Manifestations of hyperactivity
Hands, like legs, flit without stopping in the air, break, stroke, grab, feel. The head rotates 180 degrees - suddenly that interesting you will miss! But interest, to be exact, curiosity, alas, suffices for seconds, and the child immediately switches to something else, and not catching the essence of what is happening.
Inquiry is not in his nature. From him you rarely hear "why" and "why". But if a child, as they say, will find, in five minutes the adult will hear twenty questions, and not one will have time to answer. Too active kid simply forgets that the answer should be listened to. And there is no time. He's all in business, he has a bunch of "problems" that require immediate resolution. And for a minute he will (and, of course, not finish) an incredible number of diverse cases. Maybe Mom will be able to feed her baby, but he prefers to eat standing, constantly distracted by something more interesting than a plate of soup. In public places such a child immediately attracts attention, because it strives to climb everywhere and grab everything, ignoring the remarks of the parents. Truly, not a child, but a bunch of boiling and boiling energy, keeping parents in constant tension and leading them sometimes to complete emotional and physical exhaustion.
However, do not rush to put your child on the list of hyperactive. This diagnosis, its exact name - attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity, can only be put by a doctor, neurologist or psychiatrist, and then on the basis of a special diagnosis. Hyperactive is not every boiling baby. Most children 1.5-2 years old are in constant movement from morning to night. But at the same time they concentrate their attention well and can hold it for a long time.
If it's still a diagnosis
In hyperactivity, three fellow travelers: attention disorder, motor disinhibition, impulsive behavior. And the former is always present. Too active children with attention deficit can not concentrate for a long time on any one activity, its attention is easier to attract, but it is almost impossible to keep it - it "jumps" from one subject to another. The child hears when they address it, but does not react. He is not able to carry out his work on his own, even if he took it with enthusiasm. A task that requires perseverance and concentration is boring and unacceptable for him.
Motor activity is expressed by fussiness. Children can not sit still, have little rest, play only mobile noisy games, perform extraneous movements, perform tasks that require assiduity, - chatter with their feet, click with their fingers. And, finally, impulsiveness, or inclination to too fast, thoughtless actions. A man is ready to answer before he is asked, he can not wait his turn; does not like to obey the rules, and his mood changes like the weather in the spring. Impulsive children rarely think about the consequences of their behavior, so they often fall into dangerous situations.
What triggers hyperactivity? In most cases, unfavorable course of pregnancy - oxygen starvation of the fetus, threatening miscarriage; smoking, stress; premature, swift or prolonged labor, craniocerebral trauma, severe, high fever, viral and infectious diseases in the first few years of life, and other causes.
This is temporary
Medical treatment, if it is necessary, is prescribed by a doctor. After all, hyperactivity is not a prank, not a pampering, but a serious pathology. With hyperactive children with attention deficit, one should communicate gently and calmly: they are very sensitive and receptive to the mood of loved ones, they are easily "charged" with positive and negative emotions. Educating too active children is not easy.
Praise your child for every little thing: hyperactive children ignore remarks, but are very sensitive to praise. Try to give a positive evaluation to the child, and negative - to his actions. "You're a good kid, but now you're doing the wrong thing, it's better to do it differently."
Set tasks appropriate to the abilities of the child. Get rid of the temptation to write the kid immediately into five circles. This will only lead to fatigue and even more emotional excitement. Before reacting to the offense of a child, count to ten and try to cool emotions. Your nervousness will provoke the same feeling for the baby.
Be consistent in punishments, and in rewards. Punishment, if you can not do without it, must immediately follow the provinces. Think about the regime of the baby's day and perform it rigorously. The child should know when he should get up, eat, go for a walk. Try to attach the karapuza to the mobile games, in which there will be an application of energy-spewing energy. It is advisable to take a child sports, available to his age and temperament. And to develop a hyperactive child at least some perseverance, it is necessary to teach him to play quiet games, for example, mosaic, lotto, dominoes. Help and books - they can for a long time carry away the baby.
Try to ensure that the request to the baby does not contain several instructions at once, otherwise the child will not hear you or perform only half of what was asked of him. Such children are often accused of absent-mindedness, but this is not so. Simply the kid is not able to receive several requests at the same time. Sometimes it seems that it's just impossible to raise him - an overly active child at first sight is uncontrollable. But when it becomes very difficult, remember that to adolescence, and in some children before, hyperactivity passes. Of course, dear parents, if you help a hyperactive child with a lack of attention to cope with this condition.