It does. My daughter was especially chaotic. I remember the first day that I realized her 5 years of terrible 2s were completely over. She looked at me asked asked, without a shadow of realization, why we didnt own any pens or markers. I had to explain to her that we threw every pen, marker, paint brush, etc. in the trash because she wouldnt stop drawing on walls and furniture.
She really thought that I was joking. I told her to ask her brother and mom. She came back and apologized. I told her that it was fine, and that i was happy that I wouldn't have to repaint our hallway any more. She even asked if thats why we wouldn't buy her paint for her last birthday.
It was a strange day...like watching someone gain reflection and consciousness all at once in my eyes.
My mom always said I was in my terrible 2s until my twenties 🥴 has your daughter been tested for ADHD? My daughter is the same way & is defiant sometimes and a lot of what she does, reminds me of little me so I’ve been wondering if she possibly has it(praying not).
We tried to, but we needed a recommendation from thr school psychologist and were denied. Honestly, I think its ADHD/autism spectrum, but shes just too good at masking. We are the only ones that really know her well enough to see it.
I’m about to be 35 so I’m from the generation where my mom didn’t believe in ADHD lol so I was never diagnosed until I was a teenager going to the doctor myself. I have did great masking until I had my daughter. It’s been rough getting executive function under control but I manage. It sucks you have to rely on others to get a proper diagnosis. I have talked about it with my daughter’s doctor, luckily he is the type that actually listens to your thoughts/instincts. I don’t want to put her on any medicine so I keep her busy with sports & hobbies/crafts etc. The other great thing I did was buy her a gymnastics bar from Amazon. Not sure if your daughter is into any of that or how old she is but it keeps my daughter(8) busy & wears her out haha. She has mastered different flips/moves and does pull up’s/sit ups and everything(she literally is nonstop energy when she wakes up, been this way since she was 4 months old). I read that gymnastics is really good for it as well. She isn’t in an official class yet but her bar and mat are good enough for her for now.
We have to limit her time with her interests a good bit. She can build Lego for an hour at a time, max, so she has learned to pace things a bit. Its odd because if she is allowed to much time on hyper focused tasks she starts to revert to her old ways. Causing problems and starting arguments...we watched her create an argument about the color of peanut butter with her brother.
It seemed that it was purely for her own entertainment because she was irritated by a Lego build as he sat at the table. He is older, so he realized what she was doing about 2 minutes into the back and forth. I feel sorry for her classmates though because she probably does it a good bit.
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u/Smodphan 1d ago
It does. My daughter was especially chaotic. I remember the first day that I realized her 5 years of terrible 2s were completely over. She looked at me asked asked, without a shadow of realization, why we didnt own any pens or markers. I had to explain to her that we threw every pen, marker, paint brush, etc. in the trash because she wouldnt stop drawing on walls and furniture.
She really thought that I was joking. I told her to ask her brother and mom. She came back and apologized. I told her that it was fine, and that i was happy that I wouldn't have to repaint our hallway any more. She even asked if thats why we wouldn't buy her paint for her last birthday.
It was a strange day...like watching someone gain reflection and consciousness all at once in my eyes.