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Fidgeting 3.7 yo DD

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hopingitgetsbetter · 17/10/2010 17:24

I'm worried about my DD, 3.7, who fidgets all the time. While watching TV, for example, she has her fingers in her mouth, she gets up and down, she picks things up and puts them down... While eating she is on and off her chair.
When I google fidgeting, loads of ADHD pages come up. Does anyone have a normal child who fidgets all the time? Will she grow out of it?
So worried, very grateful for any feedback!

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brokeoven · 17/10/2010 17:28

Yup, mine was and is exactly the same.

I ahve asked health visitor, and have asked teachers who tell me that ds is "simply the boy who cant sit still".

He doesnt have any kind of attention disorder.

We have accepted it as jsut the way he is, he is a fidler and a fidgeter. While it can be irritating, its not a problem.

AND it has got less as he has gont older.
hth x

brokeoven · 17/10/2010 17:31

Do you find yourself comparing her to her peers? I did and you end up tying yourself in knots because ds was SO very different to all of his peers. Family told me there was something wrong with him, i stopped going out for long lengths of time as i couldnt cope with it.
But now he is great my little fidget bum Smile

hopingitgetsbetter · 17/10/2010 19:35

Thanks. Anyone else have a fidgeter? Still feeling worried!

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mollymax · 17/10/2010 19:39

My 9 year old dd is a real fidget.
She has traits of ADD, but nothing confirmed.
We just love her how she is :)

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