Hyperactivity: Preschooler
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Hyper
Asked by Y.I. from Dallas
on December 6, 2007
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Hi everyone, I have a home daycare and have a child that I have been taking care of for 2 years. He always has been hyper but it is steadily getting worse. It effec...
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- This sounds very familiar as I have a very strong-willed, spirited, energetic son. I was at my wits end, especially with a new baby in the house. I found a fantastic b...
- Diet is one thing that you can alter to see how he does. No artificial colors (especially red) or flavors and limit sugar. Some kids are allergic to apples. There c...
- Hi Y., I know this might sound pretty simplistic, but what is this child eating? I know I have to be careful what I feed my 4 1/2 year old because he is full of ener...
Hyperactive Child
Asked by J.S. from Tampa
on February 16, 2009
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I have a 5 yr old that is very hyperactive. I watch what he eats and try to make sure he gets plenty of play time outside everyday. Does anyone have experiences to sha...
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- Hi, Are you keepong away all sugars and all products which contain any form of sugar?
- You mentioned diet, but that could mean a lot of things. Have you tried or considered a completely gluten free and dairy free diet? The next step could be to completel...
- my son is also hyperactive. We try to make him spend some "alone, quite time" in his room. We make sure that he knows that hes NOT IN TROUBLE... and this is NOT TIME O...
Hyper 4 Year Old
Asked by J.L. from Chicago
on October 2, 2010
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My 4 year old daughter is so hyper at times and I'm starting to loose my patience with her. I'm always telling her to calm down, stop running, ect... what makes it wor...
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- I am not quite sure why everyone always jumps straight to ADHD??? 4 yr olds are "hyper"...little kids have a LOT of energy, period! Enroll her in gymnastics and tak...
- Pay attention to what she eats and how it relates to her behavior. My parents had great suceess with the Feingold diet when my sister was little and extremely hyper. ...
- Kids being active is excellent on many levels. The self-control is what would concern me more. If you mean by hyper, having a hard time focusing on tasks at hand or ...
Hyper 4 Year Old
Asked by E.M. from Louisville
on June 15, 2008
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i have an extremely hyper 4 year old who honestly makes me batty at times. for months my mom has just said oh shes just 4. well she stayed over night last night now my...
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- I read your responses so far, and they're pretty much 'right-on'. First, realize that there's 'ADD' (attention deficit disorder, but that doesn't sound like your daug...
- Honestly I would take a good look at her diet. If you can cut out a lot of the processed food and the RED DYE!!!! that could help a lot. White flour will turn into sug...
- I would also try diet and exercise/structured activities before meds. It is difficult at times to plan healthy snacks. I keep a snack basket full of healthy/semi hea...
Hyper Son
Asked by A. from Lexington
on August 3, 2006
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I have a 4yr. old son and he is so hyper and everything I tell him I have to tell him twice. He is really a good child, but he just seem to get so hyper when he is ar...
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- A.-- Wow...I can totally understand and sympathize with you and your son. I'm a mother of two great kids - 7 and 3. My son who is 7 has been hyper since he was in...
- Hi A.. I can sympathize... my three year old daughter is very energetic and wants constant attention. She's not abnormally hyper around other children, but she does ...
- Good morning, A.! My daughter was just like this also. It is just kids being kids. She grew out of it. We really tried to let her be who she was instead of trying ...
Hyper 4 Year Old
Asked by J.L. from Chicago
on October 2, 2010
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My 4 year old daughter is so hyper at times and I'm starting to loose my patience with her. I'm always telling her to calm down, stop running, ect... what makes it wor...
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- Normally ADHD can not be diagnosed until a child is 6 years old simply because children change as they grow up and hyperactivity typically reduces as a child grows. T...
- You really can't diagonose ADHD until age 5. Both my children has ADD and ADHD, but they were diagonsed at age 6 and 7 years old. My children's school did a wonderfu...
- If she is super hyper, you just have to work harder to wear her out before she wears you out. Some days my kids are more hyper than others so I try to find activities ...
Hyper Toddler
Asked by R.K. from Norfolk
on December 8, 2011
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My son will be 4 next month and he is EXTREMLY hyper. Not only is he physically hyper, but it’s almost as if he is so busy he cannot hear me. I will call his name, ...
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- Hi R., In looking at all your options of what, if anything, is "wrong", you are looking at a) normal development - see posts on where to look to see if that describ...
- You could be describing my son. His ped swears he doesn't have ADHD because he can pay attention one on one (to anyone but me). She told me that when he gets his wor...
- Screaming at him is not the answer, R.. In fact, screaming at him makes it so he doesn't listen. Your son may have ADHD, but he's too young for medication. What h...
Hyper Activity
Asked by K.C. from Denver
on November 3, 2006
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I am wanting to know what could I do for my 7 yr old son who is all the time hyper. He runs around the house, he always wanting to jump on furniture. I will tell him t...
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- Hi K., ADHD ( there is actually a difference between ADD and ADHD) is lot more than just a high energy kid. Most diagnoses start coming when kids are having a lot of ...
- Sometimes diet and an overabundance amount of yeast in the body can cause this along with many other problems. With all of the antibiotics our children are on each ye...
- Hello K., My husband was hyperactive when he was about that age and his mother found out about a diet called "The Finegold Diet." This diet targets salicilates; wh...
My 3 Year Old Doesn't Sleep
Asked by D.C. from Los Angeles
on October 16, 2010
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Please help, I'm so frustrated, I just want to cry. My 3 year old doesn't seem to sleep more than 8-9 hours in a 24 hour period. Aren't kids this age supposed to get...
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- DO NOT LOCK THAT DOOR! Not only is it a safety issue, it's a serious emotionally-crippling issue too! My gut feeling on this is that you are starting the bedtime r...
- Try starting the wind-down routine earlier, like at 7pm. If she has a difficult time with transition, the routine is going to be on the "long" side no matter what. ...
- I have three girls in school. Two in elementary and one in highschool. The two in elementary, I call "Medium Fries". While in elementary, they follow a pretty tight...
3 Year Old Doesn't like Preschool
Asked by N.V. from Boston
on December 24, 2011
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Sorry if this is long...
My son, born June 24, 2008 has been going to a lovely Catholic preschool, the school is pre-k-8th grade. The atmosphere at the school is w...
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- of course you make him go, if he can get away with that now he will do it over and over, stick with it. 3 is young tho is this a half day thing a few days a week if no...
- Why would you have him repeat something he obviously doesn't like? There is no need for preschool. It is a silly concept, if you ask me. Let kids play, and play wit...
- Well, your post leaves out a few things that make it kind of hard to answer. First, does he really just lie there all day not doing anything? Or is he lying down bu...
