My 4 year old just started doing something really odd. She'll be carrying on like normal, then she completely stops what she's doing and tells everyone to be quiet. She then clamps her hands over her ears and gets a truly pained look on her face.
I asked her today what was going on, and she told me quite simply, "The cartoons are coming out of my head." I thought she was just being silly, so I brushed it off. But just about 30 minutes ago, as I was putting her to sleep, she did it again. And this time, she almost started crying. She grabbed my hand and said to me, "It's the cartoons again. They really hurt my brain." She has a very active imagination and is known to make up stories, but this does not seem like a story to me. I'm truly getting worried about her.
Does anyone have any idea as to what this might be? Has anyone ever experienced anything like this with young children?
Any help would be appreciated. (And please, no sarcastic comments. I'm so not in the mood.)
2006-06-08
17:39:02
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