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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Reduce screens to almost zero
2. Look at his diet - dyes like Red #40, Yellow #5, etc. can wreak havoc on behavior
3. Does he just need to blow off steam after school since he's held it together for so long all day? Maybe he needs to run around the block at full speed to get some energy out. [/quote]

I sort of agree with this but not the specifics. If he's getting a decent amount of screens, cutting back on them can't hurt and will probably help. But my kid is super screen restricted and still acts like this at times, so it's not just a screen thing. I think it's more that many parents deal with this behavior by sticking their kid in front of a screen, which at least makes them quiet, but not necessarily that the screens cause the behavior.

One thing that helps us is organized activities, especially something like gymnastics or basketball or dance. It's the combination of physical activity and control that seems to help. Just running around at the playground tires DD out, but doesn't necessarily do much for those annoying, kind of nervous/excited behaviors you are talking about. It's also an extra social outlet, exposure to another adult (and often a different sort of adult than they get at school, which broadens their horizons a bit), and creates more structure in the schedule which seems to help with that kind of restless, all over the place, energy.

And I do think diet can help a lot but I don't think it's about dyes in food (again, my kid isn't consuming food with dyes in it and still gets like this). What helps us is increasing protein intake and decreasing filler snacks like crackers. Making fruit smoothies with protein in them can be a good way to make sure my DD sleeps better and doesn't get hangry or over tired. So we try to do one of those with breakfast most mornings, or if that doesn't work, after school. We make sure most snacks are heavy on protein and lower on sugar, and we do try to limit candy/sweets as much as possible (the main enemy being school where they give these as rewards for good behavior, which is very annoying).[/quote]

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