So, she has just turned 5 and so has only just started reception. It seems to be going well but I haven't yet spoken to the teacher about her yet.
Our main issues are (possibly things that a lot of children do) but with my dd sometimes I feel like I've been trying to shift a behaviour for about 2 years literally and it still happens.
So, when she turned two suddenly the tantrums began. She was very hard to deal with. She would cry a lot and nothing seemed to work, talking, the naughty step nothing. It was as if when she decided to let off that was it and you had to wait until she was out of it herself. She completely rejected my mum (her nana) which was horrible. But they seem much better now since we got the courage to let Ruby stay by herself at nana's house. That's why I think sometimes it's attention seeking.
Then the night terrors started. That was awful - I thought she was possessed - she would hit me and kick me and there wasn't anything I could do to calm he down.
The baby brother was born. She actually has been amazing with him and they are great friends. Very rarely do I see any jealousy between them which is so great (he is now 2.5 yrs)
Then from then we have had generally moodiness, rudeness, and anger. So it might be something like the spoon isn't the right one or she wanted to go a different way in the park to where everyone else is going and she won't let it go. I ended up getting quite down being faced with a tantrum every morning at 8am because there would be something wrong with her breakfast cereal. I realise this happens to a lot of people but when you have it every single day it begins to send you a bit mad.
She also flashes her privates a lot and talks about bottoms and poo all the time. I have tried hard to ignore this but the other day she did it at the dining table and I took her out the room and really told her off. It's hard to make sure she knows that her bottom is private but I don't want her to think its a bad thing.
Another thing she does which is awful for me is when we have a play date and the mum is chatting to me (or actually if I am talking to anyone in person or on the phone) she will do her upmost to annoy and distract me (unless she is fully occupied playing or out the room. She can't let me have a conversation with an adult with out constantly interrupting me saying 'mummy, excuse me mummy, let me speak, excuse me!' It becomes very annoying and it makes me want to push her away and ignore her which I don't do but it probably has the opposite affect to what she wants - which I can see is attention.
The other thing that she has done since being about two is be quite clingy at birthday parties and not joining in. She hs to watch from a distance for a long time before joining in. This is improving slowly.
Lastly, since turning two she has got more and more difficult to dress. Everything is too itchy, too tight, too loose, too long, too small, too boyish, just yuck. She won't wear tights or jeans or clips in her hair and it's all just too annoying for her.
She is also very sensitive to smell, bananas and avocados send her into a melt down.
Sorry for the length of this ...