My DD is almost 4. Bright, talked since an early age, no communication issues, etc.
I may be being over sensitive to how sensitive she is so thought I'd post to a load of strangers on the internet who have 'been there' to
See if anything about my DDs behaviour can just be classed as a development leap, etc.
A few things are concerning me about her behaviour lately.
She's started having bad dreams very frequently. Nearly every night she will cry out, then be restless for around an hour. No night terrors, but still not nice.
She's started complaining of headaches a couple of times a week. She had an eye test 3 weeks ago which was fine, so just not sure if she voices it now she recognises it?
She has spoken a few times about her 'inside voice', in her head. I've explained we all have one of these. She first remarked about this a week ago.
She is due a baby sister in the summer & seems very happy about this. However Preschool said a couple of weeks ago how she burst in to tears & said 'she didn't know what was happening' seemingly related to the baby. When I asked her why she had said that/what she meant, she said she thought the baby was going to be 'here today'. No idea why she said that or if that even was what she thought at the time.
She is also due to start school at the end of the year & seems to be looking forward to this too.
Today we met with a friend we don't see much due to geography, & she was playing happily with my friends DS who is a year older. It came to the end, where he had a stick they both wanted to throw in the river. Friends DS changed his mind & then didn't want to throw it in. DD still tried to throw it, so I explained that the stick belonged to DS & we weren't going to throw it in, & she just lost it. No temper, no shouting, just crying & crying. She wouldn't stop for another 5/10 mins until we were in the car. It sounds silly but it just isn't usual for her to react like that. Usually she just accepts most things. She is a sensitive soul & I think because she was crying she may have felt embarrassed & then didn't know how to stop. In the car I asked her why she was crying & she said she didn't know.
She's usually a happy, hilarious little character & I absolutely know that I'm very sensitive & health anxious toward her. She's my first & I don't know what to expect so I do query whether such things are normal & just part of growing up. Sorry for the long ramble, I have no one to talk to about it. Thanks if you got this far x