is it normal to find my almost 5 year old such hard work?

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Just that really?
I have found my DD harder the older she gets

Yep, normal. Sorry.

Well I suppose it’s nice to know it’s normal. Ours is a bit of a nightmare too if it’s any reassurance.

Going through the same here. First term of reception plus Christmas overexcitement plus being stuck indoors or trudging to a cold, wet park for a walk isn't helping! Hoping mine chills out a bit in Spring!

Yes, sorry.

DS getting to grips with school. Being tired by long days. It was a rocky year

I have one of those. Mine is soon to be 6 through.

She is just one of life's talkative, inquisitive, noisy, messy, wild, free spirited children.

Thankfully she reserves her good behaviour for school

In what way is it getting more difficult? I found it easier to talk to my dc as they got older and I could relax more knowing that they were unlikely to shove tiny Lego pieces up their nostrils etc. However, they got more argumentative as they got older and questioned the rules more and were more likely to push the boundaries.

Argumentative, she doesn't play alone mostly ( maybe for ten minutes a couple times a week), doesn't listen, needs to be told something 1000 times before listening, whines about everything, constant talking, constant need for attention etc

My 4 year old (5 in May) is very demanding! She's bossy, argumentative and stroppy. But she's funny, loving, lively and very clever. She needs constant entertaining and needs to know where I am all the time.

She wakes up shouting my name and goes to sleep pretty much doing the same 😅

It's exhausting

i could relax more knowing that they were unlikely to shove tiny Lego pieces up their nostrils etc

Except as they get bigger & stronger they find ever more inventive ways to do danger, bigger, higher, faster!

One of my 4 is like that. My third child. I feel so sorry that she drives me so crazy with the whinging and fake crying. Everything is a drama. She's also the funniest and I suspect the most intelligent. I just need to figure out how to work around her better.

Yes, it's normal. A five-year-old can dictate your life, with no regard for who you were before he was born. Not easy being a mother.

Hi all, I know this post is old but I'm having a really hard time with just turned 5yo son.

I have been googling PDA but it doesn't quite fit. He's basically very uptight and a control freak. Can't sit still, doesn't stop talking, extremely easily irritated, whiny, moany, starting swearing (must've heard it at school) and he's driving DH and me mad right now. He doesn't seem to have an off switch. He can be very sweet but we're not seeing that side very much right now.
I'd love to know that yours all got easier with age, but I fear this is my DS's personality and the lot we've been given till he moves out!!

Anyone??