Yes, we have quite a bit of drama...when it really reaches a fever pitch it's usually because something else is up such as an oncoming illness.
We were just participating in a ballet thing with the kids and one of the moms said her boy was out due to strep throat. I was like 'Oh.' Only one other mom there said 'We need to know, I need to know - when my daughter gets sick it's like...it's like...psycho or something!' I had to totally agree, my kids usually loose a lot of emotional control just before an illness.
I also read several books in a series called 'Your x year old', such as 'Your 4 Year Old', 'Your 5 Year Old', and so on. They are older books but seemed to have some good advice. One thing they mention is that when approaching the turn of a new year children's psychological development tends to be moving quickly, more tumultuous, harder to understand and difficult for both parents and kids. Approaching mid-year things smooth out, a child gets used to recent changes in body/mind and is able to be more cooperative, etc. Don't know if other moms here would agree, but it did seem to jibe with what I saw with my ds. (Also don't know if I'm describing that well)
Good luck to you, give it a week or two, or a couple of months...should see some change, right?
