Just wanted to check this is normal as I have no way of knowing - never had brothers or sisters and this is my first child - never been around children till now.
My son is 17 months old and over the last couple of weeks I have really seen a change in him.
1/ The volume of him - he charges around the house yelling and shouting so so loudly that Im worried our neighbours will leave. I do whatever I can to try and quieten him down but he won't listen to me. As I understand that he doesn't understand why he should be quiet. But it's loud enough to be heard a street away. Screaming, yelling, shouting. Is this normal or am I a terrible parent (as I am sure my neighbours think). As soon as he wakes up he stands in his cot just shouting BLAAAAA BLAAAAA BLAAAAA.
2/ His activity - he doesn't sit still for a second ALL day (unless he is sleeping). To the point that i seriously worry about him because he is sweating and gets himself so hot he is dripping with sweat. He won't sit on my lap to hear a story. He won't sit on the sofa with me to watch In the Night Garden. He just wants to do what looks like an aggressive boot camp session around the house. He can climb on and off the sofa literally 45 times in the course of say 10 minutes. And yesterday - after doing this - he seemed to be getting angrier and angrier rather than excited - and started throwing his teddies off the sofa with sort of Exorcist anger.
I just wanted to know if this is your experience? Or not?
He doesn't eat any sugar really - except maybe a pink wafer occasionally.
And I take him out for a run about as often as I can.
Please be nice because i'm utterly worn out.