Hello Ladies,
I'm kind of thinking aloud, so please bear with me. I've had one of those evenings with an over-tired, stroppy eldest child. On hearing she was still up and upset far past bedtime I went in and had a long chat and cuddle with her, and she's given me some things to think about.
She's had a rough week. She transferred to junior school at the start of September so it's still a bit big, new and daunting. It had been going well, but then her best friend was off sick most of this week and she's really missed her, and found the playground tough going. She says she's felt close to tears a lot, angry, and actually cried today because someone tagged her in the playground.
She's seven, eight in February, 133cm tall, wears age 9 clothes. She's fit, active and still physically child-shaped.
The way she's describing her feelings are making me question whether she's a bit closer to puberty than I'd realized. I'm debating whether or not to ask for some clinical assessment of that possibility and would appreciate your thoughts.
I should explain that I'm very,very anti conventional medicine, especially when it comes to women's health issues, but she does seem very young to be this emotionally labile. For those of you who have btdt, when did you worry or seek help and was it actually helpful? Is this just what a tired seven year-old is like?
Thanks for your comments
I'm kind of thinking aloud, so please bear with me. I've had one of those evenings with an over-tired, stroppy eldest child. On hearing she was still up and upset far past bedtime I went in and had a long chat and cuddle with her, and she's given me some things to think about.
She's had a rough week. She transferred to junior school at the start of September so it's still a bit big, new and daunting. It had been going well, but then her best friend was off sick most of this week and she's really missed her, and found the playground tough going. She says she's felt close to tears a lot, angry, and actually cried today because someone tagged her in the playground.
She's seven, eight in February, 133cm tall, wears age 9 clothes. She's fit, active and still physically child-shaped.
The way she's describing her feelings are making me question whether she's a bit closer to puberty than I'd realized. I'm debating whether or not to ask for some clinical assessment of that possibility and would appreciate your thoughts.
I should explain that I'm very,very anti conventional medicine, especially when it comes to women's health issues, but she does seem very young to be this emotionally labile. For those of you who have btdt, when did you worry or seek help and was it actually helpful? Is this just what a tired seven year-old is like?
Thanks for your comments
