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Why does my 4 year old?
For past week or so my 4 year old daughter has refused to go to bed saying she doesn't like her bedroom and her bed and when I have asked her she says she just doesn't.she screams house down and me and my husband cannot get any time to spend together watching films ect because of her doing this.i have I told her she doesn't get any treats ect because of her behaviour.could someone give me kind advice in what to do.she goes to bed same time every night
3 Answers
- 6 years ago
Since this is a recent behavior and you didn't say she's done it before then something is wrong. Have you or your husband been away recently for a time longer than she's used to? Has she witnessed a traumatic event? Seen something scary on TV? Ask her if she's having dreams.. Maybe a nightmare is scaring her. If nothing has occurred causing her to be scared or traumatized then I think the best thing you can do is put her in her bed go outside her door and prevent her from going out. Tell her she can come out after she wakes up. Sooner or later she'll go to bed.. This may mean though that you and your husband have to hear her scream and cry. Unless something is terribly wrong with her just ignore it.
- tehabwaLv 76 years ago
Encourage her to talk about what's wrong. Not at bedtime, but earlier in the day. See if you can identify the problem.
Maybe there's something that to her is scary-looking, that you could remove or change. Or something wrong with the bed.
It sounds like a big deal, if shes making that much of a fuss.
Has anything changed? Was she away? Has anything been added to her room?
Can you account for this in any way?
- PoodieLv 76 years ago
Bribing her with treats is not going to help at all. Have you asked her what she doesn't like about her room? Perhaps she had a nightmare. Talk to her and try to comfort her. Make the room a space she enjoys. Maybe she'd like to shop for a new bedspread or some pictures for her wall. Get her involved.
If nothing changes and she's still screaming, consider talking to her pediatrician.
