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  1. Phew. I feel better about it now. Thanks! :)
  2. I tend to be an overprotective mother so I'm not sure how to handle this. Would you leave a well-behaved 10 year old alone at a restaurant table while you went to the restroom? My younger child can't go by himself and my 10yo has stated she'd prefer to stay at the table while I took her brother to the bathroom. I've had her stand outside the stall or even the bathroom, but have never left her alone at the table. She knows not to leave with strangers, etc, but the idea of it still makes me nervous. Again, I fully admit I'm a bit overprotective, but I also know at some point I'm going to have to let them grow up a little. :) WWYD?
  3. At my 7y/o's last dentist appointment, I was told the enamel didn't form on one of his permanent molars. The dentist said she recommends pulling it and when his wisdom tooth comes in, it will just move into the spot where the molar was. I really don't want to pull a tooth if we don't have to. The dentist said filling it like a cavity won't help, but I don't exactly know why. I'm wondering if anyone has ever gone through anything like this and what you did to fix it. I've been Googling, but I'm not really getting any suggestions on the issue.
  4. I don't know their official titles, but they were all people I was told to go through. I'll definitely try finding a neuropsychologist. Thanks!
  5. My DS is 5 and is speech delayed. I think there's more going on, but so far, no one has been able to tell me what. He started receiving speech services at 2.5. When he was evaluated, speech was the only thing he was delayed in. Four people evaluated him and even though I know they weren't qualified, I asked them if they thought he was autistic and in unison they responded 'absolutely not.' At 3, he was evaluated again and this time, they tested him for autism. I was told he tested no where near the spectrum, but could possibly be diagnosed with it in the future. In the meantime, his speech was really coming along and everyone kept telling me by the time he was 5, you wouldn't even know he had been speech delayed. In all, my DS has had 3 speech therapists and 1 special ed teacher. When my DS was 3.5, the special ed teacher told me she didn't think her services were needed anymore because he was doing things most 4 years olds couldn't do. I was happy to hear that, even though I still thought something was going on with him. Every therapist and everyone that has evaluated him has said he's an "enigma." His last speech therapist, though, suggested that he might be high functioning autistic. I went and had him evaluated and the test came back that again, he was no where near the spectrum. I told the evaluator how the speech therapist thought and she asked to speak with the speech therapist. They had a phone conversation and afterwards the speech therapist told me she no longer thought my DS was high functioning. When my DS was younger, I think he possibly had sensory issues. He pretty much freaked out in public places. He has since outgrown that, but he still has a lot of irrational (to me) fears. I know all kids have them, but it's just one thing after another and it often affects the whole family. If you've made it this far (thank you), here are some examples of his speech. While I believe he has the vocabulary of a 5 year old, his sentence structure and the words he uses just aren't where they should be. For example, he was drawing a picture and didn't want me to look at until he was done and instead of saying, "Don't look at it," he said, "Don't see it." You understand what he means, but it's not the right way to say it. Another example is his balloon got away from him and went up to the ceiling. He told me he couldn't reach it because the ceiling was too "greatly." Again, not the right word, but you know what he meant. In my research, I thought he maybe had Semantic Pragmatic Disorder, but he was just tested for it and he passed the test with flying colors. Another thing about him is that he's "quirky." That was the word used to describe him by one of his speech therapists. He's always the "weird" kid in the crowd. We went to a birthday party recently and after the birthday child blew out his candles my DS said, "Your wish was..... toothfairy!" Everyone looked at him like he was strange and it broke my heart. That's how it pretty much is all the time, though. He's always saying or doing "weird" things. I have a meeting with the school psychologist soon (he's homeschooled, but goes to school twice a week for a half hour for speech therapy). I'm hoping someone here may have experience with anything like what I've described so I can be better prepared with telling her something more than, "something is just not right." I really don't think anyone has taken me seriously so far. Or, maybe I really am just looking too much into everything. I don't know. My heart tells me something is wrong, though. Ideas? Thoughts?
  6. Yes! Thank you! I knew I'd feel silly as soon as someone said it. :) I don't know if there are any other names for it, but dramatic is what I was looking for! Thanks! :)
  7. My brain is apparently not working right now. What's it called when someone reacts like this: "I'm just the worst person in the world! I'm just going to go live on an island so I don't bother anyone ever again! I can't do anything right!" And this is after something small like reminding them they left the cap off the toothpaste or something. And their response isn't sarcasm, they genuinely get hurt feelings over any tiny criticism said to them.
