One hour behaviour change a day

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Although it sometimes happens a couple of times a day.
Dd, 4.5 can be playing completely fine or watching tv, reading, doing an activity and suddenly she’ll get really *Silly (Don’t know how to explain it) she makes strange noises and throws her things around, crawls around the floor etc, it’s just really out of control, crazy behaviour. She’ll also do impulsive things like try to pull the bobble out of hair again and again or clap in my face. I just don’t understand why it happens, when she’s a bit calmer, I ask her about it and she doesn’t know. It sounds awful, but I find it hard to be patient and to be around, the noises don’t stop
Is this adhd or autism etc?

Sorry, also she can have periods where she’s just angry for the hour or a bit less, that seems to come out of nowhere too. I’ve asked at Pre school and the teacher says she’s fine and she hasn’t noticed anything.

Has anyone had similar?

Silliness is perfectly normal four year old behaviour. The fact it’s one hour a day and she’s well behaved and not silly the ready of the time, frankly, means she’s probably better behaved than a lot of four year olds!

@Singularity82 I understand silliness, but it’s like uncontrollable behaviour that comes out of nowhere and she changes

Again-very normal for four year olds!!
If it was autism or ADHD it wouldn’t only appear for one hour a day then disappear again.

I've always called this the 'funny 5 minutes' ... although it lasts far longer than just 5 minutes.
Usually a sudden burst of energy type thing, or the final hurrah before they crash into a long slumber.
If your asking for advice, I'd say you have nothing to worry about in regards to any SEN difficulties. As a PP has already said, it'll be far more frequent etc.
I wouldn't bother asking the 4.5yr old why they do this either ... how the hell would they know?

Yep. Known as “mad hour” in our house!

Could you keep a diary for a week or two? See if there’s any correlation between her behaviour and her environment/routine. She may be bored, hungry, tired, thirsty, overstimulated., need fresh air/exercise etc etc etc. and also then you can work backwards from there to see if she’s giving off signs before the outburst. For example Not listening, whining, listless, restless etc

This isn’t additional needs, behaviours present consistently and don’t appear/disappear like this, sounds like she’s hitting the mad half hour stage of her day - which isn’t limited to half an hour in most cases.

Gawd. Not another child 'diagnosed' with ADHD etc etc.

She might be bored. She is 4.

Normal.

Tired ,
Over stimulation
Hungry
Too full
Just being a kid

Is she at school or nursery? Then possibly overtired. 4.5 is still very young. We called up happy half hour......but half hours can be very long some days.

My almost 10 DS can still act like this but we've now realised he plays up when he is thirsty, a glass of something and he is back to his normal self.

We often have this before bed, which I get, but it’s become at different parts of the day now too. It seems to be stronger after doing something exciting or after being in the swimming pool, sea or bath. I was wondering if was possibly sensory? I suppose it’s the noises she makes too and hiding under chairs/crawling around.
The anger mood swings too…? I don’t know, she’s our first so I have nothing compare, but I don’t see her friends acting like this

Also, the impulsive acts? She’ll just suddenly fling something or knock over a cup

Probably a way of self regulating, like the witching hour. maybe she’s a bit tired or has a some pent up energy to come out.
maybe you could turn it into a workout- pop a children friendly workout thing on YouTube and see if she will participate in star jumps and jogging on the spot etc.

I wouldn’t be worried about it especially if it’s everyday and just an hour.

And just because you don’t see your friends kids acting like it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.
do your friends witness your child?

During lockdown my DD (who was about 4) would get really wild and silly normally about 4-5pm evey day - she'd just want to climb all over us and play really high energy, hyper games, stop listening etc. I put it down to boredom, not using enough energy so could it be the similar for her? I'm assuming if she's pre-school she's pretty old for her year so probably ready for the structure and a new challenge at school, and maybe not getting as much stimulation from pre-school any more. I found going to play some games in the garden that encouraged her to use lots of energy just before 4pm helped. Otherwise I am sure it'll improve when she hits school ages!

DS will sometimes do something similar e.g. make random sounds, get up and do something silly and it usually indicates he is bored of whatever activity he is doing but doesn't quite know what to do next, so I will usually then suggest something and he starts doing that and goes 'back to normal'

It's the 'giddy 5' here.
All kids do it.