My beautiful :) 4 year old DS has suddenly gone from being a happy, easy boy full of the joys of life to being really miserable since Christmas. List of things:
(a) He has decided he doesn't like nursery anymore (he's been going for 1.5 years and loves it) and cries most mornings.
(b) At nursery he is generally happy once there, but every couple of days there is a minor incident - yesterday was flooding the bathroom by leaving the taps on (he swears this was because he couldn't get the taps off but the teachers say he was standing watching them).
(c) He has decided that he hates bedtime and cries and has long discussions about how he is sad in his bed on his own and he'd like to sleep with Mummy and maybe Daddy could sleep in his bed?
(d) At weekends, he used to love going out, to the museum, park, lunch etc and now he just wants to "stay home and play with his toys" (or 'cuddle Doggy' - his toy he sleeps with).
(e) He gets much more angry more easily and tearful more easily.
It is so sad because he was so happy before. Nothing has changed, we were away for a week at Christmas at my Mum's but no major life upheavals at all. I am really sad for him, and talks don't seem to elucidate much.
I feel guilt. guilt and more guilt because I work F/T although I do take him to nursery every morning and am home by 5.30pm every day. Also I never work weekends. Is this my fault? what can I do? Is this a phase? He has a younger sister but this doesn't seem to be linked to her (and she is almost 2 now so he's had lots of time to get used to her...).
Wits end and sad.