My ds1 was 5 in November. He is in reception. He really struggles with his behaviour in the afternoons and I THINK it is because he's over tired. However, it could be something else. When I say struggles I mean he is very disobedient, doesn't listen, distracts other kids, messes about and gets very silly etc. He does have a slight tendency towards this anyway, but manages to keep it under control in the mornings with a warning. It seems that nearly every day something is going on in the afternoon with him. I went on a school trip with him on Wednesday and saw this behaviour for myself. I was quite shocked. He got a bit hyper after lunch (cheese sandwich and a yoghurt) and then 'crashed' around 2.30, v v tired, then started being really naughty running away from me on train platform, kicking and screaming when I got him back again. He does not behave like this at the weekend, but we don't really start our weekends at 9am, mornings pretty chilled out and then he can rest in pm if we have done something 'big' in the morning, so there's never a time he has a whole day on the go. (We have 2 year old twins as well who nap in the pm, so there is always that quiet time when he's at home).
I'm not sure what the school and I can do to help him. At the moment the school have to isolate him into another class a lot, he is constantly being told off. This seems to be escalating the behaviour rather than solving it. His teacher seems to quite like him (he is a really sweet boy when he is being 'himself'), but I don't think she is very good at handling that extreme behaviour in the pm.
Any help would be v much appreciated. I am tearing my hair out!
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MerryMarigold · 18/03/2011 12:14
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