My DS (3.3) has always been alert from a very young baby. At 4-5 months old he would only have 3 half hour naps a day and didn't have longer ones until he was crawling at 10 months. He has slept through the night from 13 weeks though but will not get up past 6-6.30, ever, no matter what he has done the day before or what time he went to bed (even new year when he went to bed at 1.30am).
My nan said the other day that she thinks DS is hyperactive. She said she doesn't think anything is wrong but its like he has too many e numbers even though I restrict sweets and he doesn't drink juice or anything.
I dismissed it and think he is like any other toddler but there are a few things that I am now beginning to question, although I may not have done before.
He is very much on the go, all the time. He is like it from 6-6.30 when he wakes up. I have M.E. and really struggle with mornings but after DH has gone to work, he just will not go and play in his room for even 15 minutes on his own without coming in to me/asking me when I am getting up/calling from his room etc.
He talks non stop, unless the tv is on. He was an early talker anyway and is at the questioning stage but I actually told him to shut up this morning 
because it is relentless. I live for the times he is at nursery now and feel very guilty about it, but the peace is great.
He seems to be developing a real problem with listening to us. We tell him something, and he says he is going to do it anyway, or carries on doing it, watching us for a reaction. I feel like all I am doing is telling him off. He always says sorry and he won't do it again, but he always does. He knows the rules, like no throwing things in the house etc, but he will completely ignore us and carry on. We are pretty strict with him and I won't put up with him doing things he knows he isn't allowed to but I am fed up of having to tell him off all the time.
It makes me sad as he is a lovely boy. People are always complementing me on his manners and he is a very loving boy, to those he likes. He is very 'funny' with some children for absolutely no reason and if he decides he doesn't like them, he will barge into them or push them.
He will sit and do crafty things though, if you sit with him so I think how can he be hyperactive but after my nan saying it, I am now questioning it.
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My nan thinks DS is hyperactive. I thought he was a normal toddler, now I'm not so sure. :-( Please Help!
CrapBag · 27/05/2011 21:21
He sounds just like my DS1 who has always been a bit of a handful - even now at nearly 5 but I have never considered him to be hyperactive....just 'active' iyswim.
He sounds lovely and some children are just like that - doesn't mean there is anything wrong.
It is only since DS2 has come along that I realise that some children are 'easier' than others 
Oh yes, DS1 slept through from about 4 weeks...and I often comforted myself with the fact that I would rather have a child that slept well 
Thanks for the tips.
We bought some games the other day from the ELC as they were half price and DS loves them! I just wish I had thought about how annoying it is to have to set up the kerplunk style game, it takes bloody ages!!
I really like the stairs idea.
Errrr he's a 3 year old .
3 year old boys need exercising twice a day- get outside as much as you can. There are less rules to enforce outside.
He'll settle down, give it a year or so.....
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