Hello - this may be someting or nothing, but I wonder if someone with more experience might advise. Recently I've started to wonder if my 3yo dd, rather than just being a 'livewire' - actually has ADD or something?
She was thrown out of a gymnastics class this morning for basically running off and doing her own thing. The other kids in the same age group were paying attention, and sitting in a circle, forming a line etc. It's the third week and she has been the same since the first week - she just seems to disregard authority and does whatever she feels like!
At first I just thought that it's her strong independent streak (e.g. she insists on dressing herself, going to the loo unaccompanied etc.) - but recently I'm not so sure. We've been to other classes and she was the same, dipping in and out of the activity, running off, messing about, dancing around etc. - I've started to wonder if it's normal as I see other kids her age following instructions better. Incidentally, I've spoken to her about what happened and she just said "I didn't want to listen to the teacher."
Also, she only seems to half listen to things sometimes, like her mind is already on something else even as I'm talking to her.
Getting her to remain sitting in her chair for an entire meal is virtually impossible. She fidgets a lot while eating - we can't seem to get through a meal without some item of cutlery falling on the floor, something getting spilled etc.
Plus, she still scribbles like a baby - I've never seen her draw a face with eyes - just very quickly scribbles over things and does very basic circles. No real shapes, allthough she does recognise different colours. Her friend who is the same age, colours quite well, and I seem to remember her older sister was colouring with concentration at age 3 too. She and her sister are quite different, so I don't know what is just their different personalities, and what might down to something more.
I know a lot of these things could be just that she's not particularly into following rules/structure - but she is due to start nursery school in September and I'm getting a bit nervous about how she'll cope!
She has really good speech and language, a large vocabulary, and talks a lot and in full sentences, and has done since she was 2yo. She seems like a very happy child otherwise, very affectionate, a bit cheeky, not shy at all, and quite sociable. As long as she's doing her own thing!
Should I be a bit concerned?