My 4 year old insisted to his nursery teacher I was dead.

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He kept it up mosst of the session.

He was in tears.

Noone has died recently.

I suspect it is to do with ds2 who is quite possibly the world's most high maintainance baby. But he's nearly 1.

Any ideas?

Oh, dear. Attention seeking?

Your DS2 is a year old?

Could you have someone else take DS2 for a couple of hours to have one-on-one time with DS1?

Did you then go and pick him up?

All kids go through a 'death stage' at around 3/4 there are loads of threads on here about that...

Maybe he just pretended something and then got caught up with his pretending and started to believe it and got upset, mine have done that before

Yeah, have arranged time with him on Saturday. Just us 2, like pre-ds2 days.

He does love his wee brother, but he had me all to himself for 3 years so I guess it is a big change!

He does have a very, ahem, active imagination.

Thanks for replying.

Oh, and lol at picking him up!

DD told me she wanted to be dead I was horrified and rushed into school to ask if they knew what was going on. Found out in the playground chatter later that week that they were all chuntering about death and dying at home. Def a stage. Bloody scary one tho (and a few wise souls decided to tell me it was because I am a single parent )

In our conversations about death, he has told me he doesn't want to die 'because it is boring'! so at least that is something.

DS told me the other day, "When you are dead, you will still be my mummy".

I think that they are still to young to understand what death really is (and have thankfully never had to find this out)

Yes, thank god.

I often end up tied in knots trying to exp;ain where my father (ie his missing grandpa) is!

My DD did this in her first few weeks at school (just turned 4). She was so convincing saying my DH had died at the weekend that the teacher was quite relieved when he pitched up to collect her . Think they start to have an interest at this age and play around with the concept.