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<blockquote data-quote="WoeIsMe" data-source="post: 588261" data-attributes="member: 16165"><p>There's really nothing remarkable about his history. He met all his milestones. He's my biological child. He wasn't exposed to drugs or anything else harmful although I do have a blocked uterine artery that resulted in him being born at a low birth weight (5lbs). He was a healthy baby and child. I suffer from depression that has gotten worse as I try to work my way through motherhood and having a child that has been labeled with having a difficult temperament. He's always been more interested in adult things and less interested in toys. He figures out a toy and he's done! It's as if there's no fun in doing something repeatedly if the outcome is always the same. He seems bored, but he has a below average attention span. All the professionals we've seen have said he's bright. I take that with a grain of salt. Being bright or gifted or having a high IQ isn't going amount to a hill of beans if we can't get a hold of his impulse control and self regulation skills. </p><p></p><p>"They" don't think it's developmental. Everyone has ruled out anything on the spectrum. Both his pedi and the Ph.D that we work with don't think it's developmental or at least they don't think he needs a developmental pediatrician. The only neuropsychologist I've found in town doesn't work with kids. Their practice only does adult evaluations for court cases. The pediatric neurologist that we saw is actually the co-director of the department of the children's hospital in our city. They don't have any behavioral programs. </p><p></p><p>I've tried my hardest trying to advocate for him. I pushed through the system after being told countless times that it's just the "terrible two's" and that "it'll get better". I think you sparked another avenue in me. I don't care what the diagnosis is. I have the behaviors. I need to know the cause. I'm just having a really hard time trying to find someone who can tell me the cause of the behavior. </p><p></p><p>Thank you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WoeIsMe, post: 588261, member: 16165"] There's really nothing remarkable about his history. He met all his milestones. He's my biological child. He wasn't exposed to drugs or anything else harmful although I do have a blocked uterine artery that resulted in him being born at a low birth weight (5lbs). He was a healthy baby and child. I suffer from depression that has gotten worse as I try to work my way through motherhood and having a child that has been labeled with having a difficult temperament. He's always been more interested in adult things and less interested in toys. He figures out a toy and he's done! It's as if there's no fun in doing something repeatedly if the outcome is always the same. He seems bored, but he has a below average attention span. All the professionals we've seen have said he's bright. I take that with a grain of salt. Being bright or gifted or having a high IQ isn't going amount to a hill of beans if we can't get a hold of his impulse control and self regulation skills. "They" don't think it's developmental. Everyone has ruled out anything on the spectrum. Both his pedi and the Ph.D that we work with don't think it's developmental or at least they don't think he needs a developmental pediatrician. The only neuropsychologist I've found in town doesn't work with kids. Their practice only does adult evaluations for court cases. The pediatric neurologist that we saw is actually the co-director of the department of the children's hospital in our city. They don't have any behavioral programs. I've tried my hardest trying to advocate for him. I pushed through the system after being told countless times that it's just the "terrible two's" and that "it'll get better". I think you sparked another avenue in me. I don't care what the diagnosis is. I have the behaviors. I need to know the cause. I'm just having a really hard time trying to find someone who can tell me the cause of the behavior. Thank you! [/QUOTE]
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