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[quote=Anonymous]Our usually well-tempered four year old is suddenly having complete meltdowns.   On her first day of school, she dressed herself.   The past few weeks, the mornings have been rough and the evenings rougher.  It's like she is completely out of steam/unable/unwilling to listen.   The thing is, it almost seems like she is testing us.  She will scream and cry if we say no to a simple thing (she hasn't had a temper tantrum since she was a toddler) and completely meltdown at a drop of a hat.  I keep thinking she must be overtired but she is getting good sleep.   Her naps at school are getting shorter (which I would expect) but she takes 2-3 weekend naps and often sleeps 11 hours at night.

She has a younger sibling who is going to be two soon and started to exhibit some of the typical toddler behaviors.  I am wondering if we are responding to her and so the older one is trying to get more attention by acting like her younger sister.

I am just at a loss - aside from sleep (she is not sick) if there is something else, developmentally we are missing/should be looking out for.

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