We're about due a massive meltdown. I think one is brewing.

[EccentricaGallumbits]

oh joy.

DD2s been fairly reasonable and nice for a while (apart from the usual minor hiccups). She hasn't broken anything for a while either. I know it's too good to last and feel something brewing.

She had a big do about some jam yesterday. It was stringy and made her feel all weird and sick and horrible apparently. She took to her bed stating she was safe in bed and never getting up again so nothing could hurt her (poor old thing). Refused to go to school this morning (nothing new there though).

I'm bracing myself and tiptoing around her and trying to fend off the inevitable.

If she's liable to be aggressive and throw things, could you clear out a room of everything except cushions and ballpit balls so that when the blow out comes you have a safe place to put her?

or i could clear out every thing and put me and the in it. alone.

she's not so bad and doesn't mean to break stuff but you know when you can feel it bubbling under the surface. she's doing that. ok for now but could blow at any time. like a tempremental volcano. i'#ll take her out for a walk and run off some energy. postpone it a bit.

how old she? does she like swings, are there any nearby she could go on?

(and chocolate) I hear ya!

We had similar with ds1 about his porridge this morning. He has porridge every single blooming morning, but this morning it 'felt different' and made him retch with every mouthful. Eventually he refused to even attempt to eat it, dh told him to go and get a banana, but he's recently decided - after spending half his life guzzling them quite happily, that he can't stand the texture anymore, so got an apple instead. Dh told him it was a banana or nothing, as we didn't have enough apples left - cue ds1 going and sitting in his preferred position like a little owl squatting on the side of the bath and proclaiming to the world that he was going to starve. He tried to tell me on his way home from school that he was really hungry because he hadn't had anything to eat - until I pointed out he had actually eaten a whole packed lunch!

I've almost given up tiptoeing around him as I can't tell what he's going to go off about next at the moment, so its not really worth the effort.

Roll on the holidays - although we have both boys' birthdays and a trip to Legoland to contend with then.

Would getting out to some countryside help? I find it really seem to ground ds if we can get him out for a long walk through some fields - or even better on a beach.

Get her to throw sticks at trees or something if you can get far enough away from people. Or stones into the sea.

Tell her you can see the signs that she's feeling stressed and you're giving her this opportunity to get it out. She might have her own suggestions. Would that work? You could also chat about the physical signs and feelings, help her learn to recognize how she feels before she explodes? Obviously only you know if that'll work for her!

dh has taken her out or a walk with the dogs. could go either way......

moose - i feel the same way about bananas. nasty texture.

she's pretty good these days at disappearing off to bed when she is stressy. so much better than she used to be. just a shame that school tends to get in the way. just sometimes she needs to let rip a bit (don't we all?)

Eccentrica, I totally get the texture thing, just not why he's only decided now at almost 10 years old and after years of them being his favourite fruit.

That's what we do with ds - nothing like a good old gallump with the dogs to re-ground and work off a bit of steam. Might not stop it happening altogether, but will hopefully at least provide a stay of execution.

Hope she comes back from her walk feeling calmer.

they're back. she's ok. so far......