Hello, just hoping for some advice about DD.
She wasn't a very happy or settled baby and we just fell into doing whatever seemed to keep her happiest rather than what we'd planned, ie Co-sleeping.
She's always seemed a bit highly strung I suppose is how I'd describe it, floods of tears sometimes when she's told off, using time out just sent her hyperventilating so we had to abandon it, but she is generally I'd say a good kid, sweet natured, usually good at sharing and loves company of friends. She's at preschool 15 hours a week which she loves.
I'm just becoming increasingly concerned about the fact she's still having hysterical meltdowns about things that are really just trivial, like her favourite cup being unavailable or not wanting to share a toy. It's not anger, it's just absolutely heartbroken sobbing and it's completely hysterical. She cannot calm herself down.
I don't know if it's got worse or if I'm just getting more concious of it. It feels like something she really should have grown out of by now, but it's at least 3 incidents this week. She just seems incapable of calming down at all and I'm starting to think is this our fault because we haven't in any way trained her to self settle. She also hates being alone, we are still also Co-sleeping at least part of the night because if she wakes and is alone she's immediately upset. When I suggested she might like her own space recently she got very distressed.
I'd say she seems happy most of the time, but I've no idea how she'll cope when she goes to school, no teacher is going to have time to try and talk her down when she's in the state she gets herself into. Any helpful thoughts very welcome