Shes 3 now and the 'differences' are becoming more apparent.
I guess I just need somewhere to write them all down,and to see if they sound like something,or nothing,to anyone else.
She gets very angry,or frustrated when something doesn't go EXACTLY as she planned it to,she also finds it impossible to accept she has limmitations,things she cannot yet manage.
She does not listen-in one ear,out the other.
ie she will hit her brother or pour a cup of water on the floor,get punished,feel sorry about it,apologies,and then just do it again!
She never finishes what she starts,she will have wandered off to do something else by the time youve sat down to help.
She never stops moving
She never stops talking
Even when she's asleep
She wakes up at 5am
She bites herself
Pitches herself
Screams at herself for not getting it 'right'
She doesn't like to make eye contact
She will not give hugs if asked,but is very loving ,sensitive and empathetic on HER TERMS.
She does not seem to understand that her actions have consequences
ie if she jumps on daddy,it will hurt him,if she pushes her brother,he will fall down and hurt himself and if she won't stop doing something she is asked to stop doing,she will be punished.
She finds it hard to understand 'turn taking' or waiting in a que(sp?)
She reacts very very badly to any criticism for example,if I ask her to calm down,she will scream at me " NO, YOU CALM DOWN!"
She is always the one causing trouble just by being loud and bolshy,she is bossy too,she doesn't mean to be, I'm sure of it,
at the end of the day she often asks if she is naughty "yes or no mummy?"
it breaks my heart.
Any advice would be appreciated,
I would obviously be over the moon if I'm told there is nothing wrong and she will grow out of it all,but I don't want to do nothing and let her suffer either,I really don't know what to do.neither of us can control her effectively anymore.
thankyou if you managed to read by humongous rambling post!