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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 376639" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Well...Tony refuses to remember Jamie as anything other than the perfect child but I know better..lol. Even Jamie knows better!</p><p></p><p>Jamie was born on the go. He was a big baby...9lbs and 24 and a half inches long. At 5 months he was already standing and he learned how to flip himself out of his crib into the laundry baskets we had to place around his crib so he didnt get hurt. Then he would start crawling all over the place. By 8 months he was walking alone. By 10 months he was running and there was no catching him...lol. He was a pretty good baby though. No big problems except he was on the go until he just couldnt go anymore and fell out wherever he stopped. Once he got still, he was asleep. </p><p></p><p>We put him in this one daycare place that just wasnt a good fit for him. It was a bunch of kids in a very tight building where they didnt take them out to run and play much. They expected them to sit and watch tv and color and play blocks or stuff like that. Well Jamie didnt do things like that well. He was a rough and tumble outdoorsy type boy. He learned to ride a 2 wheeled bike with no training wheels on his third birthday. He could hit a pitched ball at 4. No way could he stay inside. He went foolish. They tried to tell me my kid was psychotic because he couldnt sit still to watch a whole movie and he started picking the wallpaper. LOL. Thats the first time I heard ADHD. </p><p></p><p>Pediatrician said he was classic. He was. In kindergarten down here, mental health gave ritalin to the schools and they handed the pills out there. Odd I know. He still was hyper during class though. They couldnt figure out how he learned because he wandered all around the classroom and couldnt sit for circle time or anything but he was learning. Then when we got to this time and he had to be in first grade he was just plain miserable. They had to sit in little desks with just two recesses and he couldnt understand why little boys had to sit still all day. It was just bad. But then in the middle of second grade a lightbulb went off. The ritalin finally started working well for him and he started getting what school was all about and learning became easier for him. After that, things got good for him. </p><p></p><p>He did well over the rest of his school career. Not that there werent a few bumps. Of course, there were...he was a boy. He was normal. All kids have bumps. No kid is perfect. But he graduated, joined the Marines (which had been his goal since he was 8), got out and has a job he loves as an Animal Control Officer. He is married and has two kids. He is buying his own home. He is mostly happy. What could be better?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 376639, member: 1514"] Well...Tony refuses to remember Jamie as anything other than the perfect child but I know better..lol. Even Jamie knows better! Jamie was born on the go. He was a big baby...9lbs and 24 and a half inches long. At 5 months he was already standing and he learned how to flip himself out of his crib into the laundry baskets we had to place around his crib so he didnt get hurt. Then he would start crawling all over the place. By 8 months he was walking alone. By 10 months he was running and there was no catching him...lol. He was a pretty good baby though. No big problems except he was on the go until he just couldnt go anymore and fell out wherever he stopped. Once he got still, he was asleep. We put him in this one daycare place that just wasnt a good fit for him. It was a bunch of kids in a very tight building where they didnt take them out to run and play much. They expected them to sit and watch tv and color and play blocks or stuff like that. Well Jamie didnt do things like that well. He was a rough and tumble outdoorsy type boy. He learned to ride a 2 wheeled bike with no training wheels on his third birthday. He could hit a pitched ball at 4. No way could he stay inside. He went foolish. They tried to tell me my kid was psychotic because he couldnt sit still to watch a whole movie and he started picking the wallpaper. LOL. Thats the first time I heard ADHD. Pediatrician said he was classic. He was. In kindergarten down here, mental health gave ritalin to the schools and they handed the pills out there. Odd I know. He still was hyper during class though. They couldnt figure out how he learned because he wandered all around the classroom and couldnt sit for circle time or anything but he was learning. Then when we got to this time and he had to be in first grade he was just plain miserable. They had to sit in little desks with just two recesses and he couldnt understand why little boys had to sit still all day. It was just bad. But then in the middle of second grade a lightbulb went off. The ritalin finally started working well for him and he started getting what school was all about and learning became easier for him. After that, things got good for him. He did well over the rest of his school career. Not that there werent a few bumps. Of course, there were...he was a boy. He was normal. All kids have bumps. No kid is perfect. But he graduated, joined the Marines (which had been his goal since he was 8), got out and has a job he loves as an Animal Control Officer. He is married and has two kids. He is buying his own home. He is mostly happy. What could be better? [/QUOTE]
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