Hi
Had a very bizarre conversation this morning with Megan, 4. She said to me, out of the blue "Mummy there is something wrong with me" in a very sad voice. I said what is wrong with you darling she said "There is something very wrong with me, I keep being naughty and I dont know why".
Bit of background, she HAS been being much naughtier recently, defiant, often angry, disobediant, cheeky etc etc and got a new baby 10 weeks ago and a new school in one week.
I went on to talk to her about it and asked her how it made her feel when she was naughty she said very very very very very very very angry inside her stomach and it made her want to be naughty but then being naughty made her want to cry. I said what kind of things make you sad she said when I cant play on the computer, when I cant watch television, when you wont stop feeding the baby. I said what kind of things make you happy she said playing with my toys, playing with you, watching videos etc. She also said when im sad i just want to go to nanas and not come back here - I asked what would be good about being at Nana's she said because Nana can just play with me and never sends me to my room.
Also today she said that she wishes I would go back to work and let DP look after her and DS!
The bits that worry me are the "Mammy there is something wrong with me" and her saying that she feels very very very very angry when she is naughty"
She is very intelligent, too much so I often think in that when she talks she seems so much more wordly wise than I think a just turned 4 yr old should be!
What do you think?
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Very bizarre conversation with my 4 year old - am I reading too much into it?
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Beccarollo · 18/11/2003 17:01
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