Any advice on how to handle my now pita 3 year old who is missing her brothers now they're at big school????

[MilaMae]

My d twins started school in Sep dd is now a nightmare.

Everything is a battle and she wanders round the house asking when we're picking her boys up Won't settle to anything,wants my attention all the time.

What to do?????

My dd3 is like this, very hard to entertain while her two sisters are at school. I think it's partly because neither of us is used to the one-adult-one-child dynamic which so many people are very used to - my first two children were very close together. So dd3 doesn't know how to entertain herself alone and I don't really bother to do stuff with her cos I'm used to her sisters entertaining her.

For us it was only one day a week as I worked the other days but my solution was to up her preschool hours and my work hours. We were both happier. She had children to play with and I wasn't being yelled at all day.

DD and I go out most mornings to get rid of her 'boredom energy' ... Parks/swings/playgroups/swimming/people's houses etc etc. Then home at lunchtime (say 12.30), then she seems pretty chilled until 3 when we set off for pick up.
I try to stay home one morning a week - I feel it important she learns to be bored at home, sounds strange but she does seem to think up stuff to do after initial moaning.
I don't tend to give in to the 'wanting my attention all the time' thing ... I did that with DS and he still finds it hard to entertain himself and he is nearly 9

Thanks for that

My 3 are really close and I think she's missing them quite badly, she's regressed a bit on the toilet front(wet pants) too, just won't settle and is generally being a mare. She does 4 sessions so don't want to up it(she's my last) but last week I could happily have booked her in full time if it was possible I think the boredom factor is good but crikey she's hard work at the moment.