Replies to 'Spirited Kids'

If you take her to the doctor to have her checked for ADHD they may not want to put her on meds at this age. I f do say something about it you can say no. My son was the exact same way and I had one doctor tell me when he was 3 that he had the signs of it. She had also went through it with her daughter so I believed her. However I was not going to put him on meds at 3. I don't know if you are a christian and don't want to push faith on you if you are not, but I found a website that helped me some until he was older, www.christianadhd.com. They have some ideas from techniques to diets. It helped my son for a while, but we did eventually have to put him on medication( he was 6) because he wasn't able to concentate well enough to learn anything in school. We did not want to but it made a world of difference. But at 4 it may help your daughter and that maybe al it takes for her w/o ever going to meds. We limited our son's sugar and caffine intake and that helped. But we also had to limit his fruits too because the turn to sugar during digestion, I learned that from my doctor. So what I am trying to say is don't be afraid to take her to the doctor if you think that it maybe ADHD or OCD take her in and talk to the doctor and if they mention meds, say I am not ready to do that now. Let's try something else first. 

And if she does eventually take meds, that doesn't mean it will be forever. I have friends who's children were on it only to be able to quit by the time they were in high school. Before they can control themselves they have to be able to feel what it is like to be on control. That is something else I learned from my son's doctor. 

 You are not making any mistakes, you are dealing the way you know how.  Good luck and let me know how it goes.