Just started Year 1 - what happened to my child?

[FuntimeFelicity]

Ds1 has just started Year 1 (he's one of the older ones) and it's like aliens have kidnapped him and replaced him with another child. And not in a good way .

He's moody, stroppy, often rude, teary, angry - so different to my usual enthusiastic, mostly polite and amiable child. We're getting proper screaming tantrums and he's not had those for well over 2 years .

1. He's tired, but is sleeping 7pm-7am.
2. He's got a teacher who's new to the school and setting up routines of her own but he loves school and likes his teacher. He's not in any trouble at school.
3. His best friend has moved area (and so schools) but, even though he's missing his friend, he's lucky in that he makes friends easily and his class 'get on' more than most so he's never without someone to play with.
4. His diet is good and he eats well.

I know change is often hard but his behaviour at home is so marked and extreme that I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing.

Any thoughts/anyone else with a similar situation?

normal.

sorry

get hin to bed earlier if you can

oh and it does get better when they get used to it.

until towads the end of half term when the aliens make another visit... every end of half term..

Mine too. He's never been the best of children but we appeared to have made lots of progress over summer. One week back at school (also year one) and it's like we've been set back by months. Ds is also one of the oldest in his class.

We went through a period of stroppy, whingeing child when DS that age. Occurred every six months or so. More or less grew out of it.

Also, consider whether he's really trying to keep it together at school all day. Exhausted by time home, knows you're safe loving place to be, and just drops trying to keep it all together. You're the safe place where he can let down guard, etc.

DD has just gone in to YR1 and has taken on the persona of a stroppy teen with attitude . I already have a real one of those so all in all tis very wearing.

Mine too!

My DS has just started Yr1 and can be a real stroppy, grumpy so and so. He loves school, has friends, enjoys it, but i think the change from Rec to Yr 1 is quite difficult. Its much more structure, its much more learning and routines rather than playing and play led learning and i think he is just tired. He goes to bed at 7pm most evenings and i often have to drag him out of bed at 7.30 in the morning.

I make sure we have quiet time at home in the evening, we sit and watch a bit of telly, read a book, have lots of cuddles etc and i try not to get too engaged/upset/angry when he seems to just want to pick fights as i know he is tired.

Thanks for the replies .

We're in Wales so it's still much more play based/child led than in England, but I agree that he just lets rip when his guard drops as he comes out of school.

stroppy teen with attitude - that's exactly it Hobsnobs . And similar in the amount of food he's consuming !

Right, better get him into bed.

We are in Wales too funtime, DD is eating like a horse and her appetite is usually sparrow like.

Mind you, bedtimes are a doddle . His head hits the pillow and he's out for 12 hours straight, bliss.

Same here!! Have a v gentle sweet boy (6 in dec). Barely raised my voice to him all summer. Suddenly he seems to have been replaced with a stroppy teenager. He's being really silly and frankly quite annoying most nights at the moment! Let's hope they all settle down soon!

Snap! We're in Wales too, I think they get even more worn out by this 'learning though play'.

My son was much the same for the first couple of weeks of Y1. He's now in the third week and back to his usual, cheery happy self. Change however insignificant it seems to me is always hard on him and it always takes him a while to regain his confidence. In the mean time he's irritable, difficult and generally not fun to be around. It's so nice to have my loving, snuggly co-operative boy back :D

We had far more problems with our DC when they started yr1 than any other year.

You don't know how good it is to hear that it's not just my child .