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.
Hi tan and welcome to our little corner of the earth
Well, Matilda's first day back to school tomorrow.... eeeek. I'm working tonight until 2am (here atm :shh. So I will be tired and probably tearful when dropping her off. It will be great for her to get back into routine, and she has mostly the same kids and same teacher and teachers aide so its all the same as last year except a renovation to the school which she's already seen and marked out her desk etc, so she knows what its going to look like tomorrow too. I'm excited for her, as I think this year will be much better than last year with all her health issues as well.
I have a kindy boy in my class this year who is autistic and thanks to so much help and advice from Christy with regards to DS I had the BEST interview with his mum. She was so relieved to find a teacher who understood and knew about different things (like social stories, communication book) and who wanted to do them. She in turn helped me with things about DS so I think we will have a really mutually beneficial year!
I had to do a pre school test with this little boy and thanks to skills my OT taught me it went really well even though mum said he was stimming when he came in.
Awesome mrsmac, you will be the best teacher for him!! Apparently you are an awesome teacher (from Mrs Powis... ). I think you will have a better understanding of him and stimming than a lot of teachers.
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
Ohh, when is the test? It's hard to know how to approach it. Do chupa chups work at your place?
Well it looks like Mitch isn't really ready for school. Not socially anyway . He has hit three kids since he started last week. He got angry and territorial of toys at kinder but never hit anyone.
Popped one kid right on the nose just as I got there....now he is known as the bully. I'm really shattered. I LOVE the way these things are addressed at the school and I was hoping he would catch on quickly....but he just goes nuts if things aren't his way, and if there is no one close enough to cool him down .
His teacher wants him to stay on transitional hours till after March, so I will pick him up when lunchtime starts (12.30) for another 6 weeks.
I don't know how I am supposed get back to work, I am struggling terribly with finances and have held on till he gets to school and now this.
Getting an appointment with a Paed and hopefully into the asd center in the next three months.
Academically he is waaaay ready to go.....I'm just sad to think this is going to be him for the rest of his life. He makes friends but pretty soon after they see a meltdown they get scared off. Will he ever have a best buddy or a little gang of friends???
awwww Lulu that is so heartbreaking... IKWYM. Often when M has her own meltdown, she loses friends who don't want to play with her in fear of it happening again. Luckily it hasn't happened at school, but some of the kids see it when they come home with us. We've had to deal with it a lot in the meantime... losing friends who don't want to be around the meltdowns.
Sanks hun. I've just made an appt for a Paed and got in 6 weeks from now! I would have to wait till June otherwise.....this one specialises in spectrum stuff and was recommended by the head of the asd centre. Gotta love having a mum in the business, she rung the asd bloke direct and had a lovely chat....
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 I will be tired and probably tearful when dropping her off. It will be great for her to get back into routine, and she has mostly the same kids and same teacher and teachers aide so its all the same as last year except a renovation to the school which she's already seen and marked out her desk etc, so she knows what its going to look like tomorrow too. I'm excited for her, as I think this year will be much better than last year with all her health issues as well.
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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