Maybe it is just naughtiness but I just can't understand him

[NAB3wishesfor2008]

DS1 (6 and 11 months) had a nice day lovely tea together. Tidy up time, not happy but in the end up to bed and some tidying left for us to do. He is in one of his moods. Refuses to do anything we ask, goes in and annoys his sister, answers his dad back, refuses to go to bed, is currently naked and running about upstairs.

If he is like this because we asked him to tidy up a few toys then God help us. Maybe that has annoyed him and he is losing control and can't stop it.

He has been so lovely these last couple of weeks. Odd blip but nothing like this. I have learnt to handle him but DH hasn't and now DS can't seem to calm down and won't do as he is told.

DH and DS upstairs but not sure what is going on. Off to look.

Tis calm.

I went up and asked him to put some underpants on as his bottom was scary when he goes and that isn't nice for a lady whose bottom doesn't go He laughed. We cuddled and he is now looking at his atlas book for 10 minutes.

He didn't know what was wrong or if he could calm down.

It sounds like typical 4pm -7pm behaviour to me
my ds (3) is always manic before bed, runs round the upstairs naked after his bath, refuses to put on PJs, hides under the covers etc
There is nothing up with him, it's just being a boy before bedtime

No, not the reason I think as normally he can't wait to get in to bed.

Mustn't forget he is up there reading!!

Does he have a problem with transition - so moving into the bedtime routine is stressful? Only thought so because my ds1 has a problem at every transition - school to home, day time to bed time and so on.
Is it that he can't express that he's had a lovely day and is sad it's ending?
Is it that he feels (mistakenly) that he's being unfairly put upon to do tasks like tidying up - so you need to have a sit down and chat about what's fair and listen to some of his suggestions too.
I don't know your ds so all i was doing is saying the things from the scenario you presented here - it could just be being arsey about bed time - i have to use all my reserves to see the'funny' side of my 3 running away from me, shouting 'no we won't go to bed' and shutting the stair gate.Oh and hitting each other is always an excellent ploy to disttract me from getting them up the stairs.
Hope it all calms down for you.

as usual it takes me so long to post that it has calmed down!

He has been like this before and it is always something minor that sets him off. I honestly think it is just something he does, with no reason for it.

He was calling me so I went up. I reminded him how lovely he has been today and asked him what made him go like that. He said he didn't know, he just wanted too. All fine now.

Thanks anyway, luckylady74!!