4 year old "feeds"off others and goes crazy

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by Rach4400

My son is quite crazy whilst in the company of other children , it's like he just can't handle the excitement / adrenaline pumping through his veins!! He becomes almost delirious at times!! The noise level in the way of squealing - shouting etc is constant and draining... He does mad things to grab anyone's attention any which way he can -being the first to laugh at himself!! He is 4 and starts school in Sept. It's so hard to be in the company of others and keep him from causing a manic/hypo situation amongst all the children. How do we calm him down or get through to him at this very difficult age????

It is hard to say without knowing why he is that way. My son gets excited and bounces from one activity to another when we have other kids over. It turns out he has sensory processing disorder. I used to think it was ADHD, but so far it apparently isn't.

[malamute]

That is very typical of a 4 year old.

That's the age they start making friends and wanting to fit in socially. The natural way I think to fit in socially is to imitate others.