4 year old behavior
I have a sweet, loving and funny 4 year old girl. I’m 27 weeks pregnant idk if her behavior has to do with anything with me being pregnant or if we’re doing something wrong. Ever since the year started she won’t listen anymore and tell us no for everything, or scream VERY loud. She screams and throws a loud tantrum over anything. Like for example today we went to go eat and she dropped one of her chicken strips on the floor, she was about to pick it up and we told her no because now it’s nasty and covered in germs. Right away she started crying and screaming that she wanted it back. I told her it’s ok she can have one of mine, no need to make a big fuzz about it but she screamed. She eventually calmed down, but I felt awkward the rest of our lunch because people just kept looking at us and our daughter like we’re crazy. A couple weeks ago we went to New Mexico and the entire trip there wasn’t a day where she wouldn’t throw a tamtrum or scream when things wouldn’t go her way. Is this normal ?? Are we doing something wrong ? We try not to spank unless it’s completely necessary and if we do it’s just a quick smack on her butt. And we correct her whenever she’s doing something wrong and talk to her. I know I shouldn’t compare my child to others but not even my 5 year old brother acts like her. And I feel bad for even thinking that 😔 she has a speech delay which we’ve been working on for the past 2 years with therapist. And she’s progressed so much, she says alot of words and can let us know how she feels, what she wants. She’s finally saying sentences which is awesome. But she still babbles and we won’t understand a word sometimes. Sometimes I ask myself is there something wrong with her ? Should I take her to get checked out ?? Idk anymore. And now im scared that im having another kid 😢 because I don’t feel like a good enough mom. I know God wouldn’t give us something we can’t handle. But what if I can’t handle both my kids ?? Im so scared. What if this new baby has speech delay, it was very hard with my daughter. Im so sorry I know this is a long paragraph but I just had to vent. Because im truly so scared and feel like a failure. My husband assures me everyday that im doing a great job. But I don’t feel like it. She got checked for autism and she’s fine. Any advice ?? And thank you for taking your time to read all of this 😅
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