What Is This Behavior?

It doesn't sound too worrisome to me. It makes me wonder if there's a way to create a more meaningful outlet for the noises.. like maybe he's super musically gifted and could harness his sounds/energy into some amazing composition?! Just a thought :)

Sounds like it is just a bad habit. I work in an elementary school and have come to accept that kids are noisy. Plain and simple noisy. Some more than others...

Well, I have to seay I am glad to hear that someone else's son does it. My son staarted around 5 or 6 yrs old. he will walk around, circle the table or something and make these noises. He says it helps him think. My son is 13 and extremely smart. He loves to read about history, specifically military. He wants to join when he is older but they won't take him since he has a bleeding disorder. (am I a horrible mother because I am glad? I won' have to worry about him being killed at war). He thinks constantly about WW1 and WW2, and watches the Military History Channel.

It drives me nuts when he is doing it. he is in the kitchen now and I can hear him. Pphw, pphw, pphw. BTW, my son has an incredible imagination as well. He loves Legos and takes kits, builds them, then takes them apart and repurposes the pieces. He builds some pretty cool stuff.

Just so you know, my AUTISTIC daughter is quite affectionate. She makes some eye contact although it's extremely uncomfortable and difficult for her. Many, many children/people with Autism can make eye contact. As a mother to a daughter with ASD, it really hit a button that you think people with ASD aren't affectionate. They are. They are also very, very imaginative. Think Mozart, Van Gogh, Bill Gates, Einstein. All autistics.

Anyway, it just sounds to me as if your son could possibly be on the ADHD spectrum. But you haven't really given enough details besides the fact that he's high energy, makes a lot of noises, is irritating, and has a wild imagination. He could be a typical high energy child or he could have a touch of ADHD. Make an appointment with a Pediatric Neurologist that specializes in ADD/ADHD and other disorders and have him evaluated especially if these behaviors interfere with school work and day to day life.

If his behaviors DO NOT interfere with his schooling or day to day life then I wouldn't worry about it. Work on his manners and be consistent with them, and work on his discipline.

My son has always done that. He's ADHD-c, but it's not classic ADHD behavior. It's related, because he hyperfocuses on sound, but hyperfocus can latch onto anything. Literally anything. No, he only knows he doing it sometimes (aka even if asked to stop, he'll keep on or start again not knowing he has). Sometimes he's doing it on purpose / because it's fun, other times just because he's doing something else that requires concentration and its soothing background stuff.

My 6 yr old son makes a lot of noises too. He is also not autistic. After seeing all of the boys on his Tball team acting similarly, I'm starting to think it's just typical little boy behavior.

Not enough information to really say but my son used to do that and it is very much part of his Autism spectrum disorder.

Your son could also be bored.

He may be trying to get your goat.

You might want to read about vocal tics and see if any of that seems to apply.

Has he had strep? If so I would also read about PANDAS or PANS as it is now referred to.

who knows.
Try asking your Pediatrician.

My son is 5. He goes through phases of that.
But he is mostly SO talkative anyway and noisy. But in a 5 year old boy way. So expressive he is!
RIGHT NOW... he is singing and making up his own words to a piano tune.
And making farting noises with his mouth.
And laughing.
And all at the SAME time...
Then making the noises "for" his sister, on purpose.
And now he is ALSO making boom boom shooting sounds with his mouth in between singing his made-up song and playing the piano.... and he is also having a made-up dialogue with his Super Heros that he propped up on the piano too, at the same time.

I don't tell my son to stop, unless I want quiet.

My son is not diagnosed as/for anything.
He is 5.
Never has had any problems, in or out of school, concentrates well and all that jazz.
He is just really expressive and creative and imaginative.

omg my son is just like that (at 5 1/2)!!! oooooh...grrrr! eh-eh-eh-eh-eh (machine gun sounds?) i don't know. but yes. mine is also a totally normal kid, very high energy. no issues whatsoever but is NEVER still, and is NEVER quiet lol. i get the grunts, chanting, repeating a little 4-note tune over and over again - loop, repeat, loop, repeat, just CONSTANT...he has done this since about age 2-3, but it is increasing as he gets older lol. glad to know i'm not the only one!

-and i have no idea how to get him to stop. i can get him to quiet the volume but only momentarily....good luck!

We are in the process of having our 7 yo evaluated for ADHD. We're pretty sure of the H.

He doesn't do this specifically, but it sounds like something he WOULD do, either because it was an auditory fidget OR because it annoyed Mom and Dad. My thought - it could be either one.

Also, he may have a story going on in his head and these are just the special effects.

Try a visual cue. If your son makes these noises at the supper table, for example, print up a laminated card with either a picture of a finger help up to the lips in a "shhhh" sign, or the words "table conversation in words only, please. no chants or noises". Just hold up the sign (make it really bright and clear).

Make a hand signal that you and he recognize, like hold your hand open and gradually bring your hand to a closed fist position (not in a violent way, but much in the same way a choir conductor might close his hand to signal a choir to stop). Role play with him to practice silence when he sees that sign.

See if your son can respond to that kind of cue. Try teaching him there is a place for fun noises and chanting phrases, and a place for quieter conversation. That might help you determine if he's just snakes and snails and puppy dogs' tails, or if he needs some professional intervention.

Also, make sure that you are asking him to stop for the right reasons. Not just when you're doing laundry and could just use a break, but when people are talking, or watching tv, or eating, or when it's time for him to be reading or calming down for sleep. Make sure his active behavior is allowed, just at the right times, and in the right circumstances.

Have you ever seen the show The Middle (sitcom)??? Check it out... one of their children self talks... it's a very funny show. :)

A vocal tic? You could mention it to his doctor and go from there.

Hi V.,

I liked Elena's answer about visual cues. I have a five year old boy and hand/sign cues really help. I believe my quick signal kept him from wiping something from his nose on the optometrist's chair today during his eye exam. :)

I don't know if this will help you, but here's a list of 'typical' seven year old behaviors from a good website. This is a standard list of developmental milestones and behavior/activity to somewhat expect:

http://www.allthedaze.com/development7.html

I do think kids have a pretty short-term memory, esp. if they get fixated on doing something. My son makes humming noises sometimes when he eats, and even being reminded, will stop for a few minutes and do it again. He's gone through his fourth eval today (he's got an eye-contact issue which we're going to start vision therapy for. A diagnosis at last!) and he's 'typical' in every other way. Try not to look too hard for big problems. The teachers would have told you if they felt there was something concerning about your little guy.:)

My son has Aspergers/ADHD and is like that, constantly making noises. Sometimes it's like he has more sounds in his vocabulary than a normal person(expects me to know that a siren sound means stop), other times it's been a sound effect(pretending to drive a toy car), but mostly it's like a nervous habit. He doesn't always know that he's doing it, and is even bothered by other people's sounds.

We're OK with it at home, and deal with it by sending him to a different room, playing music or turning on the tv to distract him(and letting him stand on a balance board at the same time if he can't sit still), or handing him a lollipop. However, at school it was causing major problems. They had to send him out of the class if he was too loud, do all his testing in a separate classroom so he wouldn't distract the other kids, and also tried a necklace for him to chew on as an alternate habit.
We ended up trying ADHD meds, and the difference was dramatic. It's like someone turned his volume down!

tourette's syndrome? Does he do it worse when he is stressed or upset? Look it up and see if his personality fits in more detail.

My sons werent real crazy like that, but my two grandsons were pure madness, always making noises and always on the move. I think it's pretty normal. They are 6 and 8 now, but the toddler years were pretty funny, noisy and dramatic.