very emotional 9 year-old daughter

[aimee9chloe7]

Hi everyone, I'm new to this site,I came seeking advice sorry for the long message... my 9 year old daughter has suddenly became extremely emotional at night time. Over the past couple of weeks every night while she is in bed she gets up crying saying that she keeps thinking about toy story 3 where lotso gets nasty and the dolls scary sect.. and it makes her upset... she hasn't watched the movie since october so don't know why it's still on her mind. Tried distracting her while she is crying and talking to mAke sure there are no problems with her friends at school. She has had problems with a boy at school which was sorted out and she says everything is fine and there are no problems, says she just keeps thinking about toy story 3 and thats what upsets her. It's just confusing me because it's only at night time, she has never had a problem going to bed before. Could this just be hormones and her not understanding them so she is relating to something that has upset her recently. She is a big girl and is already developing breasts, should I be expecting periods soon ?

[SirVixofVixHall]

My dd was ten last week and she has been very over-emotional for months. She is a very sensitive child anyway, but has been really stroppy, moods swinging from one extreme to the other, and generally hard to deal with. I think much of it is hormonal. She is very slight and thin, but does have some signs that puberty is starting, no breast buds yet though.

[RibbonedandLaced]

Night time is a sensitive time for anyone, it's the time when most people reflect on things and think more. You're right to suspect it could be something else, maybe Toy Story is about growing up? When they're happy and everything is a childs dream that's how she feels about her life right now. But when everything is different and what used to be isn't the same anymore and things are scary that's her now.

Ask her if that's the theory, really talk to her and go deeper into the unhappiness. When she's growing up and things are changing some things are scary and it's easy to turn a fantasy film into her life. Is there an update on this?