At wits end with daughter

Hi girls, Please no judgement as this is so sensitive to me! My 3.5 year old daughter’s behaviour has just completely changed (I mean she is like a completely different child) since the arrival of my son 4 months ago. She is extremely angry a LOT of the time at home and she NEVER acted like this. There doesn’t seem to be any triggers either . I have kept her routine the same as before he arrived (she’s with me Monday, nursery Tuesday - Thurs then with me Friday) I am trying everything (husband takes baby to play for some time so me and daughter can have time together but even then 90% of the time she will start going crazy for no reason (or so I feel). I genuinely don’t understand and I am so upset, I feel I’ve done everything right in the lead up to my sons arrival, she helped pick things for him, he got her a present on arrival etc etc and he is also an extremely content baby so doesn’t need constant attention just now. She has really good speech and understanding so it’s not like she can’t express what is wrong. I feel so upset to be honest as some days I look forward to get nursery days because it’s so bad! Me and husband are both very chill parents but now I worry I’ve been a bad parent as why is she acting so badly? I just feel these angry outbursts can’t be normal especially when she was not like this AT ALL before his arrival, it’s like me or husband don’t know what to do with her as she’s like a new child. I just try to give her hugs and positive vibes as much as I can but I have snapped a few times just as it’s so so frequent. Any ideas?
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To be honest, a lot of people in this group are saying the same about their July 2021 babies and that’s without the added extra of a new baby so I don’t think you need to worry it’s just your child. My son is the same he’s suddenly becoming really angry out of nowhere and has the worst attitude sometimes and I have no idea why. So I know that’s no help at all but it’s definitely not something you’ve done and more to do with this crazy ass threenager nightmare!

Are you me?! So weird reading this as we are going through exactly the same thing (from children's ages, to childcare days!) My daughter's behaviour has improved over the last couple of days but I'm not sure why. It's really hard to see her struggling as she is such a sweet girl x

I’m going through the exact same thing and it’s absolutely soul destroying 😩 I’ve got a 3.5 month old too and it’s just making most day seem absolutely miserable and I feel so awful saying it

@Ella aww it’s just soul destroying. My daughter has periods of getting better then goes bask to being awful. Can I pm you?

@Becky so hard!! Feel like I’m resenting her a bit because I just want to enjoy mat leave😫at nursery they say she is very well behaved etc it’s just at home😢I miss my lovely little girl and feel so bad saying this x

Yes, definitely feed free to message me xx

I’ve had a good cry several nights now from just feeling so awful 😩

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