My daughter is 5.5 years old and just gone into Year 1. Since she was about 2/3, I have spoken to her nursery and then at primary about her behaviour at home, which they have always seems quite surprised by because she's always been well behaved there and is very smart/loves to learn. She got put in an 'advanced readers' group in Reception because she reads so well as an example.
At home she is very tough to deal with (don't get me wrong we have lovely moments too), but I'm struggling. She doesn't often listen or follow instruction, even if this is for her own safety. She will just point blank refuse, or pretend she can't hear me/ignore me and continue doing it.
She gets extremely angry over small things, to the point where she will hit herself at times and say things like 'I'm so stupid, I don't know what's wrong with me' or 'I don't know how to be calm'. To be clear, I've never called her stupid or used any wording like that. When she's having these meltdowns I really try to be calm with her, breathing and then a hug when she's ready and watching these meditation videos they've used at school.
She will hit me and her dad alot, she's kicked, hit, thrown things at me. Thrown things in general. She has spat at times (although thankfully not as often as the hitting). She'll rip things up she's drawn/made when getting angry.
In shops, she just bolts off and just cannot seem to want to be in one for any period of time. Sometimes if I really need to take her with me, I just have to entertain her by little her watch something on the tablet. Same with restaurants etc on the rare occasion we go to ones.
I could go on..
Does anyone have similar experiences and found that their LO had something like ADHD?
Thank you x