What's up w/our daughter!?! We have yet to have a morning that she hasn't cried and threw a fit. She will fight us on everything from the clothes she's wearing to her hair, brushing her teeth and even what she's eating. Have any of you dealt with this and if so what did you do? I hate sending her off to the bus stop every morning with red swollen eyes but I also cannot give into everything she wants. :banghead

How old is she now? It could be her hormones starting up etc and confusing her and making her emotions a wreck.

DD is a little young for this so i haven't dealt with it. maybe you can give her some independence by allowing her to pick out her own clothes or do something else on her own. maybe to save time, the night before make it a routine to let her pick out whatever she wants to wear the next day. what does she want to eat or wear? make a deal with her about something like eating. 1 day a week she can eat whatever she wants for breakfast, but only if she doesn't complain the other days or something. :shrug

ETA: i guess i was assuming she was young, so this may not apply.

She'll be 8 in Dec and she's driving me nuts. One minute she'll be laughing and the next crying like a freaking two year old. The girl can make our house a total nut house in a matter of minutes. My mother swears it's the middle child syndrome. :sadeyes

Hormones.... They can start early.

I'm the youngest so I dunno. It could be the start of puberty. If I recall correctly my bestfriends daughter did that for awhile. Has there been any big change recently? I know ya'll are shore duty so no deployments yet. I don't really have any suggestions for it. I really think it could be the start of puberty and all those good things to come. Or it could be a jealousy issue for whatever reason. :hugs I'm sorry tho!!

DD is a little young for this so i haven't dealt with it. maybe you can give her some independence by allowing her to pick out her own clothes or do something else on her own. maybe to save time, the night before make it a routine to let her pick out whatever she wants to wear the next day. what does she want to eat or wear? make a deal with her about something like eating. 1 day a week she can eat whatever she wants for breakfast, but only if she doesn't complain the other days or something. :shrug

ETA: i guess i was assuming she was young, so this may not apply.

We bought her a little divider thing that holds five days of outfits on each shelf. She picks fills them every Sunday but never wears what is in there. She wants to wear her old skort every darn day :banghead Then once we're over the whole skort battle we move onto the shoe battle. She wants to wear flip flops and they aren't allowed in school. It's as though she just wants to be miserable.

I'm the youngest so I dunno. It could be the start of puberty. If I recall correctly my bestfriends daughter did that for awhile. Has there been any big change recently? I know ya'll are shore duty so no deployments yet. I don't really have any suggestions for it. I really think it could be the start of puberty and all those good things to come. Or it could be a jealousy issue for whatever reason. :hugs I'm sorry tho!!

Our move has become a huge issue in this house. The kids all pretty much hate dh right now so I'm sure that plays a rule in her anxiety.

Hormones.... They can start early.

Are you serious? :wow :tears

Are you serious? :wow :tears

Yep. My best friends kids started around 8ish. I think you are dealing with a combo of the move and puberty :hugs

Sounds like hormones to me. Sarah's daughter is about the same age and she is going through it.

Yikes....good luck w/ that!

yeah i say hormones. there are plenty of cases where girls are starting to hit puberty at 9 or so. does she complain about having stomaches frequently? that's how i knew i was about to start puberty. maybe she is having problems at school and that's why. try and talk to her teachers and see what they say...if anyone is teasing her, if she's having problems with the course work, etc etc. that may be it

Oh geez looks like we're in for it. There are no problems outside of the house. She's an angle at school, cheer, gymnastics and Brownies. It's just here at the house. I'm going to have to do some reading one this hormone stuff. I always thought we'd deal w/ds before her.

She'll be 8 in Dec and she's driving me nuts. One minute she'll be laughing and the next crying like a freaking two year old. The girl can make our house a total nut house in a matter of minutes. My mother swears it's the middle child syndrome. :sadeyes

That's Elizabeth to a T!! Usually when she's like that I tell her I'm the boss and she will wear what I say and eat what she asked for and if she still has a fit she goes to the corner and that ALWAYS straightens her up! I was BRAT growing up and I don't want her to be like that.

Hormones.... They can start early.


Yeah my little sister Amanda started her period at 10 and me and my other sister Abby started ours at 11. Both girls are bigger than me as far as being tall and in the chest, Amanda is 14 now and it doesn't look like it! It's AMAZING what horomones do!!