How was your ADHD child as an infant? | ADHD Information

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Ha! Ok, ya my son was the exact same way.  He crawled at 4 months and started taking his first steps at 8 months.  Everyone always commented on how happy he was all the time, which he was.  Once he became a toddler, it was a constant "catch up with him" day.  he was everywhere and into everything (he's still into everything at almost 5)  Nothing went untouched or  unmoved. 

Okay, check this out. My ADHD son was the only one out of 5 babies that put himself to sleep by rocking against the couch or just lying in his crip with a blanket and passy.  He took 2 naps a day until he was 4. He still loves to sleep, even on meds.  He is the initiator of all games for his younger brother and sister.  I noticed that something was different when in preschool he wasn't interested in learning his letters or numbers like my first 2 of my 5. and just seemed to be distracted when he needed to finish a task.  Although he could sit through a movie from beginning to end even in the theatre. he couldn't sit down long enough to eat dinner.  He always interupted everyone while in a convo. and would be easily frustrated when he was interuppted, which happens a lot in a family of 7.     OH I forgot to mention that he was the last to walk at 16 mo. he never really crawled. just scooted on his butt by moving his legs back and forth. we thought that it was important for him to crawl so we kinda made a crawling game with him and his 2 big brothers where we all would crawl around together. but for the most part he just scooted.  but other than the late walking all other targets were met. GZM- have you tried Melatonin for sleep? it is over the counter and helps sooo much with my son.How much melatonin do you use spamula?I knew from day 1 that I was in for it.  Wouldn't nurse, fussy, didn't sleep.  We had to hold him and sit on one of those exercise balls and bounce him forever to help him fall asleep.  He was into everything as a toddler and at age 5 I still can't take a shower unless he's asleep or being watched or I will emerge from the shower to God knows what.    We JUST started medication and praying we finally get a break!

Mine got up and ran, no crawling at like 7-8 months. he had all his teeth in before that. he also kicked the heck out of my stomach, non stop. He was motor driven all the time up until meds. But when he fell asleep, he was out. He used to crash on the couch a lot. he actually loved that more than his crib/bed.

I diagnosed him when reading "what to do during the toddler years". He was delayed in speech, Early intervention mentioned autism, I cried. But when the page/pages on adhd they described my son.

He is a good boy, very smart, but does best on concerta & guanfacine.

I wouldn't trade him for anything!!

My son was walking and running at 7 months, he never really crawled. He was ahead of the game until 3rd grade when we had to start meds and it has been a rollercoaster ever since. But as an infant he was always bouning in his bouncy seat and running everywhere we had to change some locks so he couldn't get out. Now at 10 he is still a little hyper (the Concerta takes care of that) He also has BAD Anxiety wich he has been on Zoloft for years now.My son was born in 1996 and was a cranky infant and cried a lot.  He was also a sleepy head.  I figured he was difficult since at the time there was turmoil in the home.  As a toddler, he was a momma's boy and would whine a lot.  I figured that was him getting over the turmoil that was now out of the house.  He loved his sister (she is 6 years older than him) and would stay with her and do whatever she wanted.  They would play and watch TV and I didn't have any problems.  We did think he was a bit odd the way he watched Toy Story over and over and would cry if it went off.  He would actually sit like a rock when it was on.  I didn't notice any "hyper" behavior until I moved into a house in 2000 and he just never sat still.  We thought he was just happy to have room to move and run and have fun.  He was due to start pre K that September and the teacher immediately put me onto things he was having problems with.  As far as walking, talking and going potty, he was slow to do all of it.  Since then he has had the classic symptoms of ADHD as well as other things that we are still struggling to put our fingers on.   Wow it is great to hear that another kid did the rocking thing.  He now gets fixed on something and wont let it go. Even a simple thing like what will happen after dinner. If I don't have a definate answer for him, or even sometimes when I do, he keeps asking and asking what will happen.   his rocking soothes him, nothing wrong with that!! Kace, how is your little guy doing now?My ds was running a marathon in utero. Need I say moreMy son walked AND ran BEFORE he EVER rolled over or crawled!!  Talk about backwards!! 

He started walking @ 9months, with his first steps being taken @ 8mo! He rolled over the day after he started to walk and crawling was a week later .... from the time he was 4.5months old, he was constantly wanting to be upright and "walking" (I remember being at a La Leche League meeting with him and the other women being AMAZED that my not quite 5month old would hold my hands and "walk" around the room .... LOL! ) can you say ACTIVE?!

But temperment wise, he was wonderful! Intelligent, precocious (did most things very early....), and was always observing what was going on around him. ALWAYS.

As a toddler though - WHOA boy! Intense is the only way to describe him! ALWAYS talking, ALWAYS moving, just constantly on the go go go! He stopped taking naps @ 2yrs old (pretty early to stop naps, if you ask me!) and has always been hard to get to sleep.


Just out of curiosity, I was wondering how all your children were as infants.  For me, I knew right away we had something on our hands.  Our DS was always cranky, colic and once he got over the colic, he NEVER stopped moving.  Of course most baby's once they get the go to start being mobile they explore, but our DS took it to the next level. 

I'd love to hear what all of your experiences were too.

My son was also a handful!  He refused to burp from the day he was born so he was always miserable after eating until I discovered those drops you give to help with the gas. Come to think of it, he was kind of miserable a lot!  My husband spent lots of nights sleeping in the recliner with our son papoosed to his chest.  When I would wake up and take the baby, my husband would stretch and you could hear the joints in his chest area crack.

My son never liked to rock, which confounded the day care teachers until I told them to just sit still with him on their lap, facing away. He'd fall asleep from boredom every time!

But regardless of how tough those times were, I sure miss that baby-ness of it! < =text/>_popupControl();

My dd was the same. The one thing I remember is the maternity nurses commenting on how "alert" she was! She would lay in her crib and soak it all in. She didn't cry much as a baby, but I think part of it was due to the fact that there was so much fighting and tension in the house from my ex-husband. As a toddler, she too was VERY active! She stopped taking naps @ 1 or 2 yrs old! She was always in trouble in pre-school b/c the kids were expected to take 2-hr naps.My daughter was a very happy baby. The happiest one I ever saw.  Until bed time or nap time.  She never liked to sleep and we would pass her around rocking her until she finally gave in.  At 6 months old she as walking talking some and done with the bottle.  That is when the head banging and pulling hair came in. It progressively got worse from there. Her doctor said to put her in a safe place when she went to throw her fits.  She always slept little more than three or four hours a night.  Naps were never a part her routine.  She didn't play with her toys she threw them around and tore them up.  Time out never worked.......I tried it all and it never worked.  Until she was four and we started her on medication when school started.