So proud!

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DD2 IS LEARNING!!!

I've been in tears on & off since the parent teacher interview this afternoon. She started meds for her ADD/ADHD 2 weeks ago. And she's LEARNING!

Might sound over the top, but I'm serious. Her last report card basically said that she'd learnt nothing in the first 6 months of the year. I was shattered when I realised how bad it was. We tried lots of new things since then, but the attention side of things was just affecting her too much. If she's struggling this much in year 2, she's never going to catch up.

So over a year after diagnosis, I gave in & started the meds. And with in days there was an improvement. We started on a small dose. Her teacher knew, but the assisstant teacher wasn't told (teacher wanted an unbiased oppinion). On day 2 the assisstent teacher made a comment along the lines of 'I don't know what's going on with DD2, but she's being so good!'

She has gone from needing constant supervision & reminders about what to do next, to having a list of 3 or 4 things & remembering them all with NO help!! Before the list might have been 'Get reader out, go sit with ***** & read, talk about the book, bring to teacher to sign'. We'd get out book *hand up* 'who do I read with?' & without reminders would either go off in a day dream, or ask what comes next after every task. She can do this

Her maths has gone from an average 4-5/10, with lots of help, to 8ish/10 with absolute minimal help. She's starting to use punctuation of her own accord & is putting more than once sentence down on paper when writing a story.

She also settled in the 'bouncing around' department. She is fidgeting much less!

I've not told any friends or family yet. I'm waiting til I'm ready for their oppinions. They've already made it clear they don't approve. Only those close to us, & teachers workig with DD will know for now. I hope people see the difference themselves so I don't need to defend my decision. I'll happily let them in on my secret if they notice the change!

I'm just so proud. And amazed that these changes happened so fast! With not many people yet to brag too, I thought I'd show off in here