Re: ADHD at age three?


Anonymama wrote:
> In article <435586d4$0$564$b45e6eb0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> kevles@xxxxxxx (Beth Kevles) wrote:
>
> > Hi --
> >
> > Have him screened if other parents think it's useful at such a young
> > age. But also look closely at his diet. My younger son was very wild
> > at age three. Once we cut out dairy protein and red dye #40 (his
> > personal food intolerances/allergies) his behavior IMMEDIATELY calmed
> > down. Within 48 hours. It was amazing.
>
> Hmmm. He does love cheese. I can't think of any artificial dyes he gets,
> or at least not regularly.
> >
> > Some children just are very active, and outgrow it as they settle into
> > formal schooling. Other kids do have an underlying problem. Do YOU
> > think your child has a problem, absent what the school had to say?
>
> Yes. He's my only one (so far) so I don't have much to compare him with,
> but I've noticed that he's consistently the wildest kid in his
> playgroup, his gym class, at the park, in music class...
>
> He has problems with impulse control. He'll hit other kids -- not out of
> anger, but out of excitement -- and know he's done the wrong thing, and
> be sad about it, but he just... can't... stop himself. We do all the
> various things Parents Should Do when their kids hit, and it's helped
> somewhat, but he seems to have stalled out a bit.
>
> He also can be a real sweetheart. He loves hugging, is very gentle with
> babies, loves reading... well, yeah, he's great. But his problems with
> impulse control make him sad, and that makes me sad for him.
> --
> Sara
> accompanied by TK, number two, due in April of 2006

You truly sound like a wonderful and loving mother. :-)

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