Anyone else have a surly six year old..?

[HandsIntoTheFire]

Lovely 6 year old is so surly these days. She’s like a mini teenager. Cheeky and grumpy (not all the time but quite often). Almost eye-rolly at times. I took her out to the shops for a bit of quality time today (she loves a home bargains haul) and was just grumpy as fuck the whole time.

No idea why she’s like this all of a sudden. Suspect she’s emulating the girls at school (most of whom are a little older than her - she’s the youngest in her class by far). Is this a fairly normal stage for a six year old?

Bump?

No. Don’t tolerate it - or at least, find out what’s bothering her.

I have tried. I have asked till I’m blue in the face. She says there is nothing wrong. She loves school. Adores her wee sister. She’s either at school or with me 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have a 5 year old who some times has a sulk but l can usually get her out of it by giving her a tickle or doing something to make her laugh. My dd is craving her own independence at the minute the sulks come on if l don’t let her pick her own clothes or have her hair a certain way, she is becoming a bit of a diva l noticed the other day but she still goes on the naughty chair if she is going to strop if she can’t get her own way. Give her a cuddle and ask her what’s wrong, l am sure you can figure it out and cuddles are the best medicine. One good thing is you have a home bargains buddy my dd says “oh not this place again” l only take her with me if l have to now.

Yeah I’m noticing a big push for independence too. I’m doing my best to enable it.

Yes me to, but sometimes she just wants her own way for example she wants what ds is playing with or wants him to stop playing a game so he can play with her, this is when she is being acting like a diva and l stop her.

I notice you have a younger child also, how is she sleeping? could it be that 6 yo is tired or even just maybe the lack of routine from no school with it being Easter holidays or maybe a bit of uncertainty over all the in school/out school malarkey, she might just be missing her friends.

Hope you get to the bottom of it.

Her wee sister is 4. She’s good, but she’s quite a big, dominant personality and I have wondered if maybe it’s that? They’re very close though - lockdown has seen to that. Six year old is a wonderful big sister.

Six year olds sleep is appalling to be honest (4 year olds is fine). I do wonder if this is just prolonged tiredness.

Maybe, there’s an app that everyone rave’s about l can’t remember it’s name. God l need it for me, but it’s meant to send kids of to sleep really easily. Or maybe swop her bed time routine a little.