What will you do if your child is hyper active?

OMG LOL My kids were both like that but my daughter was EVIL and hyper by the age of 2!! she used to drive me NUTS!! best bet...if you notice a certain time of day that she seems most active, take her to the park or something and let her run it off and see if that helps...make sure you monitor what she eats (it could be a food allergy if letting her run doenst help.I know that red dye in food has actually cause this sort of reaction in some kids) and make sure you have a set routine for her as far as eating, sleeping, playing goes etc.....that might help too..

I owuld find ways to keep her busy and give her a schedule (this will help her calm down a bit and get use to a schedule for when school rolls around). Figure out a daily schedule for her and try to stick to it. Come up with activites that will keep her interest, but she will learn from as well - ABC games, dress up, etc.

good for you for having a girl. she'll outgrow her hyper activeness when she grows up. my girl was just like yours when she was young. now she's 8 she has "matured" a lot. she likes playing that doesn't concern running. as for my boys, i have two and oh, yes! imagine having your house turned upside down! so, solution? i keep their hands busy with arts and crafts. from coloring books to puzzles and modelling clays. its a great help to keep them from running around.

My oldest daughter was diagnosed as Food Induced Hyper Active when she was 2 years old. She could not sit still to even watch a show on tv. She was always moving, bouncing, tapping, etc. She could not focus or concentrate on an activity for very long at all. How was she ever going to be able to handle school like this?? She was having a hard time in Day Care. Yes, there is hope. My daughter is now 26 years old and she has never been on ritalin which is a medicine given to children who are medically hyper active. There is a difference. We were able to control her behavior by controlling the foods she ate. Take a very close look at your daughter's diet. What is she eating? If you think she is reacting to food, these are the things you want to look for in the nutrition label of the foods you buy or serve. Red Dye # 5, salt, caffeine, (refined) sugar, salicylate (salt), high levels of natural sugar like what is found in fresh oranges, preservatives (usually found in white bread). There are more but those are some of the top ones. The worst soda pops on the market are: Red Pop, Mountain Dew, Surge and Kick. Dark colored sodas like coke and pepsi are not very good also. Stick with the clear sodas like 7-up and sprite. Dr. Feingold wrote a very good book on this condition and in the book, near the back is the K-P Diet. It is a basic bland diet and he gives instructions of how to re-introduce regular foods back in to the child's diet and how you can monitor that food to see if there is a marked change in the child's behavior. (food diary) The reaction time can be anywhere from 2 hours to 72 hours. Dr. Feingold also says it is very uncommon to find more than one child like this in a family unless you do like me and remarry and start a new family. Also, these children tend to be highly intelligent. If you have other children who display the same symptoms of the hyperactivity, they are usually reacting to the one true hyperactive child. I took no chances. I changed the entire family to the K-P Diet and it became very obvious who the food-induced hyperactive person was in our family very quickly. It took a long time but finally she became a wonderful well-behaved child and I was just starting to relax....then catastrophy...puberty started and guess what? She started absorbing things through her skin. So we had to start checking the labels on her toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, conditioners, feminine napkins, tampons, body lotions, bath soaps, etc. Now it was not just food. First my child was getting high on food and now she was getting high on her personal items. Ok, so we got her through that time in her life. Then she got married and eventually, pregnant. Her body chemistry was in a constant state of change and she was again reacting to many things. Her doctor put her back on the K-P Diet and she had to start all over again. First grandchild born. And believe it or not, this happened again with her second baby. After you check the food labels in your home, do 2 things to put your mind at ease. Consult with your doctor and find Dr. Feingold's book at the library. My prayers are with you.

It may be some of the preseratives and that in her food. It was on the news one time that if you think that your child is too hyperactive it may be caused by the preseratives in their food. Sometimes my son who is almost 14 months old gets a bit hyperactive if we feed him a new tin of food. But then again it may just be that she is just trying to tyer herself out. So she can sleep better at night. Try getting her a dog if you can afford one and if you like dogs, that way she can play with it and tier both herself and the dog out at the same time. Or if you have time take her to the park and let her play around there, and if you have any close buy walk there. I m yet to experiance the joys of running around after my son. Have a great day....

my cousin ,also 4years old, is far beyond heperactive. He is very clever but definitely a nuance. His mother went to Singarpore just half an year after his birth,so just his grandparents and father bring him up. His temper is bad, once you do not give him anything you want he will lay on the floor and cry, so my Daddy said, good educated he can be a great guy, not educated he will be put into prison on day, my god, I can't imagin I have such a devil cousin

Watch him grow up. Give him help and talk to him when necessary. That is the way he is and any mistake in correcting him might influence him negatively. He will definitely change. Read books on children and you will get help. Be careful what you do with him now.

I think that it's quite normal for kids during that age to be that active. I would be more worried if they weren't active at all as it will be an indication of poor health, I think. Maybe you should just let her expend her energy, she will get tired sooner or later. So when she takes her rest, you take yours too. LOL!