Hi ladies, forgive me if I'm coming across a bit stupid (but I've not had much experience with children prior to having my own) 🙈 but.. my four year old little girl just NEVER sits still!
A few examples; I ask her if she would like to watch a film whilst I get some housework done and she will sit and watch it for 5 mins max then lose interest, start wandering around the house getting toys out and get bored so then makes mess with anything she can find! (Think sudocrem/make up that sort of thing). At every opportunity she gets she will pour bubble bath etc all over the bathroom, constantly in the kitchen drawers and cupboards pulling everything out, anything she gets her hands on it's like she seems to destroy.. she has gone through a phase of destroying her toys (expensive things that she got for Christmas that she actually loves so I don't understand why?) I literally cannot take my eye off her for a minute because she's into things so quickly.. I have 1 year old twins to look after too so this is becoming quite challenging for me now.. is it normal for a 4 year old to fidget constantly too? Like literally be constantly playing with something/cannot sit still?
DD is at full time school now, I've spoken to her teachers about her behaviour and they seem to have no concerns, she is doing well, very bright etc but as you can imagine I am at my whits end now and feel like my whole house is just becoming a mess/everything is damaged 😞 I feel like I constantly have to take her out somewhere as I cannot cope with her in the house.. but obviously I don't have a money tree/should be able to stay in sometimes with my own children! This started from being a toddler but I just dismissed it as being creative/learning about the world etc but with DD being 5 in May I'm thinking surely she should be growing out of this behaviour by now? I'm genuinely confused as to whether this is normal children's behaviour or whether there is something underlying that needs to be addressed?
Sorry for the long post I'm literally just at my whits end on where to go from here 😞
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Is this normal for a 4 year old?
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EvaGraceMummy2015 · 21/02/2020 10:52
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