Just looking for a bit of advice re my son. I have a tendency to overthink things so thought I'd see what the wise mnetters think.
DS is 5 and a half and in reception. He's a bright child with great communication skills but sometimes I feel things aren't quite right.
He gets very angry, very quickly over the slightest thing, i.e. If he doesn't like what's for dinner or if a Lego model breaks slightly. He will growl and stamp his feet, throw a tantrum and occasionally hit myself or DH. I struggle with this because we're not an "angry" family. We don't smack, we use time outs or take away cartoon time at the end of the day. We're live comfortably so whilst he doesn't get everything he wants he certainly isn't neglected in anyway. He gets trips away etc. I'm not trying to make us sound perfect, we're not, but I just don't understand where all his anger comes from given his background.
He hates loud noise. I can't ever use a handdryer or my mixer around him, he puts his fingers in his ears and shouts till it stops.
He had eczema as a baby / toddler which cleared up but he's always complaining of being itchy.
He fidgets constantly. He never stops moving but at the same time hates sports. He refuses to learn to ride a bike, struggles with balance beams even if they are on the floor, and is really, really, really slow coming down stairs.
He talks or makes random noises all the time. The only thing that seems to stop that (because i do mean all the time and it's exhausting) is if we put music or audiobooks on.
His attention span is pretty good and he's like a sponge in how well he remembers things. He's ahead of others in his class in reading and maths.
Friendship wise he tends to latch onto one child and form a tight bond with them. He isn't a social butterfly and he doesn't like it when he gets lots of kids following him around (which seems to happen a lot ,his teacher said he's a leader type).
Does he seem normal to you?