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Funny 3 year old stage

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Helloisitmeoryou · 24/11/2017 18:37

Can anyone with a 3 year old tell me if this is a normal phase please?
3 year old daughter, always been really really easy, well behaved, good sleeper, fairly intelligent, loves to learn. She can write a few names (not long turned 3), count to 25, knows all of her colours and has always been very interested in learning, e.g. Doing 50 piece puzzles, asking lots of questions, lots of role play, arty and creative. Literally the model child.
Over the past 2 weeks she has TOTALLY changed. She's waking up a few times in the night for cuddles, almost like she's clingy and wanting attention, which is fine.
Along with this though she seems like she's in a world of her own all day. She's not interested in learning or playing games (she will play alone but can't concentrate to keep a game with someone else going) but she'll ask the same question over and over again, like "where are we going tomorrow?", I tell her the answer and she'll just ask again and again, almost a bit like she's confused and doesn't understand which is totally out of character as she's usually on the ball.
She's also not responding as much as she used to, I'll ask her the same question numerous times and she seems a bit confused. She'll answer "what, pardon" etc and then get fed up of me asking her so will just answer "yes" to shut me up. If I ask her to clarify what I've just said she'll say the answer to a totally different question. E.g. If I'm asking where are your shoes, she will answer "swimming tomorrow" or something totally unrelated.
At preschool they've said she's changed and she's just wandering around aimlessly looking a bit lost?
She had some discharge in her ear a couple of weeks ago but not complained of any pain.
Does she sound like she's coming down with something?
Or tired maybe? She used to nap a few times a week but she dropped this a few weeks ago.
Or do you think it could be a hearing issue? Or just a developmental phase where she's kind of in a world of her own?
I'm so so confused and worried.

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Helloisitmeoryou · 24/11/2017 19:30

No one had anything similar then? Confused

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bitofwhatyoufancy · 24/11/2017 19:43

It's probably normal, just tired and under the weather maybe? But I'd get it checked out by your GP. Make a list of the nursery and your concerns so you're prepared.

Helloisitmeoryou · 24/11/2017 20:23

Yeah I'm hoping it turns out to be nothing.
Just a bit worrying that she seems to be regressing a bit.
She was the same again tonight. She wanted me to watch tv in my bed with her so I said "what side shall I get in?" She didn't hear me the first 3 times and answered "what" each time... I kept asking then she answered "my bed is that way" and pointed to her room.
It's so so strange.

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LongDivision · 24/11/2017 21:17

It could be explained by glue ear / hearing issue, so I'd go to GP to check her ears and get a referral for a hearing check.

Helloisitmeoryou · 24/11/2017 21:28

Yeah I'll get her hearing checked for sure. She's always struggled with ear infections but she's been infection free for the past year. Bar that discharge a couple of weeks ago but that was after swimming so think it was swimming related rather than an infection as no temperature or pain.
Even with ear infections in the past her hearing has always been ok.
She's woken up twice already tonight but won't tell us what's wrong. She is crying and screaming, kicking her legs as though she's in pain, but she won't tell us why. I'm getting really concerned.

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yeeyeelovesraaraa · 24/11/2017 23:01

Sounds like her ears could be an issue so agree you should get it checked out.

Also wanted to add - dont underestimate the impact of tiredness, especially when you say she dropped her nap just a few weeks ago & in the same time period her behaviour has changed. No nap can be exhausting for them & they can wake up crying/have night terrors if they get overtired. have you brought her bedtime a bit earlier to compensate for not napping?

My dd is also just turned 3 and no longer wants to nap every day but I find if she goes around 3-4 days her behaviour really deteriorates, she gets overtired & wakes multiple times at night and also early in the morning. So we try & get her to nap a couple of times a week just to keep ontop of it, plus do a slightly earlier bedtime on days she doesn't nap. hth

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