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Hi. I am the mother of two boys and pregnate with my third. My oldest is
4 and adhd. The youngest is 3, he's not adhd though. I am a stay at
home mom.

The eldest is on metadate 10mg twice daily at the moment. But I am
thinking he may need a change in dosage as I am not seeing much
difference in him right now.

My biggest problem at the moment is I don't know how to discipline
correctly I guess. The reason I say this is nothing works.

Welcome breezymourn! You have come to the best forum to give you support and help. And congratulations on expecting a new baby. There is a wonderful book called: 1-2-3 Magic by Thomas W. Phelan, PhD. Even after 7 children I learned a lot of new ways to deal more effectively with my three youngest. Actually- I am thinking about reading the book out loud to my 7-8-9 year olds. They may not understand a lot but they sure will recognize some of the behaviors being talked about.

For your children, implementing the ideas in the book will work great since your two are so young. Just be consistent.

Randy

Hi. and welcome. My son is on metadate also. He started out at 10 mg also. You can up it in small amounts to find the right dosage. If you do not see to much of a difference or the behavior gets worse you might need a different medication altogether. Try positive reinforcements like the marble system which I think is on the top of the parents of adhd kids main menu here. Four is a challenging year. It does get better as they get older. Not perfect by any means but four is tough. I put my son in his room to calm down and then talk about his behavior. He looses priviledges for a few hours to a day. Lately I have given household chores as a punishment. Something he can do and immidiate.

hello i'm also new,

my son is 9 and in 4th grade. he is below grade level. he has ADHD. my problem we are facing is his lying. the teacher states to me on Friday that he is a liar and she don't trust him anymore in front of him. i'm very upset and i don't know how to feel. i know we are dealing with his lying at home and there are consequences for them. but, i will never give up on him. i feel after friday his teacher has given up on him. i don't think she understands his diability and does it have anything to do with adhd. please help me understand the lying and is it related to adhd and if so, how can we help him change it. and help the teacher because i'm close to homeschooling him. what do you think?

homeschooling is hard. I'm trying now to teach my 4 year old preschool
things. Getting him to sit still long enough is a task in itself. Some days,
just not possible. My son is going through the lieing thing right now.

I hate it that a teacher said such things in front of him. That is not fair to
the child. That's why they have parent teacher conferences.

Just keep trying to be consistent with him when he does lie, even at
school. I hope it gets better for you soon.breezymourn39683.5496643518thank you so much. that was a good point about leaving those comments at the conference. witch will be soon.

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