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Melodramatic 3.8 year old!

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colditz · 18/12/2006 16:37

"mummy, I can't walk up thaat normous mountain (mild incline on the way home) cos I am so very poorly"!

"I can't eat the skin on my carrot cos i WILL BE SICK and have to go to bed"

"You have to carry me, you have to, because I have got a very poorly leg that needs a plaster on it"

Where is this coming from? he had sobs last night becuse I told him if he ate his carrots he could have an icecream - no carrots got eaten, and I know he likes them, so no icecream was provided. As he left the kitchen, "Bye bye, Icecream" he wept.

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EllieHsMum · 18/12/2006 16:48

bless... very funny. From the mouths of babes, where do they get it from?

jeangenie · 18/12/2006 16:48

he sounds HILARIOUS

sorry, not much help I know

maggi · 18/12/2006 16:53

Looks like an attention thing, as if he feels the need for some pampering. Either you've had a change in home circumstamces, or school circumstances or he's seen it on tv/real life. Make sure he knows that if he were ever to become sick then you would be there for him and would pamper him as needed. Don't know his age, but perhaps if he's too young to accept this through speach you could use teddys etc to show him how you would look after him. In the meantime, try a few extra moments with him each day doing something special and see if this behaviour stops?

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colditz · 18/12/2006 16:53

His speech isn't ever so clear, so I look like Evil Mummy when I bluster over his devastated wailing as we shop.

Because, with the tone of voice he uses, "I don't like that sort of apple, mummy" becomes "oh fade, sweet morning light, as i take my final breath in this vale of tears!"

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expatinscotland · 18/12/2006 16:53

They are all like this!

Drives a person spare, doesn't it?

justJAM · 18/12/2006 16:56

your last post really made me laugh colditz - sorry of no help

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colditz · 18/12/2006 16:57

When he is poorly, we do the whole kaboodle at home, duvet on the sofa, cbeebies on all day, potty brought into the lounge for minimum effort, etc.

I have asked him about playschool, he says he doesn't play with anyone, he plays on his own all the time and he doesn't like his teachers at all.

And I know that is a big lie. We trun up in the morning to delighted cries of "Ds1! come and play ttrains with me!!"

I do think that given enough time, and enough concerned ears, he would eventually divulge that his perfectly pleasnt and actually much adored teacher was responsible for the Arab oil wars.

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SchneeBallFight · 18/12/2006 17:03

My 3y4m old DS is exactly the same!

NappiesGalooooooooooooria · 18/12/2006 17:07

well he must be getting it from somewhere... does he read the guardian??

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colditz · 18/12/2006 17:17

I do wonder if it is a rising 4 thing. They all seem a bit prone to melodram. I don't mind it, but I hate it when I look like a Bad Mother because I can't help laughing at him sometimes ("Mummy all the spikes in my hair have gone flat! Sob...")

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whatwouldjesusdo · 18/12/2006 17:22

he is funny!
but I am afraid that maybe you are stuck with melodrama for life.
All my children are a bit prone to it ("BOO HOOOOO! I'll never have my favourite Bounty EVER again!!!!!") and they show no signs of growing out of it yet.

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colditz · 18/12/2006 18:30

He is so pragmatic in other ways though. When we go under a sign on the way to playscvhool, I say "Woooo, through the tunnel!" and he says "No, it's a sign. To show the cars where to go. You are silly."

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colditz · 18/12/2006 19:59

bump for evening

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SpicymulledSheraz · 18/12/2006 20:03

Sounds like my DS2 whois 4 in March. He announced to me yesterday that he is allergic to chicken and bread. When I asked him what allergic means he told me he doesn't know, but he won't be eating it anymore. EVERYthing is drama/ battle. He won't get in the car, then when you want him to get out he wontt get out. If i want him to wear his brown coat he wants to wear the blue, etc etc. It is getting very tediuos.

singersgirl · 18/12/2006 20:20

Mine are still both like this and they are 5 and 8. DS2 had "the second worst day of his life" when he lost a balloon the other day. DS1 frequently threatens to kill himself when crossed in anything - mind you, he backtracks fairly quickly when I press him on how he's going to achieve this.

You might have to deal with the melodrama for some time yet....

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colditz · 18/12/2006 22:36

He wasn't like this as a baby, he was very chilled out and easygoing

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lillypad · 18/12/2006 23:00

My dd is a proper diva - everything is a drama for her and she seems unable to cope with the smallest of life's complications (her hair stuck across her face whilst eating a lolly for example - full on wailing ensues) and so I sent her off to drama school on Saturdays. I thought she may as well put her 'talents' to good use!

helenhismadwife · 20/12/2006 15:50

awwwwwww bless he sounds like a very clever little boy to me

motherinfurrierfestivefrock · 20/12/2006 15:52

He's three. That's what they do

Elibean · 21/12/2006 11:25

the perfect match for my 3 (tomorrow) dd1. She loves drama, whether its on TV, the panto, in a book or best of all coming out of her own mouth.

eg this morning DH: 'Eli, come and eat your cereal' E: 'No! NEVER!!'

Love 'em.

Mirage · 23/12/2006 20:51

Ha! I should bring dd1 around & let them try & out-drama -queen each other.

Last night we had tears because daddy got home 5 mins before we did,because dd2 switched off the TV when we had to go out,because dd2 shut the door & she didn't get to do it,because her sandwich was too big,but she didn't want it cut in half,because her bicycle was going too fast & because the bin lorry was coming down the street.Tonight she was sniffling in the bath because Diego (off bl%% Nick Junior wasn't coming to rescue her plastic duck.

I have started to become rather unsympathetic-I can't be doing with amateur dramatics every 5 minutes.

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