DD6 tends to go massively downhill right before she goes to sleep and complains of tummy ache / various other aches and is not impressed with the idea that she should just go to sleep. She's started to complain of her hip hurting, sometimes whole leg, but it's very off and on, and when I say, maybe not go to gym club or dance or whatever to rest it, she'll manage to find the strength to participate .
I'd be worried if it was persistent and in the same place, or a stopped her doing stuff, but she threw a strop last night saying no-one cared about her because we didn't immediately attend to her complaining about hurting her wrist on a "heavy blanket" .
It's getting to be a bit little boy that cried wolf - it would be easy to ignore something actually wrong with her because of all this messing about.
Any ideas on how to deal with it? It seems like attention seeking maybe but nothing has changed at home or school, she's pretty happy and stable etc. apart from this. I hate having to dismiss her nighttime ailments because I don't want her to think I don't care, but equally I don't want to reward "illness".
Argh?
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Sudden outbreak of hypochondria in DD6 - how to deal?
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Crunchybadger · 28/11/2016 16:13
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