Thanks so much Jen, I have left quite a few places in tears with him and I just get scared of what people must think. I am having a tough time atm and feling a bit fragile.
Erin is coming which usually makes things easier so fingers crossed.
Today, its hot where we are and the cicadas were up early Fricken Cicadas!!!!! I now have my super princess all over the place. She woke up flappin' and then couldn't sit down, she just fell over everything and paced for a while. We all sat down to watch a movie in our PJ's and she wandered back & forth in front of the TV.
Thankfully, after getting frustrated with her, I asked her what we could do help her settle down. She said "I think I need the bean bag squish" So we did it, and then I asked her "How many do you think you need?" and she said "3". So we did it 3 times and you know what? She's now standing on the back of the lounge balanced on one leg watching the movie with us. I'm happy that she's not pacing anymore, of course I would prefer she sit on the lounge, but *meh* at least we can watch the movie without her pacing in front of us and falling over toys and the table.
i have a woo hoo and i did get soooo excited only for my sister to break my bubble of excitment
murray has gone to bed for 3 nights and woke up dry in underpants and used the potty all day only had a few accidents when out
he has been so much more easier to control but inthe arvos hes still really chanlanging i have no idea where this change has come from but i like it
im hoping hes ok when we head home tho
but i have a big queastion
Teeth Grinding how do i stop him from constintly grinding them he even does it in his sleep i was told to use a mouth gaurd but im sure it would just get chewed to bits
Hi all, so sorry i haven't dropped in in a while..for some reason BB wouldn't let me post in forums?? Seems to be working today so figured i'd update
Thanks to Lulu, Christy...and ummmmm whoever else gave me info about claiming centrelink carers allowance...we have a follow up appointment for Ethan next month so will ask the dr. to fill out the claim forms then.
Ethan has his assessment with EI next week WOOOHOO looking forward to getting the ball rolling there. I've been looking into starting a sensory diet with him, i think a lot of his behaviour/hyperness/stimming is because of sensory processing issues so hopefully the diet will help.
Today has been a crappy day poor Dh was up last night with a spewy bug which means its only a matter of time before the rest of us get it and ethan always goes feral when he's sick. We're off to a wedding next week so am praying we're all ok by then
Ethan hasn't been having his day sleeps lately which means he's absolutely cranky,feral and yuck by 3pm. I just lost my lolly with him and put him into bed in a vain hope that he'll sleep but i doubt it. He has been constantly hitting,pushing and screaming at his little brother. Some days its literally every 5 minutes that i'm telling him not to hit. By the end of the day i'm so exhausted from repeating myself
And to top it off i've got a touch of mastitis! I must have slept on my booby (dam sensitive breasts) which caused a nasty big lump. Yesterday i felt terrible, with fever and overal yucky flu like symptoms. I was able to get a little nap while the boys were resting which was nice. The lumps still there today. Not as big but still there. I've been offering DS2 more feeds on that booby and gently massaging the lump..all the right things and i'm starting to feel a bit better, still bloody painful though.
Hi ladies, may I say how much I love having this thread to come into and feel "normal".
I think spending the day with Christy and the girls on thursday has really settled me and made me feel so much better. The book is great too- The Out of sync child, I am reading it nodding at heaps of things.
Lestyrox- GL with EI, we have an EI unti at the school I teach at and the teacher has been a great resource for me, what a shame you aren't down here.
Christy- wow good on Matilda for being able to say what to do to help her, she is such a beautiful little girl, Erin can't wait to see her again.
Hi ladies,
well finally after what seems an eternity my darling boy has now been refered to a unit to assess children with special needs.
We are hoping to find out whether he has aspergers or is just obsessive.
Im hoping to get some idea from you ladies about what is involved and some things i should do to help the assessment etc along.
My new GP has been fantastic and has told me to right a list of his traits etc.
Looking forward to getting to know you all and hopefuly get som answers for my middle man.
We had a follow up appointment with Ethan's Paed. yesterday.... turns out Ethan's IgM levels are low So my poor little guy has to have another blood test to recheck it... I'm FREAKING out, when he had the last blood test it was HORRIBLE. My poor hubby had to take him and physically hold him while they jabbed his little arms and because his little veins are so tiny they had to jab him like 5 times. He was so traumatised, by the time they got home from the appointment my poor hubby was as white as a ghost from such a horrendous experience and my poor little Ethan was so shook up he wouldn't even let us take the bandaids off his arms because he thought we were going to hurt him and now we have to do it all again.
I was even tempted to just not get it re checked to save Ethan from the pain but i'm a bit worried about his IgM level...i googled low IgM it and lots of scary things like lukemia and cancer comes up...very frightening. His Dr. thinks its probably just a mistake since he looks well and hasn't been sick but i'm still a little freaked out that it could be more. Hubby is going to take Ethan for the blood test next week. I just want it done so i know he's ok.
I don't know whether to tell ethan about the blood test though... i thought i might wait until the last minute to tell him but i know all the bad memories from last time will come flooding back and he'll probably freak out.. but i don't want to spring it on him either... either way i know its going to be horrible
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Fricken Cicadas!!!!! I now have my super princess all over the place. She woke up flappin' and then couldn't sit down, she just fell over everything and paced for a while. We all sat down to watch a movie in our PJ's and she wandered back & forth in front of the TV.
poor Dh was up last night with a spewy bug which means its only a matter of time before the rest of us get it and ethan always goes feral when he's sick. We're off to a wedding next week so am praying we're all ok by then
So my poor little guy has to have another blood test to recheck it... I'm FREAKING out, when he had the last blood test it was HORRIBLE. My poor hubby had to take him and physically hold him while they jabbed his little arms
and because his little veins are so tiny they had to jab him like 5 times. He was so traumatised, by the time they got home from the appointment my poor hubby was as white as a ghost from such a horrendous experience and my poor little Ethan was so shook up he wouldn't even let us take the bandaids off his arms because he thought we were going to hurt him
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