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How do I help my very anxious daughter (7yrs) - tummy ache/feeling sick every morning, can't eat breakfast - to relax...?

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saythatagain · 26/05/2011 10:33

We are trying not to make a big deal of it. Every morning is the same - "please don't make me eat breakfast, I have the t-word & feel the s-word. Don't talk about it".
In the past 6 weeks she appears to have become angst ridden.

I've looked at every area - school, out of school activities and discussed them with her. Asked if there is anything we can do. She says she's fine but her little face is telling a different story. Sad

She is a bright & sparky girl but suddenly appears to have become self conscious; almost as if the teenage years have come way too early. She has always been a thinker and can be quite intense but not in obvious way...quite like us I suppose.

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ZZZenAgain · 26/05/2011 10:34

sounds like school to me

saythatagain · 26/05/2011 10:35

Thats what is nagging in the back of my mind. I've been in to see her teacher, who isn't aware of anything (naturally).

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ZZZenAgain · 26/05/2011 10:42

don't know if it is possible for you but you could take a week off and see whether the tummy aches persist?

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saythatagain · 26/05/2011 10:46

Its half term for us next week so yes, this will be an ideal opportunity to see if they remain. She will be at the cm's but loves her like a another mum!
Gawd, what if its school?

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ZZZenAgain · 26/05/2011 10:49

could be some nastiness amongst the children that the teacher has not picked up on. It may not be a major thing but big enough to make her anxious and unhappy (if it really is school). Everything feels big when you are 7. It couldbe something that is going on at breaktime, name-calling, being left out etc. Could be a problem with the teacher herself.

Good luck I hope you find out what it is. At that age with proper intervention, I think a school could relatively easily turn it around. How is she when she comes home from school?

kahlua4me · 26/05/2011 10:50

my ds tends to be like that on a Sunday night. He is in yr3 and although he loves school he does find the work tough. He is a summer baby so is young in the year.
Is your dd complaining of pain at weekends too?

saythatagain · 26/05/2011 10:57

At some point she will say "its been the worst day of my life. X said this, Y said this". I am fully aware these are fairly standard remarks to pass in the life of 7 year old - particularly girls! Such a fickle world. I would love to be able to empower her more - to not take onboard these remarks so deeply. I'm sure she is not entirely innocent either but she really does absorb everything...

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