disruptive child in classroom - omega/fish oil query

lesleystrawson

'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.'

Good to see you are wanting to do your bit to help support your son/school...but what exactly are the school doing to help the situation??

weegie_2

no, no new teacher and we have no concerns that he is being bullied - we have asked and the school pointed out that they'd be the first to know (they are pretty good with this type of thing) and to be honest our son can pretty much stand up for himself. he's quite a confident wee chappy.

After chatting more to hubbie I think the behaviour in some way could be seeking attention - I work full time and don't always have time to sit with him for loads of time. Perhaps it's a cry for more attention?

As I type he is happily whizzing past the front window having just learnt to ride his bike without stablisers :-) We'll see what happens at school tomorrow!

Errata

Generally speaking we all behave in ways that are a reaction to something. If you son has a healthy well balanced diet he won't be missing out on anything so no need to add anything. You may have hit the nail on the head thinking about attention, but it may be that what he's seeking at school is more attention from the teacher. I bet he gets it from teacher when he doesn't behave well. Does he understand that teacher has to spread their attention around the class?

weegie_2

Yeah - he's got a quite a good diet - could eat more greens though! I pretty much read the labels of everything to make sure it's free of e numbers etc. I suppose we could always do better but I don't buy sweets and treats for the house and he has access to a fruit bowl we're he's always allowed to have as much of this as he wants.

I'll see if I can chat to him after school tomorrow to see if it's attention from the teacher he is looking for as well. It may well be.....

Dustykitten

I have a little one in reception and he can have his moments. I help out in his class once a week and to be honest lots of them have their moments too!

He could be picking up behaviour from other kids. A few weeks into term DS started messing around in circle time. When we chatted about this it turned out that another little boy never sat in the circle and the teachers gave up getting him there (he has some special needs) so DS thought he'd see what happened if he kept refusing to sit there, he soon got bored as he felt he was missing out on things.

This week they all keep coming out with their tops on back to front because one of the 'highly spirited' children has started to do this.

Work with the school on sorting this out but it needs to be a partnership.

BTW my little one is much better on fish oils - he has the IQ tablets. When we had a break from them because we had ran out his behaviour deteriorated after about 5 days.

Ted_Hutchinson

As well as the Omega Juice mentioned earlier you may want to consider other ways of adding omega 3 to the diet see.

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bowz25

hi
my son is 7 now and he was exactly the same at 5 especially when he first started school (on the first day he hid under the desk and would not come out and also had a little scuffle with another child. I use to dread going to school to pick him up in the first year as i wondered what he had done.
You sound like a great parent or you would not be so concerned about it so dont be too down on yourself.
I actually informed the school and wrote on his end of year report that if in any way my son misbehaved i wanted to know about it so i could be one step behind him to tell him right from wrong.
He is now in year 2 and his behaviour is fine the teacher has no problems with him and he is always bringing home good behaviour slips. I think they do learn right from wrong eventually it just takes some time and effort. You are obviously doing everything right.
I took my sons books off him when he did wrong as they were his favourite thing and it worked.
also i sometimes give him seven seas fish oils i think a bottle is under £3.00 and it is in syrup form.
bye for now

crockpot

Which Omega 3 supplement do mosy people use for children?, I have bought the ZIpvit as know it was a good one, also the e-q but after a while ythey would not take it anymore, must admit, I licked the spoon after them and I would not take it!

My boys are 5 and 7, so could take a capsule.

Thanks

Elsiesgirl

He's only a little boy and you sound as if you're doing all you can. Did the school give any indication of when it started to try to pin point any incident?

By the way Charlotte, I love your little Lara

Kimitatsu

First of he is a boy!

At the age of five, they get an influx of hormones which means their muscles want to move and jump about and run off steam just as the school system is making them sit down and do colouring in!

My DS1 was branded as "disruptive and lacks concentration" at his previous school. We had him assessed for ADHD, we were careful with his diet, and yes we do feed him omega 3 every day. It has helped with his concentration but not as much as changing to a boy friendly school!

6 months in the new school and youwould think he is a different child from what the teachers are saying. They had him for 6 weeks before the report came from the previous school, and they couldnt understand what all the fuss was about. he is now 10, labelled as gifted and talented, and still fidgets when he gets bored, but this school appreciates the differences between boys and girls and treats them appropriately.

He is not perfect but it is such a weight off my mind now that he is happy and that the school knows how to handle him.