I'm very sad and confused about something that my DD age 3 has said.
My DD (3) has been going to the same nursery since she was 20 months and is really happy there. She's made some good friends and always comes home with something she has made or a story about doing a lovely activity, singing a song etc.
I'm 37 weeks pregnant and had talked to her a lot about the new baby and that she will still go to nursery on some days for shorter days but that we will all spend time together doing fun things while I'm not at work. She seemed a bit nonplussed about this and we've been unsure at home about how much to reduce her nursery hours and when. I'm having an elective caesarian for medical reasons and we thought she might be frustrated at home if I can't do much for the first couple of weeks but when I'm fully mobile again I'd love to spend proper time with her.
After what I thought was a simple conversation with her to prepare her, she's seemed much more unsettled, saying she didn't want to go to nursery any more. I told the nursery this as we have a good relationship and I wanted to double check nothing upsetting has happened and to tell them about the conversation at home. They reassured me all is well at nursery and that she seems to love it. She then stopped saying she didn't want to go
but has been more clingy at home and asking what is happening, when the baby is coming and trying to sit in the baby car seat.
Yesterday when I picked her up from nursery they took me aside and said she had slapped her legs and said 'this is how mummy hits me'. They said they weren't accusing me of anything but that they had to keep a record of it. I was absolutely mortified as I have never hit DD and never would. I can't understand why she would make this up. I asked her at home if she had said that and she said yes. I told her I could be in big trouble if she says things that are not true. She replied, ' I will show you what a hit is' and then hit my bump, not hard, but a smack, twice. I took her hand away, told her firmly that we don't hit or tell stories that aren't true and she changed the topic and played. I didn't want to go on about it in case she got a lot of attention from it and then would carry on telling people I hit her.
I'm at that emotional late pregnancy stage. I've had recurrent miscarriages and this has been a long, medicated haul so I might be overreacting, but I'm devastated about what she's said and what else she might say and want to know if anyone has had this happen to them?
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DD (3) told nursery I hit her. I didn't
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MrsPixieMoo · 09/07/2014 09:09
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