Mood changes in 9 year old son?

Question

My son is 9 and he gets upset really easily over such little things.

I have taken him to doctors and done some counselling a few years ago but they said it is normal behaviour. Just attention seeking nothing to worry about. His emotions somedays are very hard to deal with.

His moods change so quickly he gets upset very easily over almost anything. He can go from laughing with other children to crying in a split second because someone has done something or said something to upset him. I understand that to some extent this sort of behaviour is normal but now that other people are starting to comment about it I am starting to wonder.

I'm not sure he's sleeping properly either even though he is a deep sleeper and sleeps 10 -12 hrs a night he still seems to wake up tired & grumpy. Is he getting too much sleep?

He just seems so down sometimes but other times he's so happy then something small can make him sad again.

Anyone have a child who upsets easily?

all advice appreciated

Answer 1

I'm not going to tell you my story about my son when he was 9, now he is 15 teen.  All I have to say is he is growing up and his hormones are going WACKO!!!  What you can do is put him into counseling now, or it will get worse later.  Believe me I know and peer pressure is another thing your son will be going through.  Your son maybe not be sleeping properly because like I said peer pressure from kids.  Why don't you sleep with him in his room or have him sleep in your room to see what is going on.  And keep notes just in case you do see a counselor.

Answer 2

I guess ny first question is are there and other siblings in the house if there is,is he the youngest, middle,or oldest? I have three boys ages ranging from 11 to 5 and they are all very different but it has been my experancethat some times they just need some mammy and me time.Plan some thing fun for you two to do.Something that he likes to do. Even try sports I also found that all my boys love some kind of sports. butthe best one so far that they all get equal playing time and don't feel left out is soccer.I hope this works and Good Luck

Answer 3

my 6 year old is doing this same thing and he is also retracted back to having accidents at night.  I also have taken him to counseling and to different doctors and they all tell me the same thing as you have been told.  

I'm kinda thinking that my son's behavior is because he was the only child for 5 years and then a little brother comes along and he feels as if he is being pushed aside(which we aren't doing at all) and when I mentioned this to our doctor she agreed that this may be some of the reasoning but she also ran some tests just to be safe and found out that he has an over-active bladder and his accidents that he is having at night is he believes that he is in the bathroom going and really he is still in his bed.

The other thing I can say with your child is be patient and talk to him as much as you can about what is going on and if there is anything bothering him that he can always come to you and won't be judged or criticized for whatever it is.  I don't know if the sleeping too much would have a factor in this behavior or not but I would bring it up to his doctor next time he goes in for anything.

Every one wanted to put the title of ADHD or autistic on my son and the doctor flat out told me that is NOT the case at all.  My son is just more sensitive then most children(gets this from me) and wants everyone to be his friend and when someone doesn't want to play with him or something like that he gets upset and I just have to sit down with him and talk to him about different people have different views on things and not everyone is going to his friend.

So just hang in there and I think it should get better for I know it is with my son, I put aside one day a week and it is just him and I and we do whatever he wants to do, no matter what it is and this has helped him to realize that he is still most important in my life.

Answer 4

you are not alone. my son is 10. he is normally a happy, well behaved child. but for the last few weeks or so, he has been really grumpy.he will be fine, me or his father simply ask him to pick something up, he gets mad, ask him to do his chores, he gets mad. he is even getting to the point where he is refusing to do his homework. he told his teacher he was not going to do it. well, now he is mad because he has to stay in a recess to do it.  he got really upset saturday night because the people at petco said it wasnt a good idea to add a new parakeet to the 4 i have now. mine are all older. (wanted to get me another one for mothers day) he was crying. i tried talking to him, and explaining it to him. but it did no good. alot of his problem is his teacher. i have talked to so many people about it. i took him to the dr. last week, and i was told the same thing. that he is just being a boy, he is growing up, and trying to find newways to express his anger. he knows he can talk to us about anything. no mater what it is. a couple of weeks ago, he kept geting hit and kicked by a little girl. she was also threatening to stab him in the leg with a pencil. teacher would not do anything, because she did not see anything happen. once again, i went thru all the meetings. was told my son was just making things up to get attention, and that he was in no danger of being harmed. well, about a week ago, she was trheatening him again, he got sick of it, so he grabbed hte pencil out of her hand, and broke it, then she kicked him really hard in his leg. he yelled, (because it hurt), and kicked her back. hard. he is the one that got in trouble. is you son having problems with a bully, or the teacher? that is where i think my sons attitude change is coming from. best of luck to you.

Answer 5

this could be bi polar