I am sick to the back teeth of forever saying and hearing "no, sit down, get down, put that down, dont do that, get off that, be quiet" in our house.

[sunburntats]

Ds is such hard work.

i cant wait till bedtime.
he is 6

im on the jaques cider, cant wait til bed time.
He is incapable of siting still for more than 30 seconds, if he isnt banging his fists, feet, legs, toys he is running up and down like a demented cat, he has loud outbursts cannot be quiet, has to be making noise of some description.

he isnt even sleeping at the moment, up and down the stairs till 10.30pm, up at 5.30/6am and full on.

This is not the one i ordered, who do i complain to?

Is your 6 year old like this?

that description is not a million miles from ds1 no
he sings
a LOT
he talks the hind leg off a donkey
dances constantly and does gymnastics and puts disco music on
wants to give you a running commentary of whatever he is doing
often along the lines of a tv chef kind of thing
"now i am taking my RED pen and i am drawing long smooth lines on the paper. just swish your arm back and forth like this. Then take your BLUE pen and move very fast back and forth so it covers the red pen. that's how you make purple" etc ad strangulatum

he also runs and SLIDES onb the floor instead of walking anywhere
LEAPS on the sofa instead of just sitting on it
jumps up and down from the dinner table about 10 times per meal, plus talks with his mouth open, uses his fingers, and chews REALLY loudly

always wanting to wrestle with ds2 (1 year old) and ends in tears

if thwarted does pretend crying then says "i was just joking"
has GENUINE tears at least once a day over trivial things
is up at 6 am every day and sometimes in the night as well

however he is lovely, if mad
i think it will pass
i think they are 6
we expect them to be sensible now and they are just daft, still tinies really but in a big lanky body

being stuck indoors is really bad news for them
take any chance to get out on bike or whatever, hold dancing competition in front room, plenty of activity
christmas is over exciting also at this age - plus lots of bad food
limit sugar or only have with a filling meal

good luck!

Sounds like DH, never mind the kids.

If that bastard lifts one more pan lid to peer inside and stir meaninglessly when I did all the work, I'll serve with with an apple in his mouth.

Its just far more acute and annoying when we are stick in during the holidays.

sigh.
BUT he IS absolutely scrumptious, gorgeous and funny.

we just ant to snuggle on the sofa and watch good telly, ds......forget it, we cant hear anything on the telly cos he wont shut up and is SO loud. cant see the telly cos he is bouncing round hyper jumping on furniture, prancing round the room.

wont eat anything except crap, (not ususally the case for us, we are very careful with what we fed and water him with)

You've just described my almost 6 year old boy to a tee

SO, really i must face it, he is horribly normal!
Just needed reassurance on this as he sometimes apears to have a sandwich short of his full picnic!

Bless him, puts it in perspective, what must life be like to be constantly got at.."sit down, stop that, be quiet etc etc etc" He doesnt seem bothered thank goodness.

Yes. My ds is 7. He is very loud. He sings a lot. He would play football all day. He eats enormous quantities of food, but is all bones because he can't sit still for more than one minute.
Yes, he tests boundaries a lot and cries huge fat tears of sorrow.
Arrrg, it is hard work.

dd1 is 6 and very similar, today alone she has screamed or cried at least once an hour! She sings all of the time {when she isn't crying or talking me to death}
Can't sit and eat dinner for more than 5 minutes and says she wants to live with nanny

Aaaaagh! I thought things would calm down after three. Was looking firward to long oeaceful periods spent colouring in or cutting and sticking while I put my feet up with a glass of wine get on with the essentials.

I was about to say the very same thing, RacingSnake! Mine's nearly 4, and this is exactly what he's like. I was kind of hoping this phase wouldn't last too long, particularly as I have an adventurous 10 month old DD as well!

Oh well, better resign myself to at least two five more years of this then .

My DS is 4 and you have described him to a tee.......sob that I still have this to go through for at least 2 years

you have to take them out and run them twice a day

like dogs

(admittedly mine is a girl and only 2 but the notion of 'snuggling up to watch good tv' is utter anathema)

When you describe your child as giving a running commentary on what he is doing, like a TV chef, this stage is called verbal reinforcement of movement. It is an important stage of development as it allows the child to reach a skillful level of motor co-ordination. You will find you do it yourself occasionally when you are having difficulty with a task, I find if I can't get the key into the lock I will say ' go in you stupid key' and it does. Saying the action as you do it results in a better performance.
As to the constant stream of don't do... it is perhaps easier for the child if you say what you do want them to do instead. Just think if you say 'don't touch', the last word your child heard was Touch, and often they only remember the last word you said. So instead say 'hands off'
or shut the drawer, quiet now, sit still. try it and see.

Its like when you say "dont think about a purple elephant"...what do you think about....exsactly!! I agree care4. There is good reason for all that they do, and to know the reason really really helps me to understand him.
If i could have you move in with me, and tell me why he does what he does every time he does what he does i would be a much better mum i think.

God, this is my son - nearly three! Loud, loud, louder. On the go constantly. People were exchanging 'looks' today when we were out due to both volume and persistence. Honest to God, gin is the answer at this time of night. Gin i tell thee.

Sounds like my DS aged 6
He has been manic today, worn me out completely.
He is currently teaching himself to breakdance, which involves having loud music on and generally throwing himself about.

Couldnt agree more..."Gn i tell thee" how right that woman is. ]grin]

Hear! Hear! I have a comedy double act with the DCs, they take it in turns to drive me demented and then they giggle loudly!

I don't know whether to feel reassured or a deep pit of despair?

I actually asked DH if he thought there was something wrong with DS today. He is 4.
He roams around the house looking for trouble to get into, torments the hell out of his sister, is incapable of sitting, silence, or sense. He constantly talks and asks questions that make my head hurt (what are birds for?) Cries when his back is against the wall. Eats constantly but can't manage to sit through a meal without getting up 15 times.

So he's normal right?

But it's going to last beyond 6 years old .

He is lush though.

My 6 year old is not like this.

He finds it hard to sit still for things that bore him like meals. He finds it hard to sit 'properly'.

He has lots of energy and needs to run about but he is not constantly on the move.

Give him something that interests him like Hama beads or some lego or me reading to him and he will sit still doing the same thing for 30 minutes or longer.

We do get the questions that make our heads hurt though

My 5 year old DD sounds very similar (Although she did sit still for 19 minutes yesterday to do some princess foil scratching ) but otherwise she is up and down running/singing/talking (oh yes she can talk and talk and talk and apparently I was as annoying delightful as this when I was younger so my Mum is finding it all very amusing)

It is better when she is at school as the structure and routine keep her busy (although we were told on parents evening that she likes to talk and be in charge )

DD2 is following in big sisters footsteps (she'll be 3 next week) although now they are a double act and they try to out do each other with the loudest talking/singing/arguing and having been a dream child with behavious till now DD2 is having an entire years worth of 'terrible 2 tantrums' in the last few weeks of being 2 and iirc DD1 being 3 was alot harder than being 2 because everything was 'why?'

Roll on 5th January when DD1 back at school and DD2 back at pre-school (2 mornings a week where I have 2.5 hours to myself hurrah!!)

Someone told me the other day that 6 is the age when they have the most physical energy. Not sure where they got that from, they probably made it up to make us all feel better as we have 6 year old boys.

DS is 7 and exactly the same. He loves Lego though and when absorbed will concentrate for an hour or more.

He also has a good verbal flow and talks the hind leg off a donkey. It's fine (if a little wearing at times). Wouldn't mind a olume controller though.