Try playing something that requires him to be active but you get to relax and stay still.
Something like a scavenger hunt could be fun. Give him a list of items from around the house or yard and let him run off to find them. To help keep an eye on him you can have him return to you everytime he finds an item. That will also double his activity forcing him to go back and forth more often.
Another Idea is an obstical course or some other kind of timed racing activity. That's all you'll need is a chair (so you can sit and relax) and a stopwatch. Then just time him doing various things. See how fast he can run around the house or to a tree in the yard and back. You can keep track of his times and then he can try to beat them. Make it kind of like a mini olympics. He'll get excited everytime he gets a faster time so he'll want to keep it up.
You see there is more to it then u think....he is 7 yrs old and me I am 17....I am interested in just relaxing...I am also not used to being around him because I no longer live at home with him and my mom...so it makes me feel really different...Neldy
How lovely to see that you care enough about your brother to seek out advice. I have an 8year old little boy with ADHD. I also have two daughters my 18 year old also lives away from home at Univercity, and my 16 year old has just started work for an interior designers.
When my eldest daughter comes home at the weekend my little boy is thrilled to see her and just wants her to play. She understands this and makes rules before she starts to play. E.G she asks him what he wants to play and then she will tell him how long for and when they have finished she asks him to sit with her and watch a film which they both like or have a snack together. She tells him "them are the rules and he has to stick to them or she will be sad and she knows that he dosen't want her to be sad". It dosen't always work but maybe you can try it. Good Luck And again it's great to see you care!!
Hugs from the UK
why ty....I mean u know as much as I love him its just that I have no way of dealing with him...he also learning disiblities from his heart operation when he was 3 days old...and I just want to know how I can go home and not have to do things with him at every min of the day...like when i try to talk to my bf he is always there (my bro).....I tell him to go away for a bit...I do spend a lot of time with him at his baseball games...when we play on the comp together...and I even read to hime before he goes to bed....like I understand he needs me but not every min of the day...and if I am not with him he is always bugging my mother....need advice for my mother as well as for me...not only games..My bro is 8 yrs old...he has had ADHD and Bi-polar since he was young...he is always active....I used to be able to keep up wit him and now well i can't...he wants me to do things like play ball and i am too tired...I need some tips plz
I understand what you're going through when I used to go to my fathers house to visit him and my little brother I could not get a minutes peace. He wanted me to do something with him the entire time I was there sports, bike rides, video games we just jumped from one thing to the next. Most visits I hardly even got to visit with my dad. My little brother was always really active but he'd get so excited when I'd visit his activity and excitement level would be through the roof. I know it's because he idolizes me and his other brother and doesn't get to see us much so I just dealt with it while he was young. Now he's 16 so he's still really active but now he understands that he has to share me with the rest of the family. Unfortunately I don't really have any advice on how to change the situation. Just wish you good luck.
Do you want him then???lol.....just kiddin...after wat we went through of almost losing him i would never give him uo no matter how much of a pain he is....I love him to much...but I don't feel like I am the sis I used to be..is this normal????you are really lucky neldy. I would love to have a younger brother or sister. It gives a bit of life into a house. I hate my home coz it's boring. Everyone is mature. You should play some really energetic games with him like running up and down the hall to some really loud music. That's the best thing. YOu get musical pleasure out of it. Kinda like dancing. He will quieten down in a few years. lol It's great to see such enthusiasm coz all i know in my life is boring, ugly, non-adhd, arrogant boring people who dont have a clue what a good time is. lol.. you are so lucky.
Well you can also just sit on a chair and get him to go and play hide and go seek. just give him 10 minutes to find a place while you're relaxing. Now that's a creative idea! tell him "i'm giving you lots of time to go and find a good hiding place". Then just keep relaxing and tell him he's too good to find. Result=you got sleep and he got hiding place. Just keep his enthusiasm going.
wildlad08838328.2447800926Sounds like you might be a bit depressed since you mentioned feeling tired and loss of interest. Maybe not but it might be something to consider.ya I will admit that I have...but I haven't lived with him for the past 3 yrs and its hard when i go back and forth with my foster home and my moms
There is a 6 year difference between myself and my baby brother. While growing up, he was sometimes (many) a pain in the backside. It wasn't until he matured in the high school years that we began to get closer. Now that we are both adults, we are the closest in our family of 6. I'd do anything in the world for him and visa versa.
I, myself, have a daughter who is 5 years older than her brother. Pretty much resembles the life my brother and I experienced. I tell my daughter that one day she and her brother will be close, but for now just be patient with him and to try to remember how she felt at his age that he is now. Better said than done of course. When I see them not get along, it breaks my heart. But I know deep down that, this too shall pass. Recently, since she has been away at college, she comes home and will do something nice like taking him to a movie, etc. That helps. It made him feel special in her eyes. There have been many times in the past where she would get angry with him because of his behavior and she felt he could control it. That would make him feel bad. Now she is realizing more and more that he cannot help it and is learning to be more patient with him and at the same time, he is also maturing and settling down more.
Nobody realizes how lucky they are until they dont have what they have....I'm so lonely in this world i'm depressed at the end of the day all you have are your family...they are the only ones who care about you. I get the cold shoulder off everyone I act like a total dickhead around people...I hate life and everyone in it...I just wanna be happy sometimes...but i get so pissed off with so many insignificant, selfish, cheating, people.