5 year old boys are indeed a handful. My best friend had similar troubles with her son - then she enrolled him in football. The exercise gives him a release of energy and the coach and other parents and even the kids give him positive reinforcement that he's one of the team and needed and all that. It's given him something to talk about over dinner and though he was extremely nervous about starting (and to be honest he hated the first week), he now loves it. It is something HE does that no one else in the family does, something he is proud of and something that knocks him off his feet and into bed early after a game

 

hi there my son was excatly the same we now found out nearly 11 of age the he has a disabilty and ADHD ,the disabilty is that when told or asked to do something usuakky he understands the first bit than he its a blurr the rest he has alot of problems with anger ,right behind in school ,emoitional pain.He sees a social worker school social worker and phyciatrtist it been a long running to find out all this as they done several tests such as IQ test and thats how there discovered this.Plus my son has been sexually abused and thats another thing as  well.But the ADHD is genetic as i couldnt understand why as my son has had  knifes to me and  hitting me in face i thought he was just a naughty little boy but i did outrule as i done all the diet thing and looked on what enviorment changes such changes ect.But as u said the last few weeks maybe hes going few the boys stage as they do tend to build an attitude but you will know if its not right as u will see other boys on what they do and get up to than u will look at what your son is doing ,and its true YOU are the one that will know if something is wrong it always comes to a mother .My son had started these problems age 3 up but i suspected earlier than that well good luck there alot of sites to get good information from

Your son most certainly isn't too young to be diagnosed with adhd at all! I think it would be advisable that you go get a second opinion and take him to a specialist who deals in childrens brain functions (not saying he's warped)
My nephew who is now 15 (i think) was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 4 yrs old. He had diet change, which didn't work, he had something else which didn't work and then resorted to medication, which has finally worked, and he now no longer needs to take it!
Just let him be, give him space to play with his toys, pick him up and make him apologise when he's rude to others and last but not least, get your doctor to write you a referral to a specialist!  (not a paediatrician)

Have you treyed talking to him and asking him whats wrong, Not with everybody there by himself. Maybe someone has done something to make him act this way, that you don't yet know about. Older kid hurting him
Older parent, friends?????
 Thats all i can offer, 5 year olds Generally lash out for a reason. Not because they just wanna. Has he seen someone doing this, acting this way.

I have been having similar troubles with my 5yo boy. He is very emotional and as opposed to your little boy, Jacob has a habit of crying over practically nothing and doing the good old "everybody hates me" and "I'm just a stupid kid" and "it's all my fault". This has actually been going on for a few months now and I think it started because I had my third baby early last year. On top of Jacob starting kindy, Josh(2) has started walking, talking etc and Jeremy is now 10 mths and crawling etc too... because of all this Jacob has been getting less attention in the past 12 months and after having had 3 and half years as only child I think this is probably the main cause of his attitude problems. I believe most of the time when kids act out it's due to their desire for attention. However, I would also check out where he's getting the words from and make sure there are no other influences leading to this behaviour, ie problems at school or childcare and actions of other family members towards your child. It may be that it's coming from an older child such as a class mate or cousin or even sibling. I hope something I've said is helpful and if you ever do want a chat I'm nearly always around lol
all the best.. Hope he outgrows this stage soon.
x Sarah

SWEETY you know your child I would keep perservering till some-one takes notice......Have you looked at his diet? I know u probably have,just trying to help.Is there something going on his life that could be stressing him? If eveything is normal around him and he is not responding to any of your methods I would keep requesting  medical assistance---assesments get refferals to behaviourl specialists dont take no for an answer.let us know how you go hugs Merle