So - she's 6.5 - and lovely, she really is lovely. Very kind and gentle and thoughtful, intelligent and really very lovely. Behaves impeccably at school and for anyone else - but at home - well - oh boy ??
So the latest thing - dh is away and she announced this morning that she was sleeping with me the whole time he is away. Well - tbh he snores like a pig and pushes me to the edge of the bed every night - so I am actually looking forward to having my bed to myself. So I said - "not on school nights - if you're good you can sleep with me tonight though!" - cue shouting at me "I am sleeping in your bed, you're horrible etc etc" - so standing my ground I said "It's my bed - it's up to me - you are being very rude shouting at me like that - if you carry on you won't sleep with me tonight !" - cue fullscale screaming ! I told her to go to her room - she is now in full tantrum. This went on for 40 minutes - loud loud screaming whilst shouting "I'll stop it mummy, I'll stop it mummy" - I said "When you hsve stopped it let me know" and came downstairs. It continued !
She seems to just lose the plot and get into some loop where she cannot stop herself ! It's almost hysterical really.
Anyone else have this ? And anyone got any good strategies ?
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What to do with my highly strung dd ? Help me please !!!
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scatterbrain · 09/06/2007 11:50
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