Child Moaning a lot

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Hi Everyone

I would like to hear form anyone who has had their child go through periods of

moaning and being very grumpy all the time. I have a son who is now over 4 yrs

and it is most out of character, but recently he spends a lot of time just

running off and moaning when things don't go exactly as he might have planned

them. This can include things like not getting biscuits when he wants to

un-known things that completely baffle us. I suspect it is due to frustration at

not being able to adequately ask for things, but he is manding a lot at other

times. I guess he feels it is easier to try and obtain things himself, but this

is a regression, he never used to do this even when his manding skills were not

so good. I feel torn: I obviously want to find out what it is he wants, but

this kind of reinforcers the moaning, which I really feel I should not pay too

much attention to. It is most definitely a new behaviour that I have not seen in

him before. Sometimes he comes into the room and then just runs off moaning. I

think that sometimes he likes things to just be a certain way, like where people

are sitting at the table and this can spark his mood off. His self-stim

behaviour has also increased. He seems utterly miserable and I find this

upsetting. Any ideas anyone? What might I do?

Thanks

Bev