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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 24760" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fran</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style='font-size: 11pt'></p><p></p><p>My difficult child's hyperactivity really showed itself once difficult child didn't have the restraint of not walking. Once limitations were overcome he had no boundaries and he didn't set them himself.He was an exuberant baby and he set about exploring the world with same enthusiasm and lack of cause and effect or fear. I set the concern for difficult child at 8 months. He had the first of 4 febrile seizures. I don't know if that triggered the change but it was my first experience that difficult child was different. Until then we often said we were "blessed" by such a sunny, good natured baby. It was less and less a sunny experience as difficult child was more mobile. He never walked, he lurched and ran. I don't think that I overstimulated him to tell the truth but I just wondered about differences throughout time in babies,parents and the inability of my hyperactive child to not be able to focus enough on anything mundane to complete it. It always has to capture him to the point of hyperfocus for difficult child to actually invest himself in doing something. </p><p>Oh well, I'm just thinking. </span> </div></div></p><p></p><p>I haven't caught this thread til now, and this is something that runs thru my mind almost endlessly. What's different in our world now? Why are these kids like this? </p><p></p><p>My difficult child 2 is identical to the above quote. He walked at 8 months and its been downhill from there.</p><p></p><p>And I do think that what is good for some may be detrimental for others, and while some may say "stop", others with delays, I believe, may not. I also beleive there is probably little to no way to know at that age what's "best".</p><p></p><p>I also wonder about "survival of the fittest". Back when family unity was required to survive, what happened to these kids? And while I'm really glad we have the miracle of modern medicine, how does our "tinkering" affect this? People who were infertile just 10 years ago are now able to have children. Babies born too early that wouldn't have survived, but now are, Those of us with severe allergies that may not have survived and do now, the list goes on and on. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad its there, I just wonder, is it a factor that "natural selection" is being eliminated?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 24760, member: 1848"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fran</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style='font-size: 11pt'> My difficult child's hyperactivity really showed itself once difficult child didn't have the restraint of not walking. Once limitations were overcome he had no boundaries and he didn't set them himself.He was an exuberant baby and he set about exploring the world with same enthusiasm and lack of cause and effect or fear. I set the concern for difficult child at 8 months. He had the first of 4 febrile seizures. I don't know if that triggered the change but it was my first experience that difficult child was different. Until then we often said we were "blessed" by such a sunny, good natured baby. It was less and less a sunny experience as difficult child was more mobile. He never walked, he lurched and ran. I don't think that I overstimulated him to tell the truth but I just wondered about differences throughout time in babies,parents and the inability of my hyperactive child to not be able to focus enough on anything mundane to complete it. It always has to capture him to the point of hyperfocus for difficult child to actually invest himself in doing something. Oh well, I'm just thinking. </span> </div></div> I haven't caught this thread til now, and this is something that runs thru my mind almost endlessly. What's different in our world now? Why are these kids like this? My difficult child 2 is identical to the above quote. He walked at 8 months and its been downhill from there. And I do think that what is good for some may be detrimental for others, and while some may say "stop", others with delays, I believe, may not. I also beleive there is probably little to no way to know at that age what's "best". I also wonder about "survival of the fittest". Back when family unity was required to survive, what happened to these kids? And while I'm really glad we have the miracle of modern medicine, how does our "tinkering" affect this? People who were infertile just 10 years ago are now able to have children. Babies born too early that wouldn't have survived, but now are, Those of us with severe allergies that may not have survived and do now, the list goes on and on. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad its there, I just wonder, is it a factor that "natural selection" is being eliminated? [/QUOTE]
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