ds was 5 in Sept and can get overwrought at the slightest thing. I realise that this is part development and part his personality but I'm afraid it drives me insane. He gets 'fussy' about the position of my hand when we are holding hands on the walk to school, to the point where he cries and I get cross. He cannot ask me calmly for things, he shrieks instructions at me as if the world is going to end if he doesn't get his words out quick enough. This morning he wanted to put something in the house after I had shut the front (we were still on our driveway), but instead of just asking if he could put his bear inside, he shrieked and panicked as if we were miles away. He gets totally out of control sometimes, crying and flipping out. it does drive me insane and we end up rowing about it because I just want him to keep a lid on it!! It is the most annoying thing he does and I could bloody wallop him in frustration at times (though I never had, nor would I but he certainly makes me that cross). I start off calm to deflect the crisis but often this doesn't work. He makes parenting him such hard work. But I lvoe him so much - I hate that we get so cross with one another about it. it's bloody horrible 