I am 8 months pregnant and she started school in Septemeber. We moved house about a year ago. So there has been a lot of change.
I am really concerned about DD's mental health. She is very tearful a lot of the time and very negative. She no longer wants to attend her activities which she has always enjoyed. She never wants to play anything (she has lots of choice of toys and I always play with her). She doesn't want to eat anything, even food she has always enjoyed. Getting her to read for school is torture despite her being quite capable.
She is like a baby in lots of ways, this is totally my fault as I still get her dressed as we are often running late for breakfast club as she takes so long to eat her breakfast. Same with dinner and bedtime.
All she wants to do is spend time with her cousin (3 years old) but this often ends in tears because she is either unkind or very oversensitive. She whinges for screens constantly even though I do my best to limit it and offer a range of activities. She has a playroom of basically untouched toys.
She used to constantly ask about having a baby brother but has shown no excitement and has said the baby can't live with us. I try to include her in baby things like picking the pram etc and try to talk very positively about her helping when the baby gets here while reassuring her I will still be spending lots of time with her.
She is so sad and disengaged. She used to be such a happy joyful little girl and now she is surly and miserable. I feel so awful for her as everyone finds her hardwork to look after now because of the constant crying. I need any advice. Please be gentle, I feel like the worst mother in the world.