Anonymous wrote:My DD’s little friend is like this. They took every stick of furniture out of the living room. The next day they found him on top of the fireplace mantle. He was 2.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Last 8 minutes.
Set up fingerpaint in yard, 20 feet from front door and nicer white limestone porch.
Kids jump feet first to foot paint and run towards white limestone and stomp all over it.
Run to the water table, we have hose going, 3 year old sprays all of us, kids stripped down to underwear diaper. Little one takes diaper off himself with crap running down his leg. Big mess.8 minutes of activity. Soaked, paint all over them, and now bored. 8 minutes. Now imagine the day and what that is like with these kinds of kids.
It sounds like your older kid is more impulsive than what is typical. Hard to say about a one year old, but he sounds atypical too. That said, why did the painting and hose play end there? That sounds like a fantastic way for them to get out their energy. Work with what you've got. Hanging from the chandelier? Shut it down. Painting and playing at a water table and with the hose? Totally acceptable.
So what’s your armchair diagnosis.. you said dh sh are atypical.. what are you diagnosing them with?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Last 8 minutes.
Set up fingerpaint in yard, 20 feet from front door and nicer white limestone porch.
Kids jump feet first to foot paint and run towards white limestone and stomp all over it.
Run to the water table, we have hose going, 3 year old sprays all of us, kids stripped down to underwear diaper. Little one takes diaper off himself with crap running down his leg. Big mess.8 minutes of activity. Soaked, paint all over them, and now bored. 8 minutes. Now imagine the day and what that is like with these kinds of kids.
It sounds like your older kid is more impulsive than what is typical. Hard to say about a one year old, but he sounds atypical too. That said, why did the painting and hose play end there? That sounds like a fantastic way for them to get out their energy. Work with what you've got. Hanging from the chandelier? Shut it down. Painting and playing at a water table and with the hose? Totally acceptable.
Anonymous wrote:Last 8 minutes.
Set up fingerpaint in yard, 20 feet from front door and nicer white limestone porch.
Kids jump feet first to foot paint and run towards white limestone and stomp all over it.
Run to the water table, we have hose going, 3 year old sprays all of us, kids stripped down to underwear diaper. Little one takes diaper off himself with crap running down his leg. Big mess.8 minutes of activity. Soaked, paint all over them, and now bored. 8 minutes. Now imagine the day and what that is like with these kinds of kids.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am not diagnosing your children, but you should look into resources for parents of young children with ADHD, because even if your children are neurotypical and don’t have ADHD, you still need to find out how to deal with children with tons of energy, short attention spans, poor impulse control, and lots of risk taking.
This. You keep saying "high energy," Op, but it sounds like that's just one of the issues.
Yah I have looked into it and their pedi says no, at this time she doesn’t think so. They are too young to evaluate.
I can’t tell if you’re being helpful or critical. I already see a few friends talking about adhd like it’s a dirty word, talking about other people’s kids. It’s a fine line to walk and if we do get a diagnosis for something down the road, I sincerely hope I don’t deal with that from my community of mom friends.
Anonymous wrote:I am honestly just venting. I am happy they are healthy boys but TBH I am super jealous of people with kids who are more chill in general.