Children would always behave like---well, children. Hence, instances whereby parents like you find yourselves struggling to cope with your child's innate rambunctiousness and inattention are nothing short of ordinary, explaining why such scenes have been woven into the daily tapestry comprising common family life.
Especially during the stages of infancy up to childhood, as a parent you are expected to be at your most patient, most tolerant, and most understanding self. What with an innocent baby waking the entire neighborhood in the middle of the night or tearing the house down as he begins to explore his new world, you are given no choice but to obtain the necessary strength and tolerance from your unconditional love for your baby. Despite the inevitable annoyance and chagrin brought about by episodes of hyperactivity and public tantrums, you could surely depend on your unfaltering attentiveness to your child's welfare to help tide you over until your child matures and outgrows such tendencies.
Facing the Probable Tendencies
However, during those times when your baby exhibits behavior beyond innocent rowdiness, losing your patience or becoming agitated is a typical response. Setting aside your learned personal expectation of how your child should behave, you must open your eyes and become observant of any excessive behavior he may be exhibiting. Although a tendency to be active and uncontrollable are typical among infants and toddlers, there are certain aspects whereby such behaviors are already considered too much, oftentimes leaving parents exhausted, lost, and powerless in the quandary.
And such behaviors could already be hinting at a possible emergence of ADHD in your child. As difficult as it is to accept, it is a must for parents such as you to be very observant of your child's behavior. Attention Deficiency Hyperactivity Disorder, more popularly known as ADHD, is a recognized psychological disorder commonly associated with children, which usually begins during the early years of their childhood and often continuing into adulthood. Being a medical condition, ADHD directly affects the ability of a person to stay focused on particular activities for any length of time.
Determining the Signs
As differentiated from other people, aspects of an ADHD individual's brain, especially those concerned with attention and the manner in which it can be controlled given certain activities, function in a unique way. Consequently, this would be reflected in his seemingly rambunctious behavior characterized by an incapacity to hold concentration for prolonged periods. If it is not addressed, ADHD can adversely affect great areas of a person's life, impacting psychological, emotional, and social aspects.
In order to help you assess your child's behavior, whether they are bordering on ADHD tendencies or not, here are typical traits identified among infants and toddlers that could be indicative of ADHD.
Children with ADHD experience trouble sleeping. As such, they are likely to have trouble dozing off and staying asleep. As is often the case, they always awaken in a bad mood.
Infants tend to have colic and are either hard to nurse or is having trouble accepting infant formulas.
Babies are easily vexed and cry excessively.
Infants can manifest health troubles such as asthma, allergies, colds, or having ear fluids.
Babies tend to exhibit unusual infant behavior like frequently thumping his foot/feet, too much rocking, or even banging his head against his crib.
As toddlers, they are hyperactive, always up and about.
Toddlers are nonconformists and can be a real handful.
They are susceptible to reckless behaviors and are accident-prone because of their clumsiness borne of their hyperactive nature.
Toddlers fight physically by biting, pushing, or pinching when controlled or apprehended by caregivers or parents.
They are always breaking things either accidentally(due to recklessness and curiosity) or deliberately(due to hyperactivity level).
Toddlers have a hard time playing by themselves and may always insist to have their parents'/caregivers' attention.