  8. We were invited to a New Year's Eve party and accepted. There will be some of my kids' homeschooling friends there. We've been to two other parties at the host's house and both times, there was a kid there (not a homeschooler and not friends with any of the kids there besides the host's children) who was very mean. I mean, we almost left the last party because of this kid and the way he was bullying the other kids (the bully's mom never once corrected him, even though she witnessed most of it). My daughter (7) just came to me and reluctantly told me she didn't want to go to the party because of this bully. I don't want to force her to go, but I don't know how to handle backing out of the party with the host. I don't think it's my place to tell her we don't want to come because of one particular child, but I also don't want her to think we just decided not to come. But should I make my DD go? I know avoiding bullies is almost impossible, but it's also part of the reason we homeschool. :) WWYD?
  9. My DD wants to learn how to ice skate. Our local ice skating rink offers lessons and they said they have hockey skates to rent. I don't want to invest in any skates until I know my DD is going to stick with it. My DH grew up using figure skates and wants our DD to use those. I don't ice skate so I don't know which is better. What do you suggest?
  10. Has anyone ever done it and replaced them with the composite fillings? I have no reason to do it other than I just hate the way they look. They're on my back teeth and you would only see them if you're really looking, but I've always been self-conscious about them. I've had them since I was a kid (I'm in my 40s now) and have been told a few times that they'll "eventually" need replacing because they don't hold up well, but these suckers are about 30 years old and in perfect condition! My DH doesn't think it's a good idea as he thinks once I start messing with my teeth (which are in great condition) that I'll regret it and he says his composite fillings are always cracking. I know that the silver fillings aren't supposedly good for your health because of the mercury so that's another reason I want them out (though I know taking them out isn't great for you either). I'm so torn on this! WWYD?
  11. We started when she was young (because she always seemed advanced) with various flash cards, then moved up to workbooks. I used them for a couple of years just because she loved them so much and really seemed to be understanding everything (like I said, if you break it down, she doesn't seem like she has a problem until she actually has to read). About halfway through "K" I bought level 1 of AAR and AAS. She didn't really like them and just wanted to do workbooks so after fighting with her on it, we went back to them because I figured it was fine for K. For 1st grade, we went back to AAR/AAS and she really seemed to be doing fine, but it's just when she has to apply everything she's learned and actually read, it's like she's forgotten everything. I tried working with her last year just on learning words by sight (that's how I learned and was an early reader) and that didn't help. I've had her watch shows like Word World and she does seem to retain info better from that show than she does anything else. I know I've had her try a few different websites, but off hand I don't remember which ones they were.
  12. My DD is almost 8 and in "2nd" grade. She has struggled with her reading from the start, which I was ok with because she's strong in other areas. Her reading, though, just doesn't seem to be progressing. While her friends are reading books like Harry Potter, she can't even read those little beginner reader 8 page long books without difficulty. She knows her letter sounds and we've gone over rules a million times, but when she goes to apply everything, it's like.... I don't even know what. For example, today she was sounding out the word 'large.' By the time she was done, it came out as 'giraffe.' :huh: Then we were working on hard and soft 'g' words. She'd start off with the hard g sound and I'd remind her to look at the next letter. She'd continue to sound out the hard g sound and I'd remind her of the rule. She'd then STILL continue to say the hard g sound! It's like nothing sinks in with her when it comes to reading. She does, however, learn more from TV/DVDs so I'm wondering if there are any DVDs I can buy for her that would help. If DVDs don't work, I don't really know what I'll do! Help! :(
  13. What kind of tests have you had done to determine what your issues are? I've had back and neck problems for about 15 years. At first, chiropractic adjustments took the pain away. Over the years, it seemed to help less and less and the pain got worse and worse. All my chiropractors (I've seen quite a few) have said was that I needed to see them more often. I would and the pain just got worse. I had Xrays about 10 years ago and all the chiro told me was that my neck curved the opposite way that it was suppose to and again, the only treatment was chiropractic care. It wasn't until I was in excruciating pain in my back (I'm guessing a bulging/slipped disc) that I looked for help outside of my chiro and went to physical therapy. That, too, did nothing. And again, they told me I just needed more physical therapy. I asked many doctors what sort of tests I could get done to find out what was going on because the pain was becoming more and more unbearable, but all they ever suggested was Xrays. I'd get them done, they'd tell me I'm "pretty messed up," and would suggest more of their treatments. I finally saw a neurologist today because I was experiencing toe pain and the podiatrist said nothing was wrong with my toes and that it had to be because of my back so he referred me to the neurologist. I told him I wanted my whole back and neck checked and he literally laughed at me and told me, "This is 2015, you can't do that." Apparently I can only get one thing at a time checked and today all he checked was my one toe and I was told nothing was wrong with it (duh). He asked me if I could pick between my back and neck to get an MRI done, which one would I do. I chose my back so now I'm getting an MRI on it. Does that sound normal? Why can't they check my neck at the same time? Is this the best course of action? I'm just so tired of feeling like doctors of steering me in the wrong direction and just want answers once and for all what's going on with me. :(
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