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Is this normal behaviour for a 4 year old?

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caggie3 · 08/08/2023 09:04

Can I just ask, I've never been around kids before so I am a bit clueless, and I don't know whether the below behaviours are relatively normal for a 4 year old or if they are a bit odd

• Can go in silly moods where he makes funny noises, and jumps around, gets quite loud

• Is generally will screech, shout, make weird throat noises. Not like a compulsion I don't think because he is choosing to do it and is being silly?

• Has a baby sibling and lacks personal space with him, pushes his nose up against baby and touches faces together constantly, says his name constantly, just altogether very close to him a lot of the time

• Has an answer for everything. I.e find a mouldy strawberry in the punnet and tell him not to eat it and he'll say I want to, I'll say but you'll get sick and he'll say "I want to get sick"

• Calmer than when he was a toddler but can still fly off the handle into tantrums multiple times a day

• Will sort of like rub all over the sofa, will walk along it and climb it and lie his head on it and he just seems to be like all over things sometimes. Not all the time but just acts a bit odd?!

I don't mean to mean - I just wonder sometimes if he's a bit odd or if kids are just odd 😂

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caggie3 · 08/08/2023 09:04

Second point should say is generally loud

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Freshair1 · 08/08/2023 09:05

Sounds like a 4 year old acting up for attention cos of the baby.

Spinet · 08/08/2023 09:06

Your description sounds like normal 4 year old boy to me. Kids ARE weird. But if you're worried you should check in with nursery/school when it's back on.

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Elisheva · 08/08/2023 09:06

Kids are tiny little weirdos. Everything you mentioned my own kids have done. And more.

et12 · 08/08/2023 09:11

All of that sounds like my 4yo DS except the bit about the baby. Mine refuses to make any form of physical contact with his sister, bar the occasional head pat. Which is equally weird.

What is 'normal' eh?!

ThreeRingCircus · 08/08/2023 09:14

Sounds very much like my 4 year old DD!

BoohooWoohoo · 08/08/2023 09:19

Lots of kids regress when they gain a sibling.
Overnight my dd stopped being able to get changed herself and started speaking like she did when she was much younger.
It sounds like your son wants attention but can't just ask for it verbally. As long as his actions result in attention from you, he'll keep on doing it.
I'm not familiar with the not giving personal space behaviour but how do you react when he does that? Negative attention is still attention and if it results in you rushing to where they are then it's mission accomplished.

Iammetoday · 08/08/2023 09:21

Sounds very normal all of it!

UpUpUpU · 08/08/2023 09:25

Sounds completely normal to me!

StaySpicy · 08/08/2023 09:52

Sounds normal. My DS4 was pretending to be a toddler this morning, including shuffling around on his knees and babbling in "baby talk". And randomly yelling to get attention instead of just saying my name.

All the behaviours you mentioned sounds like things he would do!

CoffeeWithMyOxygen · 08/08/2023 09:54

Why is my kid in your house?

NoLostCause · 08/08/2023 10:55

Sounds like my 4 year old! He spent some time last week pretending to be a dog - only speaking in woofs, crawling everywhere and getting DS2 (18m) to throw toys for him to 'fetch'. Funny noises, jumping around, leaping on and off things are everyday occurrences. He went through a stage of epic meltdowns earlier this year which have started to calm down now, but he can still pull off an impressive fake wail at the smallest slight and is an expert at pouty bottom lip sulks.

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