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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 452606" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>For Billy I didnt realize he had anything wrong until he hit kindergarten when his teacher alerted me to the fact that she was noticing some learning disabilities. She picked them up very early because she had a Learning Disability (LD) son of her own and wanted me to get the ball rolling on his testing as soon as I could so he was tested and put on an IEP before he got into first grade for reading, writing and math. Other than that, I assumed he was a quirky and very good quiet boy who was easy to parent and followed rules well and wanted to please...lol. He was always inside and captivated by whatever his object of desire was at the time but I didnt know that was a sign at the time. He also didnt throw tantrums about it. He just became a little professor about things. </p><p></p><p>With Jamie, he was almost the perfect baby (and if you ask his dad he was the perfect child always) until he hit about 15 months. That is when his true hyperactivity started showing but it didnt really become an issue until he was 4. Jamie was just hugely active. You couldnt corral him. In some ways that was okay because we were able to let him play outside and the first day care he attended was a very good place for him with LOTS of outdoor playtime. They were a place that truly believed in little kids needed to have lots of free time to be kids. When that place closed is when we really noticed a change in the worst. It was the first time I had someone come to me and tell me my kid was a terror...lol. They told me they thought he was psychotic...! This place had the policy of very structured playtime on a small playground at short times. Most of the time they kept them inside coloring, reading and watching movies and videos. Jamie hated it and started picking at the wallpaper. Thats the first time a doctor gave me the ADHD label. No medications though.</p><p></p><p>We moved to a bigger city not long after that and he was happier because I wasnt working and he wasnt confined...but the damage was done. He was now showing real signs. When he started kindergarten he simply couldnt still for anything. Mental health was called in and a real evaluation was done and he was put on medications. He finally started to be able to sit down somewhat but he was miserable for a good two and a half years. Little boys werent meant to sit still in schools he said. He was never a behavior problem but he was hyper and had attention problems and was a class clown. And as athletic as the day is long. That is what saved him. </p><p></p><p>With Cory he was a good baby but he had many health issues from the start. He was allergic to all the formula's that WIC would allow us to try. I really wonder if they would have tried some of the more expensive pre-digested ones if they would have worked but they have a set few and thats it. We tried the ones they allowed and even goats milk but he still got sick. He was so bad. He had such explosive diarrhea that nothing would stay down and his poor little bottom would be so raw. We really wondered if we would lose him at times. I had him on solid foods by two months with weird things for fluids in his bottle. Pedialyte, weak gatorade, weak tea, juice, sugar water. Whatever I could get him to drink. He also started showing signs of his shoulder by about 6 months I think...we noticed it looked odd. We thought someone had grabbed him wrong at daycare. Of course his feet had been noticed at birth. Then as he got old enough to tag along with his brothers to the playground at around 18 months...his ODD really kicked in. He would throw major tantrums if he couldnt do what they could do. I remember one major major tantrum when they were playing on the monkey bars and he simply couldnt lift his left arm up to grab that bar...even with me holding him up. His arm simply didnt move above his waist because of his condition. He sat there and tried to swing his body with everything in him while screaming until he was blue in the face, one right arm on the bar. He tried over and over again. I tried to explain. He just screamed back. NO...I DO IT! Talk about feeling bad for a kid. That kid would walk across hot coals to do what he wanted. He never stopped. Now if only that was to do the right thing...sigh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 452606, member: 1514"] For Billy I didnt realize he had anything wrong until he hit kindergarten when his teacher alerted me to the fact that she was noticing some learning disabilities. She picked them up very early because she had a Learning Disability (LD) son of her own and wanted me to get the ball rolling on his testing as soon as I could so he was tested and put on an IEP before he got into first grade for reading, writing and math. Other than that, I assumed he was a quirky and very good quiet boy who was easy to parent and followed rules well and wanted to please...lol. He was always inside and captivated by whatever his object of desire was at the time but I didnt know that was a sign at the time. He also didnt throw tantrums about it. He just became a little professor about things. With Jamie, he was almost the perfect baby (and if you ask his dad he was the perfect child always) until he hit about 15 months. That is when his true hyperactivity started showing but it didnt really become an issue until he was 4. Jamie was just hugely active. You couldnt corral him. In some ways that was okay because we were able to let him play outside and the first day care he attended was a very good place for him with LOTS of outdoor playtime. They were a place that truly believed in little kids needed to have lots of free time to be kids. When that place closed is when we really noticed a change in the worst. It was the first time I had someone come to me and tell me my kid was a terror...lol. They told me they thought he was psychotic...! This place had the policy of very structured playtime on a small playground at short times. Most of the time they kept them inside coloring, reading and watching movies and videos. Jamie hated it and started picking at the wallpaper. Thats the first time a doctor gave me the ADHD label. No medications though. We moved to a bigger city not long after that and he was happier because I wasnt working and he wasnt confined...but the damage was done. He was now showing real signs. When he started kindergarten he simply couldnt still for anything. Mental health was called in and a real evaluation was done and he was put on medications. He finally started to be able to sit down somewhat but he was miserable for a good two and a half years. Little boys werent meant to sit still in schools he said. He was never a behavior problem but he was hyper and had attention problems and was a class clown. And as athletic as the day is long. That is what saved him. With Cory he was a good baby but he had many health issues from the start. He was allergic to all the formula's that WIC would allow us to try. I really wonder if they would have tried some of the more expensive pre-digested ones if they would have worked but they have a set few and thats it. We tried the ones they allowed and even goats milk but he still got sick. He was so bad. He had such explosive diarrhea that nothing would stay down and his poor little bottom would be so raw. We really wondered if we would lose him at times. I had him on solid foods by two months with weird things for fluids in his bottle. Pedialyte, weak gatorade, weak tea, juice, sugar water. Whatever I could get him to drink. He also started showing signs of his shoulder by about 6 months I think...we noticed it looked odd. We thought someone had grabbed him wrong at daycare. Of course his feet had been noticed at birth. Then as he got old enough to tag along with his brothers to the playground at around 18 months...his ODD really kicked in. He would throw major tantrums if he couldnt do what they could do. I remember one major major tantrum when they were playing on the monkey bars and he simply couldnt lift his left arm up to grab that bar...even with me holding him up. His arm simply didnt move above his waist because of his condition. He sat there and tried to swing his body with everything in him while screaming until he was blue in the face, one right arm on the bar. He tried over and over again. I tried to explain. He just screamed back. NO...I DO IT! Talk about feeling bad for a kid. That kid would walk across hot coals to do what he wanted. He never stopped. Now if only that was to do the right thing...sigh. [/QUOTE]
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