Only child EXTREMELY demanding of attention

[sunnydays]

I wouldn't give time-outs for things like tattling as it is annoying, but not serious compared to hitting, etc. I would tend to ignore attention seeking as much as possible unless it is dangerous or harmful to others. As for the question asking, that is pretty normal for a 3 year old...my 3 year oldasks a lot of questions too and if I can't answer I will tell him I am busy right now and will answer later, but when I can, I simply answer them because he actually just wants to know; they sound like ridiculous questions, but for him they are real questions he has (the why is extremely common at this age).

[Spixie33]

Actually....the child development guides for 3 year olds say that one of the characteristic of a 3 year old is

"Why questions" and lots of questions in general. This is a natural milestone/time for every 3 year old and some kids go through it more than others. My older son never really asked much but when my daughter hit 3 she asked me stuff all the time about EVERYTHING. I would get annoyed with her because I didn't understand it...but once I learned more about child development I saw that it was actually her just being a normal 3 year old and that it was in manuals as a normal part of developmnent

A lot of what you are describing actually sounds like a list of the normal development listed for 3 year olds so no worries.

It can be testing your patience but it helps to know that he is actually pretty normal. text book even