DD aged 4 and UTTER NIGHTMARE in the morning...

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She won't get dressed and runs away....she wont brush her hair....I end up grabbing her and doing it as otherwise DD1 will end up being late too....resulting this morning in DD aged 4 kicking me in the throat and the boob and me in tears.

I have instigated a reward system where she gets little pebble things in her jar when she's good and some taken away when she''s bad...but it's so upsetting.

I know she's tired and not used to school yet....school are happy with her behaviour...she''s social and well behaved there. We leave plenty of time in the morning....we're not up late.

I kind of viewed co-operation as something that was very optional to a four year old.

I'm sure a better parent than I will come along and give you good advice that will work. I just hung on in there making things happen despite the lack of meeting me halfway, till something clicked and he went less 4 on me. Which was a round five-ish if I remember correctly.

Must be tough with a tiny one in tow as well.

Maybe when it is all less new and more routine she will settle down a bit.

I'll cross fingers and toes for you.

I find heaps of praise and "arent you great helping mummy" seems to work.

Though in the mornings thats not always easy to do.

Frustratingly, my DD will have the odd morning where she gets up and dressed before Im even awake but then when she wont cooperate its even more bloody frustrating because I know she can do it.

No real advice but lots of sympathy!!

Lots of sympathy from me too.

Have very similar with my DD (3.2). She's just started pre-school and I find it so stressful getting her ready in the morning - she doesn't want to take pyjamas off and get dressed (took me and DH together yesterday just to get her pants on - and then she insisted on taking them off so she could do it herself! ), doesn't want to me to brush her hair, runs away etc, wants tv on (to which I don't succumb), wants to do anything except bloody get ready so we can get out of the house!

Am hoping it will settle once she gets more used to it all....will it? Please??

Had similar issues with DD last year when she started school.

A couple of possibilities for you to think about, even though she enjoys it is she a bit worried about going? second are you waking her up? could be she needs some more sleep at the moment. DD was sometimes in bed at 6 pm last year and sleeping 13 hours she just needed more sleep.