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How old was your difficult child when you knew?
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<blockquote data-quote="tiredmommy" data-source="post: 345715" data-attributes="member: 1722"><p>Duckie's delivery was easy until I hemorrhaged. Everything went downhill from there. The head nurse in the nursery warned me that "some babies are more difficult than others". She never slept well, had difficulty nursing. Had reflux, developed seasonal and food allergies. Had sensory issues and fine motor problems. She didn't smile for months... just an icy stare. A typical hour in Duckie's infancy was as follows: wake up, nurse for 8 minutes, scream horribly for more than 20 minutes and pass out exhausted for the balance of the hour. She continued to be difficult and had major problems in pre-k. Her behavior improved dramatically after a health scare at age 4 when we began to treat her allergies aggressively. She still had difficult child behavior but it became more episodic, lasting for weeks at a time rather than being continual.</p><p> </p><p>Her current diagnosis's are ODD, allergies, cough variant asthma and visual tracking issues. She hasn't required medication except for her allergies and asthma, and has received one year of Occupational Therapist (OT) through school. She's pretty successful as far as a difficult child goes but the ODD still rears its ugly head when she's not feeling well or is emotionally overwhelmed. I wouldn't be surprised if she is diagnosis'd with anxiety or something else as she gets older but she is mostly holding it together a this point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tiredmommy, post: 345715, member: 1722"] Duckie's delivery was easy until I hemorrhaged. Everything went downhill from there. The head nurse in the nursery warned me that "some babies are more difficult than others". She never slept well, had difficulty nursing. Had reflux, developed seasonal and food allergies. Had sensory issues and fine motor problems. She didn't smile for months... just an icy stare. A typical hour in Duckie's infancy was as follows: wake up, nurse for 8 minutes, scream horribly for more than 20 minutes and pass out exhausted for the balance of the hour. She continued to be difficult and had major problems in pre-k. Her behavior improved dramatically after a health scare at age 4 when we began to treat her allergies aggressively. She still had difficult child behavior but it became more episodic, lasting for weeks at a time rather than being continual. Her current diagnosis's are ODD, allergies, cough variant asthma and visual tracking issues. She hasn't required medication except for her allergies and asthma, and has received one year of Occupational Therapist (OT) through school. She's pretty successful as far as a difficult child goes but the ODD still rears its ugly head when she's not feeling well or is emotionally overwhelmed. I wouldn't be surprised if she is diagnosis'd with anxiety or something else as she gets older but she is mostly holding it together a this point. [/QUOTE]
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