OK, so I’m not after getting my LG diagnosed or anything like that I am just really curious to see if anyone has had similar experiences with toddlers and then gone on to find out that they have ADHD at a later stage…
My LG is almost 19 months, and I know at this age they can be full of energy, and all toddlers and different etc, but I really haven’t met a toddler with some much energy before. Friends and family members have called their children hard work to me before and said they’re non-stop but my LG is on a whole new level. It’s got to the stage where I have to really consider where we go, it is only possible for us to go anywhere if there is a place where she can run around without hurting herself or escaping. This makes going for food difficult, the park etc.
She never plays with anything for more than a couple of minutes and it constantly running from toy to toy, emptying her toy boxes and bookshelves and climbing on furniture. She can’t sit still for me to read a book, will only join in with painting/ drawing etc for a couple of minutes. If we go to the park she doesn’t enjoy it she just runs from one thing to another and doesn’t actually want to play on anything.
She literally never stops still unless she’s asleep. Which is not much tbh as she stopped napping months ago, apart from the odd day where she will nap, and takes almost two house to go to sleep each night - breastfeeding- as she’s never had a bottle and she still wakes up in the night.
I love her so much and hopefully she’s just got a lot of energy and once she’s older we will be able to find hobbies to burn some of this but I’m just looking for other peoples opinions and experiences xx