Ds never still or quiet

[Wobblypig]

Kind of dreading parents' evening in a few weeks because teacher has already made some reference to ds's inability to be still or quiet.
It drives me mad at home as well. He is always doing more than one thing a time, he is always tapping, jiggling, swinging legs . He reads at gold level and above but is so busy telling you about the pictures or heading off at tangents about the texts it is annoying to listen to him read. It is always insightful stuff but makes everything laborious.

Has anyone else had a child like this? How did they cope in schools and did the teachers get really annoyed with them?

I agree it may be normal as in not a pathology but DS is not statistically normal. He is in a boys school and is not typical of his class mates. The teachers in my sons school must be very well-acquainted with boy behaviour and that may be why nothing really bad has been said only passing references to the talking . Today was a particular bad day for us. We asked him endlessly to try 1 minute of quiet he just couldn't do it. It is like a compulsion.he is actually never not making noise.

My Dd age 4 just started in reception is just like this numerous accident reports from nursery can't sit still or shut up even talks in her sleep, but she is a bright thing and is so helpful if I give her set tasks or one to one time

My DS is 8 and never ever shuts up! In his case it is because he has Sensory Processing problems. He is loud because he is covering up small sounds which he finds painful to listen to. He is very distracted by small noises.

DS1 has SPD - sensory Processing disorder and dyspraxia, which may explain the loudness and the constant need for noise, but I still think that fidgeting is a very male activity.
There is probably some logical explanation about developing from neanderthal man and having to keep their eyes open for danger and being on the move catching dangerous wild beasties. While lady neanderthals waited at home, watching far more sedate berries, picking them laboriously.....
Either that or it is modern genetics and they all got it from DH who has to flick channels at every opportunity and doesn't have the patience with any technology that doesn't have the fastest of fast connections.

OP. The bit about reading is a ringer for my DD, just turned 6 and in Y1. We do 30 minutes reading each night, but of that only 10 - 15 minutes is real, proper reading. The fidgiting, the getting distracted by the pictures, the off-tangent questions. Argh! It does my head in.

The constant speaking I get from both DS(8) and DD, and it's hell in stereo!

Auntevil In our house it's DD who's the channel flicker. It drives the rest of us mad.

And yet, they're both okay in school, other than DS writing too slowly, which is an 'argh' all on its own.

We did question a processing problem a while ago. DS needs all his labels cut out of his clothes, has tantrums about ' bumps on his socks' and hates fireworks, airplanes, etc. When was 2 1/2 when a fighter jet went over where we were on holiday. He wouldn't take his hands from his ears for 2 hours and still talks about it now.
He also has a problem with food texture and doesn't eat any meat or sloppy foods.

He sounds a nightmare but he is great fun .

'The Out- of - Sync Child' by Carol Stock Kranowitz is a good read if you think your child has sensory issues. It explains how you can have a child who hates loud noises - but is loud themselves!