He's just such a handful that I wonder if everything's ok with him or whether there is some kind of a problem. I'll do a slightly random list and would appreciate any advice please.
*He torments his sister (7), she then hits him and gets into trouble (I do try to make sure I'm fair but its not easy)
- he hugs anybody - random strangers, people he's just met, his sisters friends or his own friends at school EVERY day despite daily conversations and reminders that we cuddle our family only
- he still occasionally gropes my friends breasts (for a response which of course he gets)
- he started school in sept and is behaving really well there
- he is reading and doing maths with y1 kids as he is working at their level. However, he can't decide which hand to write with and can barely draw a stick man
- today, we had a lovely day planned but I spend so much of it directing, instructing and telling him off that it genuinely does impact in what we do. We went to the cinema (extremely rare for him) but most trips are the same, don't touch that, come back here, sit down, stop hitting, stop jumping, stop weaving about in front of me - I'm going to trip over you, don't go in the lift, step off the escalator, don't fiddle with the machine in the loo, leave that, put it down.
- School have a gross motor skills club that he's participating in to help with his fine motor skills and he obviously can behave well but should I be concerned?
He is also very funny, loving, not a whinger, very bright, loves to spend time on the computer or iPad.
He responds well to firm instructions and rules but also finds opportunities to muck about in everything that we do.
I do think he probably is just being a lively normal five year old but he really can be such hard work sometimes that I do wonder.
We regularly do reward charts and sanctions but I often feel like I spend all day threatening to take things off him (I always see threats through) just to get a level of behaviour from him)
I guess I'm just tired if it, I wish he were easier.