disruptive child in classroom - omega/fish oil query

weegie_2

Hi all

Lookng for a wee bit of advice. My husband was kept back when picking our 5 year old boy up from school last week. Turns out our son is doing pretty badly in class - not concentrating, listening and disrupting others. So embarrassed but concerned our wee boy is struggling. I don't think there can be anything else causing these problems - he's pretty much a contented child and comes from a stable loving family.

He's normally a smart wee boy so I think this is just a blip that we can sort out. Husband and me have agreed to help him more at home with spelling, wrtiting and numbers and we'll get some worksheets from school.

Obvioulsy I have seen all the media about fish oil and how by giving this to your child it can help improve their concentration levels etc over a period of time. I've bought a few bottles of "eye q" liquid to start him on but at £9 a bottle its a bit pricey but highly recommended. (doing 3 for 2 in boots/superdrug so still got a good deal).

Can anyone recommend any other products that do the same thing but for cheaper?

Cheers

skyrocket

zipvit do a 'omegajuice' that is a much higher concentration of the good stuff and a LOT cheaper than eyeQ.
worth a look!
good luck with your little boy. removing all colourings, sugars, preservatives etc from his diet and giving him a homecooked healthy diet (you may already do this) will also work wonders. it does for my boy, although when it comes to parties etc it is hard to keep up!

poe.tuesday

please also remember that he is only 5, my boy who is now only 7 has started to learn and behave, my son is not a bad child, he is just a young child and wants to play all the time

I give my children fish twice a week, one of them being an oily fish - I can not say that him behavour is any different, he just seems to have grown up a bit more now that he is older

weegie_2

thanks sky rocket - I'm workng on the colourings and addivites thing as well and do quite a bit of homecooking (but could improve!)

weegie_2

yes, at 5 I don't expect him to be brain of britain but if he could just settle down slightly in the classroom so it wasn't affecting other peoples work that woudl be great :-)

We haven't been too hard on him at all about it. Husband wanted to 'punish him' ie ground and take away all treats but I told him that wasn't the answer.

He usually gets fish once a week - again I could improve on this but he'll only eat certain ones. If I try and disguise in other things he knows and won't eat!

poe.tuesday

the thing that annoyed me when the school told me about my son is that they told us when the behavour had got too much, I aksed everyday, how was he doing, and everyday I got the 'fine' answer then out of the blue he's a distruptive child and has been for some time

If the school has informed me earlier then maybe the bahaour could have been nipped in the bud, what we do now is ask each day how he has been, if he has been naughty then one of his privalages is taken away - such as playing his x-box etc - he is aware of the conciquenses of being naughty and it seems to work very well - I also find that games such as the xboy etc is only limited to the weekend and an hour too as some children loose social interaction skills because they are playing these games all day shut up in their rooms etc

good luck with your son but please remember - he is still a little boy

skylight

This worked on Lara last year (now 5). She was very .. er... energentic, shall I say. She is very very independent and does her own thing (trying to climb on the school roof to see the view and the horses in the next field etc). Which in one respect is great and I wouldn't want her to change, the other hand she is hard work!

I cut out red food colouring from everything and she has omega 3 - boots own kids supplements and within a week she mellowed big time. She is still Lara, independent and energetic, but its now her and not because she is hyper.

Errata

Are you absolutely certain there is no reason for his behaviour? Bullying? New teacher? HTH - the improvement in childrens' behaviour after taking omega 3 was a very small study which I don't think has been replicated yet or peer reviewed, and it was funded by the manufacturer.
It would be good to find a magic supplement which would sort out kids behaviour - every parents dream - but if the behaviour is a symptom of a problem then the problem needs identifying rather than simply suppressing the symptoms.

snowmaid

Children need their omegas. As little children my parents used to feed us something revolting with cod liver oil in it..:eek: It was revolting and made me heave! :rotfl:

We were also given malt. Most children then were given these 2. There was far less of a concentration problem then. My child has his omega's everyday, has fruit, loves his vegies and eats a balanced diet. His teacher says he is a star in class and is never distruptive, besides the odd natter here and there! :rolleyes:

I haven't had behavioural problems with my children, such as being hyper etc. They were all given essential oils in some form.

No harm in trying anyway!

Katyag

poe.tuesday wrote: »

please also remember that he is only 5, my boy who is now only 7 has started to learn and behave, my son is not a bad child, he is just a young child and wants to play all the time

This is such a relief for me to hear. My son is nearly 5 and a half and still at nursery, he has had an extra year as he was not ready for school last year so he starts this August.

The nursery have had him assessed by an educational phsycologist and im seeing him tomorrow to discuss his findings. Im dreading it! The nursery dont tell me how he is unless i ask (which always isnt possible every day if the teachers are busy with kids) so getting pulled aside and told this was heartbreaking.

He can be quite whiney but i saw an issue myself last week which concerned me when picking him up, they were outside playing on bikes and trikes and as my DS went by one other child held onto his bike tyres and wouldnt let him go, so DS got upset and was nearly in tears. Straight away DS was getting into trouble for whining yet the child who was holding him back was ignored and not told off. I felt that was very unfair and if this is a indication of how things are then no wonder DS seems to be getting labled 'the problem child'. It took my DH stepping in to get the other child to let go and DS to calm down.

I freely admit my DS isnt a perfect child (who is) but it certainly feels like hes being picked out.

andycarmi

Errata wrote: »

Are you absolutely certain there is no reason for his behaviour? Bullying? New teacher? HTH - the improvement in childrens' behaviour after taking omega 3 was a very small study which I don't think has been replicated yet or peer reviewed, and it was funded by the manufacturer.
It would be good to find a magic supplement which would sort out kids behaviour - every parents dream - but if the behaviour is a symptom of a problem then the problem needs identifying rather than simply suppressing the symptoms.

I agree, also you said he is smart, children can play p too if they find shool work too easy and boring, just something else to think about. HTH