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4 year old Daughter's behaviour

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Nickpage99 · 23/07/2021 09:48

i have a four year old daughter and have some issues with her behaviour which mostly revolves round her interactions with her mum.

What tends to happen on a almost daily basis is my daughter starts to annoy my wife by poking her, generally going out of her way to make her angry. My wife starts to get really angry, then my daughter ends up throwing a huge tantrum and it just ends up being a complete nightmare. Now my daughter never does this with me. We had to move countries because of a family emergency so Im her primary carer whilst my wife works.

My daughter tends to throw these horrible tantrums only when my wife is around. Never with me. She's generally well behaved with me and very compliant. The trigger for defiant and tantrums seems to be my wife. I can take her out shopping, go to the park and never have any issues.

Normally I wouldn't be worried but I was previously married and have a son who is now nearly 18. I had a lot of issues with him when he started school. His school thought he had Aspergers and I had to go to various doctors and never got a clear diagnosis.

I'm really stressed thinking I have passed some gene or something onto to my daughter. She's just started school and has had very good reports with zero issues whilst when my son started school it was a total nightmare from day one. I really don't want to start taking my daughter to doctors because with my son nothing was ever resolved and I went private and spent a lot of money.

Another thing worth mentioning is if she has a nap in the afternoon and wakes up with Mum home she's wailing and has a massive tantrum. If she has a nap with just me home and wakes up, nothing, she's perfectly ok.

I don't think my daughter has anything major, I just think my wife is a trigger. My wife does get extremely angry which certainly makes the whole thing ten times worse. Any suggestions?

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DuaLipaSuction · 23/07/2021 11:08

I don't think my daughter has anything major, I just think my wife is a trigger. My wife does get extremely angry which certainly makes the whole thing ten times worse. Any suggestions?

Your DW needs to stop being so angry and start spending some positive tine with her DD.

Nobody should grow up with an angry Mum, it's deeply damaging.

What's your wife doing to stop this?

BunnyRuddington · 23/07/2021 17:08

Yeah essentially what you've got there is a DW problem.

Boysboys1 · 04/11/2021 10:01

Hey,
Sorry came across this post while searching and didn't want to ignore. Have you spoken to your wife about this? Is she finding work very stressful, struggling to be the main provider etc? If she's working long hours and can't connect with your daughter (probably because it sounds like she's unable to spend a lot of time with her) then this sounds like it's damaging both mum and daughter. I agree about her spending some positive time with DD but I also think it sounds like she may need some time out/help too. I think you need to ask why your daughter is triggering her so easily?
My set up isn't the same as yours but whenever I'm really run down and sleep-deprived and my own needs aren't being met, I lose my patience so much easier than when I've had some time to exercise or just have a cup of tea on my own etc. You also need to work as a team with her and to help her assert these boundaries - tell your daughter that you won't allow her to poke because it hurts, but if she's looking to play with mummy, how about we all 'draw, play catch, even watch a film a cuddle' together? If you don't find playing easy, it's sometimes easier to connect in a place of mutual enjoyment - over hot choc and a film, a walk in nature etc? Hope this all improves for you all

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