DS2 is 5, middle child. He has always had issues with his temper, and from the age of 2 has thrown monumental tantrums that often last up to 2 hours and he has real trouble getting over whatever it is that has upset him. In the last 6 months he has improved a lot and has a lot less tantrums. Now he seems to have moved onto defiance instead.
We have a dog and he can't leave him alone. He threw an entire box of wooden train track pieces down the stairs because his younger sister came downstairs and he was left alone. He broke a lego model his older brother had made because it had a piece of lego in it he thought was his and the had a strop demanding that ds1 rebuild his model...
He seems to expect constant interraction from me or his siblings and as soon as he is at a loose end he starts mucking around and being a PITA.
And it's only the first week of the holidays!!