My ds (13 yo) is delightful and rather enjoys being the the youngest in our family.... he is bright and funny, and although he is 13, is still quite physically small and could be mistaken for a 10-11 year old. He enjoys school and has friends who he relates/talks to as a 13 year old, but when he is home and tired, often regresses back to 8-10 year old behaviour.
Anyway, since lockdown, he has loved being at home with us all and is perfectly content BUT I think has regressed more often and to a younger level. Yesterday he drove me mad by speaking in a baby voice more often than he wasn't, and having pretend tantrums; I told him that if he continued to act like an 8 year old, I would treat him like an 8 year old which included losing his iPad. He was just about to try another pretend tantrum later in the evening and I gave him a look and he just switched it off.
I don't think he is anxious about Coronavirus and he is a very relaxed boy normally and very comfortable in his own skin. I think he is missing his friends and enjoying seeing them in the Zoom classroom but is making no effort to contact them independently otherwise, and is happy with that.
Does anyone else have a child who is regressing, around about his age? We possibly do have a tendency to infantilise him, and DH and I have both agreed that we need to keep an eye on that and try not to unwittingly encourage it.
Any similar experiences and/or advice very gratefully received!