Can anyone help me out ?I need ideas on activities to do with my little gilr is ADHD combined type with sever insomnia.I have a VERY hard time getting her to go outside unless she is not on her medication during the day,which I have tried a few good times and the other children outdoors runa nd hide cause she is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo busy.We tried the no meds for summer time and that did not work.The days she did play outside she had great nights sleep and I know thats cause of all the fresh air as well but how do i get her outside even on her meds?Im ready to go crazy here,she will be 8 in a few weeks she needs to beable to be a kid and she is unable on these darn meds.

Soccer!!!!!!!!!!

It allows her to run to her hearts content. :D

Swimming-my kids love to swim and nobody notices that they can't sit still cause they are all jumping around, screaming, swimming side to side.

I do not know how to get her out there,she hates it unless she is unmedicated.

Could she be more sensitive to heat on meds? Many meds you have to be careful with and I'm unable to remember what she is on so that I can at least google the information for you.

Try googling the meds to see if there is a sensitivity to heat, if so let her be. The heat could be making her feel ill.

Anyways, my timer is beeping and I don't shut it off till I log off and it is driving my kids batty I must get busy.

BBL
cherity

She is on Concerta!!!Thanks Cherity!

Lipz,
Is there one friend you could invite over to play with your daughter? The Concerta should be slowing her down, if it's working.

Oh its slowing her down but to the point of not wanting to even go outside to play,all she does is read read read.Its a good thing she reads i love that but she needs to be a little girl.

Perhaps the dosage is too high. I'm not sure how Concerta works so I'd have to really look into it for signs of overdosage.

Lipz, how about going outside with her, at first?

Good thought maybe she's just insecure since the kids used to run from her; but, maybe having her mom there as a buffer at first will help her insecurities.

She is on 36 mg for the summer and 56 mg for school.I do go outside all the time and try to get her to do so,i even bought her a pool.You do have a point though that maybe its fear from all the kids running from her in the past,cause we all know how that is.:(

Have you tried contacting your local big sister program? sometimes its not mom they need but someone who isn't forced to be with them due to a genetic link I know Koda's Big Brother worked wonders for his self esteem.

Big sisters?Never heard of it but I will be sure to check into this,thanks a lot!!!

Its just another branch of the Big Brother's program.

Hi Sandra!

Any luck getting your daughter outside?

I have a few suggestions
(watch out, the behavior analyst is coming out . .. :eek: :D )


Take things she likes to do inside and bring them outside. If she likes it when you read to her, take a book or 2 outside and read, or painting. If she enjoys playing with dolls, make a treehouse . . etc.

This is pairing something she likes with something she's not too fond of, in hopes she will end up liking that non-preferred activity/item/whatever.

If she does well outside and enjoys it - praise her for it! Even give her an extra treat or toy for doing so well.

If you want to get her into a sport or another activity - tell her she needs to try it. Contract with her! If she tries it for a certain amount of time, then you will give her ______ in exchange (that ______ needs to be something she will enjoy - will motivate her to try the activity).

It's bribery, actually reinforcement, but it could get her interested in more things, especially activities outside.

Does/would she enjoy things like slip n' slides? or trampolines? water parks? (the kids I work with - love these activities!).

Outside scavenger hunts are fun!! That could be great for an ADHDer . . . .challenging and with so many things on list - can't get distracted too easily

Girl scouts could be good to join or a mommy/daughter group, community education classes are cheap and fun, with lots of variety!

Best wishes, Sandra!!

She loves the trampoline,we just live ina aprartment complex with a small yard but as soon as we move into our house she will have one for sure.

We tried the girl scout thing as mom the leader and not the leader and she had a hard time with it,she is very much a one on one child.

I have for the last two nights been getting her to go out on the patio to read a book with me,its not during the hours all kids are outdorrs but its a a start.

Thanks so much livinginchaos,i will let you know how she is doing with this.


Sandra

I would suggest basketball because you rin up and down that court so often that it tires even the fittest out.