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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote][quote=Anonymous]Family physician here (and mom of 3 under the age of 5 yrs).  She is sleep deprived.  Falling asleep in the car after 10-15 mins is a sure sign.  4 yr olds need 11-13hrs of sleep.  Start putting her to bed earlier or reinstating naptime.  This will be difficult, but totally doable. Her behavior change will be miraculous  :-) [/quote][/quote]

Competely agree with this one![/quote]

What we did at that age was books on tape. DD had to lie down with her head on the pillow and listen to the story. Five days out of seven she'd fall asleep.

I recently read The 7:00 Bedtime and started putting my kids to bed WAY earlier. I bumped bedtime back 15 min per night. For DS who has trouble falling asleep we started the TJ low dose melatonin chewables about 30 min before bedtime. The difference in everyone's moods and cope level is remarkable.

We do protein snacks about ever 2-3 hours too. One of my kids tends to get lowish blood sugar and becomes a nightmare.

Head off as much as you can. Also, my ENT said that if you can hear them breathe at night, not just snore, to do a sleep study. If you don't get restful sleep it causes symptoms like ADD and ODD.

I do think that you should try reading The Difficult Child and consider some kind of low dose antidepressant or really regular downtime with exercise for yourself. You need to be way less reactive for her behavior to change. That book was a lifesaver for me. 
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