Hello all just found this site last week was posting on the behavioural board and thought I am probably more at home here.
History ? I have 1 DS who is 5 today and I expecting my 2nd in August ? my DS has always been a handful ? but we thought he was just a typical wee boy ? we found it very hard to toilet train him ? especially for his poo?s he use to run and hid under a table or behind the door to do them ? he still has problems in this area ? I have to constantly remind him of the toilet or he leaves it until the last minute or tries to hold it in. He went to pre-school last year ? but it was a new teacher, her first year doing pre-school and his whole class was mad ? he started Primary 1 last September and about six weeks into the term we were called in to talk to his teacher and head mistress about his behaviour ? disrupting class running about shouting etc.. they put him on a chart system were the day is broken up into five areas and he gets smiley faces for being good and sad faces for being bold, they also suggested that we change his diet ? cut out all sweets, processed foods and anything with artificial sweeteners/preservatives, trouble with this is that he is a fussy eater and doesn?t really eat veg. apart from spuds and pickled beetroot which we were told was bad ? he does eat a lot of fruit though ? we are trying the diet but I know we do not stick to it as rigidly as we should as I allow him treats at the weekend if he has been good. He has got a new teacher at school who is really good and has a lot of patience with him ? she suggested that we get him checked out for ADD/ADHD or something similar ? she said that he is not a bold child he does not fight with other children etc..he also says sorry when he has done something bold and really does try hard some days to be very good but he really does lack concentration and demands a lot of attention ? she is worried that when it comes to learning to read and write properly he will not have the concentration to do this and his behaviour may hold him back then. Both me and his dad work and he is minded by his grandparents ? most days he is a handful running about shouting and not listening to you ? he isn?t so bad when he is one to one with you and I find that I can deal with him alot better when it is just the two of us, but it will not be like that for much longer.
I started him on Omega-3 fish oils on Saturday ? hoping this will help his concentration but do not know if it will help his behavioural problems ? I took him to the doc last week and she has sent a referral letter to the hospital but it could take about a year to get seen.
Better stop waffling now ? just wanted to give as much info as possible and ask what do you think ? Do you think it could be ADD/ADHD is there anything else I could try?
Thanks in advance for any advice given.