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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 410923" data-attributes="member: 393"><p>Hope the tweedles are much further along the healing process than I (husband) would have anticipated. It's taken time, patience, tears & the ability to make some significant & difficult decisions. Decisions most parents aren't asked to make.</p><p></p><p>We have incredible therapist's who specialize in trauma & attachment/adoption issues. We spent years reparenting ~ giving kt & wm the chance to hit the developmental milestones that they didn't in the birth home. We used bottles, pacifiers, & spent endless hours rocking. We swaddled the children in their beds. Purchased bed tents so they would feel swaddled & safe. I used monster spray & danced cheek to cheek. I had sensory boxes in my house (boxes filled with rice & beans) for self calming as neither kt or wm knew how to self calm. We got down on the floor to play with blocks & toys. I gave the tweedles 2 choices in many areas of their lives - choices that I could live with. I read book after book on trauma & attachment disorder & spent endless hours researching & finding the right therapist who specialized in the issues kt & wm survived in the birth home.</p><p></p><p>kt & wm now know they have Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & PTSD & have been educated in both along with their bipolar. kt especially recognizes her Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) behaviors & knows that she has 3 "redo's" to correct that behavior. wm isn't as far along as I would have hoped. wm doesn't live here because of his serious reactions & behaviors toward kt & myself. We are a "family of different addresses".</p><p></p><p>I'm here to tell you that love doesn't cure all. In many areas, love is the last thing an attachment disordered child will accept. They will accept (after the initial fight) structure, constancy & acceptance. Sometimes hugs get thrown in ~ other times not so much. </p><p></p><p>Please post here as much as you need to; vent, cry & laugh with us. I survived the tweedles in part because of the wise & loving parents here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 410923, member: 393"] Hope the tweedles are much further along the healing process than I (husband) would have anticipated. It's taken time, patience, tears & the ability to make some significant & difficult decisions. Decisions most parents aren't asked to make. We have incredible therapist's who specialize in trauma & attachment/adoption issues. We spent years reparenting ~ giving kt & wm the chance to hit the developmental milestones that they didn't in the birth home. We used bottles, pacifiers, & spent endless hours rocking. We swaddled the children in their beds. Purchased bed tents so they would feel swaddled & safe. I used monster spray & danced cheek to cheek. I had sensory boxes in my house (boxes filled with rice & beans) for self calming as neither kt or wm knew how to self calm. We got down on the floor to play with blocks & toys. I gave the tweedles 2 choices in many areas of their lives - choices that I could live with. I read book after book on trauma & attachment disorder & spent endless hours researching & finding the right therapist who specialized in the issues kt & wm survived in the birth home. kt & wm now know they have Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) & PTSD & have been educated in both along with their bipolar. kt especially recognizes her Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) behaviors & knows that she has 3 "redo's" to correct that behavior. wm isn't as far along as I would have hoped. wm doesn't live here because of his serious reactions & behaviors toward kt & myself. We are a "family of different addresses". I'm here to tell you that love doesn't cure all. In many areas, love is the last thing an attachment disordered child will accept. They will accept (after the initial fight) structure, constancy & acceptance. Sometimes hugs get thrown in ~ other times not so much. Please post here as much as you need to; vent, cry & laugh with us. I survived the tweedles in part because of the wise & loving parents here. [/QUOTE]
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