Anyone else have a boy who literally bounces off the walls?

[DrNortherner]

My ds is 7. He does not habe ADHD (yes, I have been to GP!) Apparntly he is just VERY active.

He jumps/skips/runs everywhere. When we are having a conversation he is normaly rolling around on the floor with his legs wrapped around his head. If there is a wall, he will climb it, when we walk holding hands he is pulling, jumping and swinging. Soemtimes if I am in a shop/talking to another adult he does stupid things like closes his eyes and spins round and round and round. He generally arrives in a room by skidding on his knees.

Tonight at bed time, whilst talking bout his day he was hurling himself at ful pelt onto his bed then bouncing to his feet again.

HE JUST CAN'T SIT STILL.

Maybe I should embrace it?

Anyone else with a son like this. Will it get better?

Of course I love him to pieces, just school is proving tricky because you can't run 22 laps in between SATS cvan you?

DS1 (nearly 11)is like this and I reckon if we lived in the US he'd have been diagnosed with ADHD. He's got better with age, but he's still in perpetual motion - he used to do exactly what you describe pushing off the walls at bedtime though when he was 5 and 6. He's still awake now, finds getting to sleep really hard - and today he's done drama till 4.30, Kumon till 5.30, Scouts out rowing on the river from 6.00 till 9.30. He is bright and is doing well at school, though his concentration improved significantly from about 9.

I remember as a child being told off by my eldest brother [who wouldn't walk with me ] to walk normally instead of skipping,balancing,hopping,counting steps etc
I wasn't hyperactive though,I just enjoyed entertaining myself and physical challenges like sitting at the top of the door frames,using the top bannister as a gymnastics bar etc.
I was massively into gym and ballet etc and always looking for a patch of grass to do a handstand on etc!

But also I would sit and read for hours ~ it was a choice,not a compulsion don't know if that is the difference.

ds1 is extremely active (has TS, Asperger's and ADHD traits) - sport has been our saviour - like your ds, team sports didn't really work, but he went along to a local swimming club when he was 7 because his friends did it and everything just clicked

He's now 12 and swims 6 times a week for his club for up to 2 hours a time, swims twice a week at school for an hour, goes running twice a week, goes to cycling club on Saturdays (he's getting into triathlons) and has school sport as well. He's now asked if he can go to the swimming squad session before school once a week too.

I'm aware that some other parents raise their eyebrows when they realise how much ds1 does, but even with all this exercise, he's still incredibly active and without it he's verging on unmanageable as he NEEDS a vent for all his excess energy.

He's slightly calmer now than he was when he was 7 when he would literally bounce off the walls, but we all suffer when he's not had as much exercise as usual. So to the OP, hand in there and check out swimming clubs!

My DD aged 4 is just like this too and literally bounces off walls and skids everywhere she can on her knees!
After school she does swimming twice per week,ballet,trampolining,disco dancing, and gym classes. Whilst her friends are exhausted and whingy at the end of school she is still raring to go!
She is never still and continues moving in her sleep (always ends up sidewards or upside down in her bed-or falls out of bed onto the floor.)
She is exhausting!

What doe's his teachers say?

I have 3 dc the same, oldest does have ADHD/aspergers the other 2 are just very active. /built for sport

Just go with it if you can - I treat mine like having 3 large dogs who need a lot of exercise I find open spaces at every opportunity and made sure we brought a house with a big garden !!

So agree with the swimming and the trampoline - Mine also do king- fu as it?s disciplined as well as very energetic

In the summer we park hop with a picnic and do every activity the local sports center has on offer - I have also signed my 2 eldest up for some wilderness training this summer

We have a rebound small trampoline behind the sofa - a wifi fit, if it?s raining (though has to be really pelting down to get them in) - also good for teaching turn taking but not really ?intensive? enough to get rid of energy and a big running machine in the den

yes - my eldest (8) is like this! He always has been. He can't watch tv without leaping around and takes the stairs six at a time. He doesn't have adhd either although the other parents did make comments to that effect at one of the school shows We're careful with his diet as that does affect him and make sure he gets enough exercise. This year he's swimming 3x a week and it's been great for him.

I teach a boy in year 12 who finds it hard to sit still - we build in opportunities for him to leap around the lab as he works so laps between sats should be no problem!