Overactive toddler - is this normal

[EllaWt]

Our daughter who is 2.5 years is mostly adorable. She eats well, sleeps like a champion , fun , curious etc etc
She however is soooo active . She climbs / runs - wreak havoc all day long.
We're quite outdoorsy so it's fine but I am really bothered by the fact that we can't seem to be able to do what other kids her age do: go to baby concerts, some classes like dance or tennis. She just runs around like mad which is annoying and disruptive. Is this normal for her age? The other kids in her classes are like well behaved angels, following instructions, listening, participating etc

I would say the subset of parents who attend baby concerts etc are the ones who have children who will sit still. Those with the toddler variety like yours generally don't attempt such activities!
Mine were like yours. Sitting still wasn't a skill they mastered for several more years!

Hmm. I have not much expertise on children I’m afraid. I didn’t want to read and run. I was just like your daughter when I was her age and ended up being late diagnosed with deafness. So I ran about because I didn’t know what was expected of me as I couldn’t follow instructions. I’m also a very exuberant person so I think my wildness was me just expressing my personality. But I couldn’t be controlled through instructions.

It’s not that I’m saying your daughter has something ‘different’ about her. I just wanted to let you know that some little humans have a large personality and this will come out as wildness until they get old enough to be reasoned with. In my case, deafness was also in the mix and this compounded things. Maybe you just have a bubbly, happy, enthusiastic human on your hands and she’ll learn to control herself when she’s older.

I would say my children are average and in fact DD2 is only lazy side and neither would have followed a structured class at this age.

Baby concerts and tennis at 2 or did you mean 12

@jannier 2.5 yo :)

She’s 2.5 - I cannot believe you’re describing her NORMAL behaviour as annoying and disruptive. Toddlers aren’t ‘meant’ to sit still, they’re on the go with endless energy.

as for the kids who ‘follow the rules’ - I’d much prefer a child like yours any day! Sounds like she’s still got her life and spark still inside her and hasn’t been forced into following boring rules put in place that isn’t toddler friendly at all

this is why so many kids are misdiagnosed as ADHD because we think lots of energy = a problem simply because it doesn’t suit adults

Yep a two year old perfectly normal behaviour short attention span, fleeting attention, active abnormal to be sat attending lessons and concerts ...unless it's up dancing about

Why enrol her in classes like this at her age? Sign her up to messy play or forest schools.....she's got too many years of formal education ahead of her.

Does she need to go to concerts or play tennis? If not, it's not really a problem.

Embrace who she is and stop comparing her to others, that way madness and misery lie.

Totally normal

Tennis 😂😂