I'll join the virtual day spa. I see the subject line here, and think perhaps I wrote it. I don't have any great advice, but I'm thinking of checking out the books listed here on spirited/difficult children. Last night, soon after I explained to someone that DS6, who just finished kindy, would not be attending 1st grade next year but rather 2nd, he had the most atrocious behavior. He was screaming and sobbing because he couldn't find DH's bag (which contained his Nintendo DS), he was screaming and trying to boss me around because he couldn't get the food onto his fork just so, etc. When he was out of earshot, I tried to explain to my friend about asynchronous development, along with lack of sleep because it was the last week of school. I felt quite sheepish. I am hopeful that much of this sensitivity will subside when he gets a bit more sleep, but for some reason he keeps waking up earlier and earlier every day!

Good luck TwinkleToes!