My 6 year old son can be such a sweet, calm, level headed child. But so often he is ‘hyperactive’ - what I mean by this is he’ll giggle and mimic us, he’ll shout/scream out randomly, just weird (and horrible) noises randomly like an animal in pain!! He’ll pick an item up and start swinging or throwing it around, he’ll get too close to his younger sibling as if trying to annoy her. Today this pretty much went on until bed time, and then he took forever to settle down, playing with his fingers, kicking the wall generally doing anything it seemed to me to keep himself awake!
I know especially after starting a new school year he will have been holding it all in at school (he’s so well behaved at school according to his teachers) and then it can come out at home, but all evening up til bed time?? How do I discharge this energy from him if that’s the case?
Im thinking he’s overtired but then it took so long for him to fall asleep, is he actually needing a later bedtime? Although it was 8:45 before he fell asleep anyway.
it’s hard to describe so I apologise, any ideas as to how I can help or is this just normal for a 6 year old…I’ve had to be so firm to the point of harsh towards him to get him to settle tonight, and feel guilty. Thanks