Okay, let me preference this with I have no idea what is normal for two year olds really behaviorally and my expectations may just be to high, i don't know.
Is it possible for DD 2.8 to be exhibiting signs of ADD or ADHD or is this gifted overexitabilities or just normal. I know some of it is normal, but it is absolutly impossible for DD to be still at all or quite. I mean at all.
Take for exaple...right now she is totally engrossed in a jigaw puzzle, however she is singing a random made up song and standing up and moving and wiggling all over the place. She does this with anything she does. I have yet to find an activity where she does not move or is quite. She can be very very engrossed in somthing but she is still so fidgety.
It drives me nuts. Even when she is sitting still her fingers wil be wigging.
She also has always been an awful sleeper and needs very little sleep. I sed to not be able to get her down till midnight everynight....once she dropped her nap 5 months ago she now goes to bed at 9:30, but this means she is up from 7:30am-9:30pm going non stop, no break, and it is still hard for her to stay still enough and stop fidgiting to go to sleep.
Now I know most 2 year olds have a short attention span, and actually DD seems to have a longer then average attention span, it's just the movemen and the fidgeting that really seems more then average. Things that old her attention, mazes, puzles, building with blocks, etc she will stay at for at least 20-30 mins....but during this time she is in constant motion and constant talking.
IS this normal? If it is.....fine....good, if not is this omething I should have evaluated. I have had other people comment on it...my mom especially has asked me if I think DD is ADHD...and she is around kids DD age and older in her work. I just don't know if this is something I should bring up to the ped and maybe have her evaluated for.
Thoughts Please.
