DD1 turned 6 a few weeks ago. Before then, she was patient, funny, kind, calm responsible. Really, apart from a few childish strops, she was a legend of a kid. Now, she's really defiant, snappy and irritable, really cheeky (told me this morning that "I get on her nerves" - this for telling her to come and get a clean vest FGS) and moody. I've also noticed that she no longer seems comfortable with the way she is - she pulls odd faces, tenses up and screams with laughter (like a coiled spring) and tries to hard to be funny.
I watched another recent thread with interest about a similar aged child with worms - behavioural changes. I've also recently treated DD1 for worms. She certainly suffered sleep deprivation and I can with certainty, put her irritability at the time down to these worms 
. She's slept better for days now though, so I hoped this spikey behaviour would pass. It hasn't.
School is fine - there are strong personalities in her class but she's always managed to 'handle' the differences. She's not a child that gets into confrontation and luckily, she's never really upset at school. Am tempted to speak to class teacher now though, to see if they've noticed any personality changes. I'm loathe to draw negative attention to her though.
As for discipline in the house, well, she's not a child who does a lot. That sounds bad doesn't it? What I mean is, she has no gadgets, no tv in rooms to confiscate, no large toys that she adores. We have removed favourite doll, drawing board, guitar, but other than that, there's nothing to remove. She does trampolining and swimming once a week, but those are more like lessons so I'm loathe to use those to remove.
God, sorry for this huge ramble. I hadn't realised how much it's upset me. Please can someone talk to me about things? I feel like I'm failing as a Mum.