francinejayne
16-07-2011, 09:11 PM
A is 4, she will be 5 in September. She is exceptionally bright and very able. She is a lovely little girl who has always played nicely with all children, and has hardly ever been 'naughty' when she is with me. A is very close to my DS who is age 3, they are wonderful friends.
A's Grandma passed away a couple of months ago.
A's mum used to work part time, 3 days a week, but in order to keep her job she had to go full time about 6 weeks ago, so A is now with me Monday to Friday (used to be Tuesday to Thursday)
A left her pre-school on Thursday where she has been for the last 2 years, and she had lots of friends there.
A's family is relocating down South in August - however Dad is staying here for a few months as his job is here, so initially it will be just A and Mum moving house.
Over the last month A's behaviour has changed - she does not play nicely, she is mean to my DS - excluding him from games and not talking nicely to him, she is quite often quiet and withdrawn - not wanting to join in activities that in the past she would have loved to do e.g. baking, at home she has started deliberately weeing in the corner of rooms on the carpet.
I think that this change is A's way of telling us that she is feeling unsettled with all the changes she has to face.
The problem is - how to deal with it?
I have a book that we read dealing with emotions, so we have been reading this a lot, and next week I plan to talk more about feelings, explaining that it is OK to feel sad or worried, and telling A that if she feels like that she should tell me or Mummy or Daddy so we can give her a cuddle and help her to feel better. I thought about making paper plate faces of different emotions, which might again lead to a discussion on the subject.
Has anyone else experienced this and has some ideas of how I and Mum can handle it?
Thank you!
A's Grandma passed away a couple of months ago.
A's mum used to work part time, 3 days a week, but in order to keep her job she had to go full time about 6 weeks ago, so A is now with me Monday to Friday (used to be Tuesday to Thursday)
A left her pre-school on Thursday where she has been for the last 2 years, and she had lots of friends there.
A's family is relocating down South in August - however Dad is staying here for a few months as his job is here, so initially it will be just A and Mum moving house.
Over the last month A's behaviour has changed - she does not play nicely, she is mean to my DS - excluding him from games and not talking nicely to him, she is quite often quiet and withdrawn - not wanting to join in activities that in the past she would have loved to do e.g. baking, at home she has started deliberately weeing in the corner of rooms on the carpet.
I think that this change is A's way of telling us that she is feeling unsettled with all the changes she has to face.
The problem is - how to deal with it?
I have a book that we read dealing with emotions, so we have been reading this a lot, and next week I plan to talk more about feelings, explaining that it is OK to feel sad or worried, and telling A that if she feels like that she should tell me or Mummy or Daddy so we can give her a cuddle and help her to feel better. I thought about making paper plate faces of different emotions, which might again lead to a discussion on the subject.
Has anyone else experienced this and has some ideas of how I and Mum can handle it?
Thank you!