange they bring the babies in sounds like a recipe for disaster - what is their rationale - if I had a baby there I wouldn’t want them going into a toddler room so young

Not exactly the same but we’ve had issues with mine biting for ages and obviously it’s mortifying to hear when it happens. For different reasons we moved him to a new nursery and just the way they handle it and talk to us about it is night and day. Previously I felt so judged and helpless and they weren’t really willing to work with us on it, just accusatory. At his new nursery all the staff are mums themselves and the plan is to identify his triggers to know when it’s more likely to happen, which we’ve done, and honestly for them to just pay him extra attention and watch him like a hawk. They also have a quiet ‘calm down’ sensory room they can take him to when he’s getting clearly overstimulated. I agree it sounds like the environment specifically mixing babies in is not the best. Try talking with them about what strategies You want Them to put in place

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