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<blockquote data-quote="Stressedoutmomma" data-source="post: 759512" data-attributes="member: 24951"><p>Just wanted to come back and post an update! She is going on 4yo now, just learned how to say her name and answer the "what's your name" question, can just now count to 5, doesn't know any of her colors, doesn't know any of her ABC's, I tried to teach her sign language (have been trying for 3 years) and she can't do a single sign, she knows how to say words but has no idea what they mean and you can't explain it to her(we try and try and she just doesn't understand) she just repeats words and phrases all day, she still plays in her poop, she hurts animals on purpose now, she tried to kill a cat a few weeks ago and her bio mom thought it was funny, my husband and I had a baby (he's 1yo now) and she has tried to hurt him since he was a couple weeks old every time you take your eyes off of her, she is mean to my daughter, she intentionally destroys everything she touches ESPECIALLY if it isn't hers, she is manipulative and sneaky and lies (which blows my mind that she has the capacity to do so when she doesn't seem to have the capacity to learn), she definitely has some sensory issues as she stims constantly in multiple ways, she's not much bigger than our 1yo so shes still not growing but she's heavier than my 6yo, she still looks and acts like a baby, her hair doesn't grow and is falling out, she has constant yeast infections and smells like rotten fish all the time and her pediatrician doesn't find it concerning, she doesn't sense pain?! I watched her stand up and fall out of a wagon and land on her head on pavement unphased, she sliced her foot open and crammed tiny rocks into it and never flinched when I dug them out and cleaned it up, she still bangs her head on things, she can be standing still and just fall (and I mean fall hard, I've never seen anything like it, she wipes out), she has got to be the clumsiest kid I've ever seen, she still eats everything in sight whether it's food or not(socks for example <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤦🏼♀️" title="Woman facepalming: medium-light skin tone :woman_facepalming_tone2:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f926-1f3fc-2640.png" data-shortname=":woman_facepalming_tone2:" />) and is thirsty non stop, we pulled her medical records and discovered that her mother and pediatrician have had her on antibiotics since she was 2 weeks old(so consistently on different antibiotics for over 3 years straight), the mother absolutely has zero control over her and feeds her a diet of literally nothing but pop tarts and pb&j and zip ties her into her carseat when she drives her anywhere as and locks her in her room with a key when they're home, we've reported her to CPS and they closed the case without even investigating and the mother and pediatrician both say she's totally normal and just hyper and they'll just put her on ADHD medication when she starts school. I can't take her to a new doctor or therapist for a first visit because I'm the step mother and one of them has to take her first and then authorize me and my husband just says he doesn't have time and if the mom doesn't want to do it "then it's on her if she wants to have a f-ed up kid". It's about to be the cause of our divorce, I don't know what else to do for this kid and if the parents aren't going to help her then it isn't my responsibility. I'm at a complete loss</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stressedoutmomma, post: 759512, member: 24951"] Just wanted to come back and post an update! She is going on 4yo now, just learned how to say her name and answer the "what's your name" question, can just now count to 5, doesn't know any of her colors, doesn't know any of her ABC's, I tried to teach her sign language (have been trying for 3 years) and she can't do a single sign, she knows how to say words but has no idea what they mean and you can't explain it to her(we try and try and she just doesn't understand) she just repeats words and phrases all day, she still plays in her poop, she hurts animals on purpose now, she tried to kill a cat a few weeks ago and her bio mom thought it was funny, my husband and I had a baby (he's 1yo now) and she has tried to hurt him since he was a couple weeks old every time you take your eyes off of her, she is mean to my daughter, she intentionally destroys everything she touches ESPECIALLY if it isn't hers, she is manipulative and sneaky and lies (which blows my mind that she has the capacity to do so when she doesn't seem to have the capacity to learn), she definitely has some sensory issues as she stims constantly in multiple ways, she's not much bigger than our 1yo so shes still not growing but she's heavier than my 6yo, she still looks and acts like a baby, her hair doesn't grow and is falling out, she has constant yeast infections and smells like rotten fish all the time and her pediatrician doesn't find it concerning, she doesn't sense pain?! I watched her stand up and fall out of a wagon and land on her head on pavement unphased, she sliced her foot open and crammed tiny rocks into it and never flinched when I dug them out and cleaned it up, she still bangs her head on things, she can be standing still and just fall (and I mean fall hard, I've never seen anything like it, she wipes out), she has got to be the clumsiest kid I've ever seen, she still eats everything in sight whether it's food or not(socks for example 🤦🏼♀️) and is thirsty non stop, we pulled her medical records and discovered that her mother and pediatrician have had her on antibiotics since she was 2 weeks old(so consistently on different antibiotics for over 3 years straight), the mother absolutely has zero control over her and feeds her a diet of literally nothing but pop tarts and pb&j and zip ties her into her carseat when she drives her anywhere as and locks her in her room with a key when they're home, we've reported her to CPS and they closed the case without even investigating and the mother and pediatrician both say she's totally normal and just hyper and they'll just put her on ADHD medication when she starts school. I can't take her to a new doctor or therapist for a first visit because I'm the step mother and one of them has to take her first and then authorize me and my husband just says he doesn't have time and if the mom doesn't want to do it "then it's on her if she wants to have a f-ed up kid". It's about to be the cause of our divorce, I don't know what else to do for this kid and if the parents aren't going to help her then it isn't my responsibility. I'm at a complete loss [/QUOTE]
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