Daughter is 4. For about 9 months she has slowly been less accepting of family, husband and nanny. By pushing them out of the lounge, where she plays. This has now extended to visitors! Literally wouldn’t let her auntie in the house.
Doesn’t do it to me, so I sense it’s attachment? But happily goes to nursery? She is very literal I’d say, so I sense this has become a sort of ritual?
She literally pushes them, with her whole body. Interesting she is fine with them at their house? But is okay with people like speech and language therapist who come to the house. We honour her requests but now I feel it’s havibf such an impact as we can’t have visitors and I am not able to go to work as she won’t have her nanny here for childcare! Well she will but not in same room so I am obviously not able to leave!
With my husband she is mostly fine with him now but… if she gets upset or frustrated she pushes him out and only wants me, I keep hoping it’s a phase but it feels like it’s becoming embedded.
Unrelated but I sense it started around potty training but it’s gotten more frequent anf more intense!
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Could it be that it’s out of routine. What about a visual timetable so she knows who’s coming, what they are doing and more importantly that they are going home and reducing some of her anxiety.