My ds just turned 2 at the beginning of April. He is an only child. When he was born he would cry and cry only stopping to feed. He woke every hour through the night until he was almost 10 months old. He improved slightly but still wakes up a fair few times most nights. Not for food or anything, just because he seems unable to stay asleep for long! His behaviour has always been very very demanding. From a few months old, if you we're not quick enough with whatever food/toy he wanted then there would be tantrums. Now his behaviour is getting steadily more disruptive. He is genuinely the loveliest child, very loving and cheeky, but 90% of the time he is just too much for me to cope with. Regardless of situation, he will not sit still, not eat without throwing it around the room, not listen to me AT ALL, do silly things like run out into the middle of the road. He has to climb on everything, pull everything out of every cupboard/drawer and fling it around the room. Regardless of how many times I tell him something, like not to touch the cooker/fishtank etc, he will keep on and on. I cannot go to anyone's house without him taking everything out of all the kitchen cupboards and literally doing everything he shouldn't. I know a lot of it sounds like general toddler behaviour but it really is not imo. I can never sit down for a second. In social situations we leave because he disrupts everything and I end up getting stressed to the point where I'm this close to losing my temper. His speech is slow, but he understands absolutely everything. We tried to go for a BBQ on the beach today and it was a disaster. He just kept running away. Throwing sand in people's faces. Jumping all over people. Screaming and crying when he didn't get his own way. I'm at my wits end. He never stops moving. Even when he's asleep he's constantly moving around. Some people seem to think it could be ADHD. Does anyone have any similar stories? Like I said he is such a lovely boy, just does not seem to be able to control himself. Thankyou if you have read this far. I apologise about the lack of paragraphs, there's no way I can do it on my phone. X
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absentmindeddooooodles · 06/05/2013 21:31
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