And I am not handling it well! I feel totally blindsided by it. He was/ used to be/ hopefully still is a very sweet, kind hearted, gentle boy.
Lately he is rude, dismissive, rolling his eyes, says hurtful things and generally impatient and frustrated.
He has two younger sisters. The four year old annoys him and he adores the toddler. Which I guess is pretty normal but it saddens me he’s so rude/ impatient with the four year old.
I don’t know how to talk to him/ get through to him. He used to respond well to switching round what he’d done in any given situation and asking him how he’d feel if X had done that to him. Now he rolls his eyes and says “I don’t care” or “whatever”. He’s six! It’s like his going on 15.
Is this a normal kind of phase or should I be concerned? I don’t handle it well - should I be more patient (whilst still setting boundaries?) I mostly feel shocked at how unpleasant he is so tend to really tell him off.
He’s just been diagnosed with absence seizures and we have a neurology appointment soon.