First take him to the doctor to make sure that there is not a medical reason. If he checks out ok, he may be hyperactive. There is a book that was put out by Dr.Feingold ,called,"Why your child is hyperactive." It tells all about the diet and eliminating sugar,artificial flavors and artificial colors from the diet. I had a child ,that is grown now, that was hyperactive. I tried everything including medications. Nothing worked. I got the book and did what it said to do, and it was as if I had a totally different child. For 4 years we never got one full nights sleep and after I got the book, he slept through the night and I started our whole family on the diet ,and all of my kids were happier, more easy going, didn't fight hardly at all and my husband mellowed out and became a happier person. Everything in the book tells you about cooking with all natural things,using fresh fruits and vegetables and everything is cooked from scratch. After I stopped all the junk from our diets, our food bill was actually cut in half. It is basicly cooking the way women use to cook before all the processed foods and fast foods were here.