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Overly emotional 3.5 yo
Eve has been on a serious emotional roller coaster for the past 24 hours. Yesterday, during Sesame Street, she turned and looked at me with tears in her eyes and then broke down about how she missed her daddy. He had only been gone for 2.5 hours at that point. She literally sobbed for 5-10 minutes over missing him. We went to lunch with him, which seemed to help, but she's been a mess since - crying at the smallest things. It's all stuff she normally wouldn't get emotional over. It's like she's got preschooler PMS.
So, I'm just wondering, is this a normal 3.5 yo stage? Is there a growth spurt or hormonal shift around this age? I feel like I'm missing something.
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Re: Overly emotional 3.5 yo
I can't say whether it is "normal" per se, but I can tell you that L has days like that for sure. She'll cry over the smallest little things - not just a wimper, but a full on emotional "my life is over" cry. And then the next day the same thing will happen and it won't phase her in the slightest. And sometimes the drama lasts just a day and sometimes for much much longer (remember when I couldn't leave the house without her having a complete and total meltdown?).
Hope it passes quickly and as painlessly as possible.
I think it's totally normal. My friend's 3 yo girl was like that and my son is like that now and when I posted on another board, I got tons of my kid is just like that too responses.
It's HARD to deal with. I even get break down sobs when you cut his sandwich or if he offers me a bite of something and I take it, he's start yelling, "no no back mama back".
Just take a deep breath and listen is all I can do.
Orion is SUPER over the TOP emotional lately. One min he HATES me, the next he only wants me to help him.
you are not alone.
C has been similarly emotional since just after his 3rd bday. His outburts aren't just sadness though, he's also angry. Anyway, I think the upheaval and resemblence to PMS is totally on par with 3 and I"ve been reading about it like it was my job for two months. This book was helpful (Your Three Year Old, Friend or Enemy) for me in parsing it out. It was written in the 70s and it shows in the examples and assumptions about family life (SAHM, working dad, much more controlling parenting than is assumed today), but the examples of what is typical are so similar to what I see in my own kid that I had to assume the science and development stuff is still relevant.
I've been meaning to thank you. I thought my kid was the only one. I thought she as entering womanhood soon with these emotional outbursts!!!