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Very easily distracted DD (8), anyone else got one or just me??

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yorkshirelass79 · 15/09/2006 14:17

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

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MamaG · 15/09/2006 14:18

She sounds exactly like my DD who is 7. I tell her to go brush her hair, 10 mins later I go to find her and she's laid on her bed with a book, or playing with toys in the sink. I'm going to watch this with interest to see if it is just a phase...

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yorkshirelass79 · 15/09/2006 14:28

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MamaG · 15/09/2006 14:30

It's very frustrating - on a morning, I get both kids ready before I leave for work (DS is 2) so I need her to get herself ready while I sort myself and DS - drives me potty and I end up finishing dressing her - gritted teeth, dragging jumper over head and the like.

Another thing she does is, I'll send her upstairs for somehting and she'll re-appear going "err, what did you want again"

Grrr!

normalflora · 15/09/2006 14:36

Just like mine, who is 6! This morning was typical - tell hre to find bunches, and within 3 secs she had found a pic she needed to look at....I have to use the words "concentrate on what you're doing" every few mins!!

We often are late for school, and I think she has no concept of lateness, as the dawdling on the street does not change no matter how late we are. As she was changing in to her PE clothes in the corridor this morning (soooo late that we missed registration etc and PE had started) she still found time to stop what she was doing and tell me something important about the way the chairs in her new classroom look!

I've decided to do some play with her this weekend to see if she can

walk and talk at the same time and
see if she realises that if you walk faster you get to where you're going faster!

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yorkshirelass79 · 15/09/2006 14:46

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yorkshirelass79 · 15/09/2006 15:05

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normalflora · 15/09/2006 15:25

yorkshirelass, just out of interest, do you give yours fish oils etc? I don't, but wondering if I should.

Thinking a bit more about it my sis is like this (takes her a minimum 30 mins to leave the house just with faffing about, and if you're at a party with her you have to allow an hour for her to say goodbye, find her coat, forget what she had her coat on for and take it off and start dancing again etc). So maybe it is a personality trait we just have to not get exasperated by...but unfortunately that is the bit I fail on.

Ellbell · 15/09/2006 15:32

No advice, just another one with the same problem. Dd1 is 6 and exactly like this - in fact, I was thinking of starting a thread about it. Today I accidentally took her packed lunch with me when I went to see off dd2 (reception children go in a different entrance) and returned to find dd1 standing in the midst of the other children in her class, who were all hanging coats up and getting books out, just standing there, staring into space... I had to go through every phase of what she needed to do next (hang your coat up, take your water bottle out, find your book...). You've reminded me about fish oils though. I'm off to Tesco's later and will get some.

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yorkshirelass79 · 15/09/2006 15:39

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yorkshirelass79 · 15/09/2006 15:40

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normalflora · 15/09/2006 15:45

Ooooh, checklist - that's a great idea. Only trouble is she would probably carry the list around with her, put it somewhere, then we would have a hunt for that too! Need to nail it to the wall I suppose....

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yorkshirelass79 · 15/09/2006 15:46

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normalflora · 15/09/2006 15:47

by the way, like that you use boiled egg brekky as bribery !!

Ellbell · 15/09/2006 20:07

DD1 currently has a checklist of things she needs to remember to bring out of school (coat, jumper - which she refuses to wear -, lunchbox, book bag, water bottle) which she keeps in her coat pocket. She has remembered everything most days this week, but it takes her an age to get out of school, as she has to keep consulting her list and going back for things.

Am watching with interest in case anyone comes along with other bright ideas.

Cappuccino · 15/09/2006 20:12

rofl at 'walking and talking at the same time'

is that possible?

conversation on way to dentist today went something like this:

'Come on, quick, we're going to be late, no dawdling'

'I'm coming! - ooooh, what's this?' (stops to examine telegraph pole)

I once rang her speech therapist (she's physically disabled) convinced that she had some kind of disorder cos I couldn't get her to concentrate and I could hear her sighing on the phone, 'no, she's just a little girl'

we have a sticker book with the things dd needs to do in the morning - including lunch bag etc; anything we really want her to remember we write on a daily list of things to tick off

'walking and talking'!!!

Mellowma · 15/09/2006 20:40

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saffy202 · 15/09/2006 20:42

I have this problem with ds2 (7). I bought the fish oils and have noticed a slight improvement in concentration levels ie reading and writing but he is still 'head in the clouds' when it comes to "go upstairs and get changed, brush teeth, wash your hands" etc. I too get so stressed every morning but he is so laid back and always finds something more exciting/important to do

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