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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 581877" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Welcome, Trix!</p><p></p><p>I agree with-the others here--she needs more testing, no more spankings, and a much more reliable schedule. Especially sleep.</p><p></p><p>I hope you can get your husband on board to stop the spanking. If it doesn't work, why keep doing it? Is he just angry or what? </p><p></p><p>When you said she skipped crawling, I wanted to let you know that my son is "Aspie-lite" and he didn't crawl much--maybe one day--and right now we are making up for lost time by taking him to an NILD class. They do really, really basic stuff that sort of imitates the cross-crawl that he missed, so that he can incorporate both sides of his brain, instead of just running on extra electrical stimulation in the frontal lobe, which is your basic ADHD. So they have him doing huge figure 8's on a chalkboard, both vertically and horizontally, starting from one point, and then doing it the other way around, and then once he gets that down pat, they do math problems while he's doing the figure 8's. They also do motifs, which look like cursive letter "L" or a Greek pattern, and they have to fit on a line that is about 2 ft wide, and he has to stand directly in front of it. No leaning. </p><p>It sounds simple but I cannot tell you how much progress he has made. And it really washes over into other areas of his life.</p><p></p><p>In regard to the meltdowns, clonidine helped us, too, and also, Concerta. We have to give it at 6 a.m. if not earlier so it will wear off in time for him to eat dinner. Otherwise, he won't eat much at all.</p><p>And of course, therapy has helped, too. One thing he liked to do was raise his voice and back me into a corner, which didn't go over well, since I'm claustrophobic, and I'd panic and yell back, and sometimes he'd pin my arms. We did a lot of work with that!</p><p>I've had to call the police a cpl times, too. When you call, you want to be sure to tell them it's a kid with-a diagnosis so they send over the right people.</p><p></p><p>Lots more but I have to go. I think we have a book page here somewhere. I would recommend you look those over and read a few. One would be What Your Defiant Child is Trying to Tell You, another would be Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 581877, member: 3419"] Welcome, Trix! I agree with-the others here--she needs more testing, no more spankings, and a much more reliable schedule. Especially sleep. I hope you can get your husband on board to stop the spanking. If it doesn't work, why keep doing it? Is he just angry or what? When you said she skipped crawling, I wanted to let you know that my son is "Aspie-lite" and he didn't crawl much--maybe one day--and right now we are making up for lost time by taking him to an NILD class. They do really, really basic stuff that sort of imitates the cross-crawl that he missed, so that he can incorporate both sides of his brain, instead of just running on extra electrical stimulation in the frontal lobe, which is your basic ADHD. So they have him doing huge figure 8's on a chalkboard, both vertically and horizontally, starting from one point, and then doing it the other way around, and then once he gets that down pat, they do math problems while he's doing the figure 8's. They also do motifs, which look like cursive letter "L" or a Greek pattern, and they have to fit on a line that is about 2 ft wide, and he has to stand directly in front of it. No leaning. It sounds simple but I cannot tell you how much progress he has made. And it really washes over into other areas of his life. In regard to the meltdowns, clonidine helped us, too, and also, Concerta. We have to give it at 6 a.m. if not earlier so it will wear off in time for him to eat dinner. Otherwise, he won't eat much at all. And of course, therapy has helped, too. One thing he liked to do was raise his voice and back me into a corner, which didn't go over well, since I'm claustrophobic, and I'd panic and yell back, and sometimes he'd pin my arms. We did a lot of work with that! I've had to call the police a cpl times, too. When you call, you want to be sure to tell them it's a kid with-a diagnosis so they send over the right people. Lots more but I have to go. I think we have a book page here somewhere. I would recommend you look those over and read a few. One would be What Your Defiant Child is Trying to Tell You, another would be Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight. [/QUOTE]
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