I am 29 years old and am a single mother. My daughter is 3 1/2 years old. I don't even know where to begin!
My daughter has a very definite personality. She is spoiled from every angle, I spoil her because I feel bad she is in a situation where her mom and dad are not together. Her daycare spoils her, her grandmother (fathers mother) spoils her....it has gotten to the point where it is out of control. The other day her Aunt (from her father's side) suggested that she may have a behavior problem because she has temper tantrums. She went on and on about how she is a nurse and she took care of this 4 year old boy who was mentally challenged. She took him to a program every day called Head Start and saw alot of other behavior challenged children. She told me that my daughter's episodes remind her of other children at this program. I think her behavior is normal for a spoiled three year old but perhaps I am in denial? Let me break down the situation from Sunday. It was 8:30 p.m. on Easter, she had been up since 8:30 a.m. excited about Easter. She told her Grandma she wanted to watch Little Bear, grandma thought she said "Little Bill". my daughter became so frustrated that she cried for 10 minutes, I finally got there and asked her what was wrong, she was so upset she threw up all over me! after calming her down and figuring out what she wanted i told her to use her words instead of crying. The fit was over. But the Aunt thinks that the tantrums should have phased out by now. I made an appointment with her pediatrician, I am taking the Aunt with me so she can be told my a doctor nothing is wrong. Am I doing the right thing here?
My daughter has a very definite personality. She is spoiled from every angle, I spoil her because I feel bad she is in a situation where her mom and dad are not together. Her daycare spoils her, her grandmother (fathers mother) spoils her....it has gotten to the point where it is out of control. The other day her Aunt (from her father's side) suggested that she may have a behavior problem because she has temper tantrums. She went on and on about how she is a nurse and she took care of this 4 year old boy who was mentally challenged. She took him to a program every day called Head Start and saw alot of other behavior challenged children. She told me that my daughter's episodes remind her of other children at this program. I think her behavior is normal for a spoiled three year old but perhaps I am in denial? Let me break down the situation from Sunday. It was 8:30 p.m. on Easter, she had been up since 8:30 a.m. excited about Easter. She told her Grandma she wanted to watch Little Bear, grandma thought she said "Little Bill". my daughter became so frustrated that she cried for 10 minutes, I finally got there and asked her what was wrong, she was so upset she threw up all over me! after calming her down and figuring out what she wanted i told her to use her words instead of crying. The fit was over. But the Aunt thinks that the tantrums should have phased out by now. I made an appointment with her pediatrician, I am taking the Aunt with me so she can be told my a doctor nothing is wrong. Am I doing the right thing here?