Hiding under table and crying, really scared girl

[choccy eating monster]

My DD came home from nursery yesterday and asked to play on the DS. I said no, because she had played on it earlier and I limit the time.

She dived under the table, barricaded herself in, and started crying hysterically. There were tears, bright red face and she was shaking.

So I got down on my knees and asked what was the matter, and opened my arms and asked her to come out for a cuddle.

She was v. v. hysterical and sobbed "Please don't pinch me, don't hurt me!" I was stunned because I have never hurt her. So I asked her to come out again, so we could talk about what was the matter.

I didn't shout at her, I just waited on the floor at the other end of the table. She came out in the end, and wanted a cuddle. I cuddled her, and said "Why did you say Don't pinch me/hurt me?" and she said because sometimes you send my to my room.....

I said yes, i do sometimes send you to your room when you have done something v. naughty.

But that hasn't happened in AGES!

I don't know what brought it all on. She was v. v tired though, and asked to go to bed early.

When I told my partner, he was upset and concerned that if she is going around saying that then she might be taken away. He said this to me, not her, she was in bed.

Is this normal?? She is 4 1/2 and at nursery p/t.

[LiLi]

I think my first thought might be it was brought on by something at nursery? Not necessarily that someone had pinched her, but maybe someone said something about it, or they read something?

Obviously over-tiredness doesn't help, but it does sound completely random, and hard to explain in that sense.

I wouldn't give a moment's thought to the 'being taken away' thing, but I might be tempted to ask if something could have sparked it off at nursery.

Poor little bunny ... Hope she's ok now

[Lemony Posset]

Sounds a bit odd to me, I think I would be asking nursery what the heck they were doing yesterday...? Maybe she had some trouble with another child or perhaps a too-scary story or something?

to you and to her.

[choccy eating monster]

Thanks xxx

She did tell me that """", her nursery teacher told DD off for trying to pass """ a broken xylophone stick during song time. DD told me she was just trying to help, and didn't want any of the kids to get stabbed by the stick when they sat on the mat to sing. The stick had apparently been left on the mats.

Her teacher told her "No, we don't stop in the middle of our songs" when DD offered her the stick. DD was sobbing when she told me this.