I've been avoiding facing it but my dd, previously very amenable, loving, funny, a real little companion, has just turned 4. And turned into somebody really different! It's like she has permanent pmt. She cries inconsolably over virtually nothing and refuses to be comforted (that really gets to me, that she won't accept a cuddle), she flies into a rage over nothing. She speaks sometimes like the most horrible precocious brat you can imagine, very rude, incredibly bossy, won't listen, criticises everything I do or say.
Sometimes I feel so mad with her, then others I look at her and think she seems completely out of control of her own emotions and is almost quite frightened by the extent of them. And sometimes her sweet and amusing side comes out again and everything seems fine.
So ... any tips? Does it last? Where do I draw the line between letting her express these emotions while not allowing her to behave awfully?