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[quote=Anonymous]For my (now diagnosed ADHD 7yo) sensory-seeking boy at that age, 2 things helped.  First, make sure he gets physical activity!  For our kid at that age it was riding his bike up and down our block for 20 minutes after school.  Find something that wears him out physically and have him do it as soon as you walk in the door.

Second, we got him 90% of the way ready for bed earlier in the evening so that our actual bedtime routine was much shorter. Our routine was: arrive home, physical activity time for 20-30 min, free play for 20-30 min, then a fast shower (at that age I would literally atand outside the curtain and say "Wet!" Then countdown from 20.  "Soapy!" Countdown from 20.  "Rinse!"  Countdown from 20.  "Water off!"  We washed hair only 2-3 times per week usually). Get dressed in pajamas and choose bedtime story while I fixed dinner (usually with much dawdling on his part, which worked in my favor since I was making dinner).  Then after dinner all we had left was brush teeth and read a story.

Finally, for those times when he was just really done, I would sit on our rocker and pull him on my lap facing me.  He would sit with his head on my shoulder and I would alternated giving him super tight hugs and patting/rubbing his back.  This kind of affection/stimulation is the only way I ever found to bring him down from being an antsy mess.[/quote]

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