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26 months little girl always on the move

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Ladybug1235 · 14/03/2025 08:37

Hi everybody
My little girl is 26 months and have been told by her daycare teacher that she is always on the move and doesn’t sit still for meals . She talks a bunch and they see it as hyper verbal . She does it at home when other people are in the room but I thought it was her way of showing off .
Long story short she’s showing symptoms of adhd and I know at the age they overlap with toddler behaviours.
She is not aggressive in any way and seeks hugs when she knows she has been naughty . She engages with her peers and shares her toys with them . She always follows directions and instructions when told ( age appropriate of course ) . She helps tidying up her toys at the end of the day . She sleeps like a log and tantrums lasts no more than a couple of minutes . I can go a get a quick shower that she would sit on the couch watching telly and I would find her still there when I come out .

Any of you parents recognise these symptoms in their child and then eased off as the years went by or not ?

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UpUpUpU · 14/03/2025 12:52

2 is a wild age! I would not worry OP. People bat the term ADHD around so much these days. Toddlers are all individual and are learning lots of new skills but without the regulation needed of these skills. It makes me sad that kids cannot just be high energy kids anymore without a label.

CornishSkipper · 14/03/2025 12:47

Nothing unusual.

pinkdelight · 14/03/2025 12:47

She sounds like a lovely kid. Being on the go and talkative is not a symptom, it's who she is. Not a bad thing to be vigilant for if there are genuine issues down the line, but not everything needs to be pathologised at such an early stage of development. Kids are energetic and chatty. You'd be worried if she wasn't.

Anonym00se · 14/03/2025 12:45

She sounds like a perfectly normal two year old! Mine never stopped talking all day long, or sat still at that age. By the time she was a teen I couldn’t get a word out of her! She’s an adult now and talks an average amount. I do think these days that nursery settings look for problems where there are none.

I also have a DS who was a whirling dervish as a toddler, but a perfectly ordinary adult now.

If you are not concerned about her behaviour then I’m sure she’s fine. Mum knows best.

ilparadodosdoltos · 14/03/2025 12:44

This all sounds very normal to me. Has someone else described her behaviour as ‘symptoms’? My child was incredibly energetic at that age and still is, but age-approximately. By all means keep an eye, but nothing there sounds out of the ordinary.

Oioisavaloy27 · 14/03/2025 12:41

Sounds normal to me!