ADHD and Autism

ADHD: if your child has been diagnosed (or with just ADD), did they fight sleep as a baby or sleep less than most babies?

Autism: what was the youngest you saw signs in your child for having it?

Quoting LilyRain12:" ADHD: if your child has been diagnosed (or with just ADD), did they fight sleep as a baby or sleep less than most babies? Autism: what was the youngest you saw signs in your child for having it?"

my son was diagnosed with ODD and ADHD recently and he has never been one to fight sleep... always went right down as a baby and even now will get into bed and lay there... might not go to sleep but he does calm right down and do as told

My brother is ADHD, and yes, he very rarely slept. I don't know how he got by on so little.

Can they even diagnose ADD or ADHD in a baby?

Quoting *beck-i* {JAS08}:" my son was diagnosed with ODD and ADHD recently and he has never been one to fight sleep... always went ... [snip!] ... down as a baby and even now will get into bed and lay there... might not go to sleep but he does calm right down and do as told"

what's ODD?

Quoting Kylees Mama:" Can they even diagnose ADD or ADHD in a baby?"

no, but that's why i put this in "parents with KIDS".

Quoting LilyRain12:" what's ODD?"

Oppositional Defiance Disorder

My oldest son has ADHD and he did fight sleep when he was younger but it wasn't a huge problem. Like, nothing that I find to be hugely different than any other child fighting sleep. Now, his meds do cause him to have insomnia at times and he does take melatonin to help with that.

My youngest son has autism. Looking back, there were definitely "differences" even from the time he was an infant however, I didn't see those differences at the time. I started to really notice the differences between him and other children around 18 months......maybe a little before, but I still couldn't put my finger on it. A little bit after he turned 2, he started speech therapy and immediately, his speech therapist urged me to have him evaluated for autism. He was diagnosed about a month before his 3rd birthday. Although he really has made alot of progress, I will say that the older he gets, the more evident his "autistic" behaviors are......I don't know if it's just more obvious since he is older or if it's that he is picking up more and more of these behaviors.

Quoting *beck-i* {JAS08}:" Oppositional Defiance Disorder"

can you tell me some about that?

Quoting wombie:" My oldest son has ADHD and he did fight sleep when he was younger but it wasn't a huge problem. Like, ... [snip!] ... don't know if it's just more obvious since he is older or if it's that he is picking up more and more of these behaviors."

looking back, what were some "signs"? it might sound dumb but i'm a little concerned about my daughter...

Quoting LilyRain12:" can you tell me some about that?"

here are some links... I am still learning about it as well... with my son it is mostly a failure to listen to adults or even acknowledge adults... weather it be the teacher, his parents, or any adult figure no matter what path they take he will disobey them and do whatever he wants... punishment and rewards were both tried and neither would even make a dent in what was going on... now that he is finally being treated our issues have gone down by I would say 80 % and we could not be happier!

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/oppositional-defiant-disorder/DS00630

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/oppositional-defiant-disorder

Quoting *beck-i* {JAS08}:" here are some links... I am still learning about it as well... with my son it is mostly a failure to ... [snip!] ... http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/oppositional-defiant-disorder"

that seems a bit difficult to determine to me. . .

Quoting LilyRain12:" that seems a bit difficult to determine to me. . ."

from what my Dr stated there are many times that it goes hand and hand with ADHD... we just got his diagnosis recently so as I said I am trying to still learn about it myself and am still doing research... other people who have dealt with it longer might be able to explain some more about it... my son has just been out of control for years and I don't know what parts go with the ADHD and/or the ODD

Quoting LilyRain12:" looking back, what were some "signs"? it might sound dumb but i'm a little concerned about my daughter..."

eye contact was one. When I would nurse him, he never ever looked at me like my other kids did. I also feel like it took more work on my end to bond with him......it's hard to explain because I don't want to make it sound like every baby who is like this will be autistic   Anyway, it was like I had to try extra hard to feel like we had that special mommy/baby bond.....he didn't reciprocate the affection like my other kids did. His little face didn't "light up" when he saw me. kwim? And like I said, at the time I don't think I really noticed it because it wasn't like a super stark contrast between him and my other kids.....but now looking back, I see the differences. Does this make sense?