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I think he's sticking his finger down his throat
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<blockquote data-quote="aeroeng" data-source="post: 308497" data-attributes="member: 6557"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">It could be a real illness, but my difficult child did that when he was much younger (age 2 to 3), and wanted attention. The Dr. always said to ignore the negative behavior. He would put his finger right down the back of his throat, and then he would play with the results. Well you can't ignore that. I would pick him up, wash him off, put him in bed and walk away. Walking away help the most, because when he found out that he did not get the attention he eventually quit doing it. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">But yours is a different, your difficult child is not a toddler. But I still think you need to find a way so that it does not work for him. Maybe let him stay home, but don't spend anymore then the bare minimum with him, and practically no attention. In bed, in a quiet room with no one to talk to (particularly you). Then do give him lots of attention in good situations. If it keeps up, take him to a Dr. to check out the potential for a chronic illness. (Maybe show him upper and lower GI procedures?)</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeroeng, post: 308497, member: 6557"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]It could be a real illness, but my difficult child did that when he was much younger (age 2 to 3), and wanted attention. The Dr. always said to ignore the negative behavior. He would put his finger right down the back of his throat, and then he would play with the results. Well you can't ignore that. I would pick him up, wash him off, put him in bed and walk away. Walking away help the most, because when he found out that he did not get the attention he eventually quit doing it. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]But yours is a different, your difficult child is not a toddler. But I still think you need to find a way so that it does not work for him. Maybe let him stay home, but don't spend anymore then the bare minimum with him, and practically no attention. In bed, in a quiet room with no one to talk to (particularly you). Then do give him lots of attention in good situations. If it keeps up, take him to a Dr. to check out the potential for a chronic illness. (Maybe show him upper and lower GI procedures?)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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