I’m at a total loss.
I have a daughter who is 4 and half. She is due to start school in the autumn and she is really looking forward to it. She’s at nursery four days per week. Really good nursery, used it with her older sister too. Know the staff well and never had any issues.
The past few weeks, 4’s behaviour has taken a nosedive. She is shouting and screaming at us. Winding up and fighting with her sister (they are very close). Refusing to go to sleep - “it’s boring I hate sleep”. Doing silly, naughty things for no reason like covering her bed sheets in sudocreme or drawing on walls.
She has always been a bit wild and a “big personality” as they say, but she’s generally a happy and affectionate wee thing so this is pretty out of character. The shouting is insane. Saying things like I’ll kill you to her dad (purely because he went in to sit with her until she fell asleep), accusing him of hitting her (when he was nowhere near her). She’s not hearing this sort of thing at home.
She seems to like nursery (who say she is an angel there) but I suspect that she is also a bit bored with it. I heard that this can impact on behaviour. She hasn’t articulated any sort of issue to me about nursery (and she is pretty bright and articulate in general). She’s absolutely desperate to read and write like her sister. I’ve been trying to show her but her attention span isn’t great yet. She’s made a bit of progress though.
In the meantime, my 8 year old (who is a more quiet personality) is also unhappy because 4 is dominating everything at the moment. We don’t get any time together any more. Last night she said to me “why is everything always about her?”
Ahhh why is it so hard.