I am so done!

[torontokids]

I had this same problem with my daughter who is now in JK. I sometimes see this happening with my now 3 yo as well. What has helped me was letting her have more freedom to play in her room, watch TV as was suggested. I asked my in laws for help to take her to a gymnastic program or something one day a week out of the house but that never happened. I think it would have been good for her though. I tried spending more time with her (I know this is hard because you are exhausted) we would read a story together at nap time and snuggle. I involved her in planning what we would do. We did a lot more park outings because I knew she loved them although I dreaded them because it is so much work! When I am feeling uninspired in general with daycare I spend some time over the weekend coming up with an awesome "rec schedule." I found I was more likely to do things if they were written down but I didn't stress if they didn't happen either. I would let her do somethings that the others couldn't do e.g. my 3 y o daughter now gets to "wash dishes" where she basically plays in the soapy water in the kitchen sink which is normally off limits to the kids unless I am in there (it's gated).

I was also very firm with her. I found that because I felt guilty that she wasn't happy I started to let things slide with her behaviour. I ran a tighter ship and she settled more too.