My own (bio) almost 3 year old is like this. I have to keep her in her own area away from others if she gets out of control. Otherwise, I will put the kids by me and she has to do another separate activity away from all of us. Basically social shunning. I HATE to do this but she had gone waaaay overboard with the poking, in your face, swatting, etc. and it was starting to get to an aggressive/bullying level. But she does want to be by the other kids so the separation was a big consequence for her and she has done a lot better since I really laid down the law with her. I do not let her touch the babies, period. I will physically stand between her and the babies and tell her "no, my babies. you dont touch" and send her off in the other direction to play.

This only works though if a child cares about being separated. You have to find what motivates your DC kid and use that.

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