First post, please be gentle.
So it's midnight and I've been scrolling through forums looking for the answers but unable to find what I need. Therefore, decided to bite the bullet and post.
My 6yo granddaughter has moved in with me during lockdown. She's generally a happy and healthy little girl but the last few weeks she's turned into a demon.
Tonight she's had the biggest tantrum, I've ever witnessed. Screaming nan I want you, I go to hug her, she screams no get off. I try asking her what she wants .. she says nothing just grunts, groans and plenty of high pitched noises. I told her it's bed time, she refused to get changed or go to bed. In the end I didn't know what to do so picked her up and put her in bed and told her to come see me when she's calmed down. Straight away she's up following me screaming and shouting for my attention. When I give her the attention it's the same response, no get off me I don't want you. So I ignore her a little longer, still crying and shouting nan I want you I try to get on her level to get to the bottom of the behaviour. She makes up a story about wanting an LOL doll. I tell her if she calms down and stops the tantrums for a while she can have one but not when she is acting like this. This continues for a good hour so I put her back in bed. It just went on and on.
After what seemed like a lifetime, she calmed down and she wanted a cuddle and apologised for her behaviour. We said I love you and agreed on 15 mins of cuddles, bedtime story then sleep. But my heart broke when I spotted a mark on her arm, I can only imagine that it happened when I picked her up whilst she was fighting me. She's been asleep for 2 hours now and I'm still so upset and searching the internet of how to deal with this and should I call her social worker (from when she lived with her mum) first thing in the morning.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.