wow Lynzi,
what a dream...relax yah. dreaming or not, when we go out with our kids...better to always keep an eye on them. SG is relatively safe, but still...
I also dunno how other cc are like lah...sometimes, all the things just happened to occur on the same day. And also have to see our own level of tolerance for certain things.
Think the school really had an adverse impact on Louisa's temperament. I'm happy we spotted it early. Our approach with her has always been, to let her explore on her own, let her try on her own (of course be there to guide), basically, dun hold her back (physically or otherwise). If potentially dangerous, of course have to hold her back, but there will be reasoning and explanation. So, that's how she's been used to. You could say, she's used to having her way, in that sense...hahaha. (oh my, spoilt brat in the making? oops. hahaha).
So, in school, when she realised I wasn't ard, and she knew I went through the door, she wanted to go out of the door, out of the centre. She ran to the doors, told the teachers, "door, open, outside, walk walk etc". But of course, the teachers would pull her away or carry her away from the doors. Then she would start screaming and kicking "go out, go down, outside..." I was still in the centre then but at different corner, so I could hear her. That was how it was for her that 1 time I left her alone.
Now at home, if we prevent her from doing something (be it play with a particular toy) coz say, she needs to change diapers, she will go into that kicking-screaming mode. "no no no, go down, outside". Hmmmm....so I think her current screaming/crying was probably triggered by her experience in school.
Guess we'll have to turn the clock back a bit, and go back to reassuring her constantly, talking to her properly etc. Think it will be a slow process...but, she's still young...so, not impossible.