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<blockquote data-quote="reeserayjakeandjosh" data-source="post: 238902" data-attributes="member: 6735"><p>I am new to post anything other than for sale add( boy how much stuff kids out grow)Jakie speach is severly delayed he can say maybe 10 words. We took him to see a speach therepist for an evalutaion back in sept but she says " wont be albe to see him til next year sometime" and we havent heard from her since. the report said he is around 18 months in development there. I have called back several times and i get no return calls. we took him to see an audiologist his hearing is perfectly fine. All of this has been on our own. I wish i had a family doctor to take him too. there is a walk in clinic but its far from walk in its usually booked a month in advance and its a differant dr everytime. He saw the pediatrician that comes here once a month it usualyy takes 2-3 months to get an appointment with him. He said i think he has adhd and theres nothing you can do for him at this age. I asked isnt there someone who can evaluate him. Not up here was his response and he left the room. this whole visit was less than 5 min. i was so angry. Jacob did everything else on time like a normal child except he has had fits for as long as i can remember. he's very affectionate when he wants to be. in between his temper tantrums. the wrong movie the worng flavor of juice anything sets him off. He didnt sleep thru the night til he was 18 months old he slept maybe 2 or three hours at a time. and no matter how i tried to put him to bed it resulted in him screaming til the landlord who lived upstairs complained shut him up or he made himself throw up. His dad and i have never seperated we seldom fight ( he's not here enough to fight) jacob has had a loving nurturing home. The dr situation here is pathetic at best. our 8 month old has had 1 set of baby shots because theres no appointment available to get them. his second set ofshots are feb 9 at 9 months old. It took me 6 months to get an appoint ment to see a dr for a consulation on a surgery i desperatly need. My husband is considering quitting his job so we can move where the boys have access to better medical care. If the people here are o.k. with life like this then they can have it. There is no home mail delivery here everyone in town has a post office box. I have never seen the postmaster and like everyone else im not french so i dont matter. i leave my house now once a week when his dad is home to tend to him it better for Jakie that way. I refuse to let anyone insult him or make him feel bad about himself. I know this isnt his fault. The only friend i have left is my husband. The others have nothing nice to say about my son and i wont let them insult him. I know he has a medical condition i just dont know which one. Even if its just him and I he will always be able to say mommy never gave up on me. If he leads a healthy productive life as an adult its worth anything i have or may lose in the future to get him there. Oh i tried the day care here to help him interact with other kids but everyone spoke french and he isolated himself in a corner and played alone. so i brought him back home after a few mornings. I have tried everything i can think of. I am trying to get another appointment with the once a month pediatrician but that as i said may well take months. and hope with persistance he does something. thanks for listening hopefully maybe this helps understand him a bit more</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reeserayjakeandjosh, post: 238902, member: 6735"] I am new to post anything other than for sale add( boy how much stuff kids out grow)Jakie speach is severly delayed he can say maybe 10 words. We took him to see a speach therepist for an evalutaion back in sept but she says " wont be albe to see him til next year sometime" and we havent heard from her since. the report said he is around 18 months in development there. I have called back several times and i get no return calls. we took him to see an audiologist his hearing is perfectly fine. All of this has been on our own. I wish i had a family doctor to take him too. there is a walk in clinic but its far from walk in its usually booked a month in advance and its a differant dr everytime. He saw the pediatrician that comes here once a month it usualyy takes 2-3 months to get an appointment with him. He said i think he has adhd and theres nothing you can do for him at this age. I asked isnt there someone who can evaluate him. Not up here was his response and he left the room. this whole visit was less than 5 min. i was so angry. Jacob did everything else on time like a normal child except he has had fits for as long as i can remember. he's very affectionate when he wants to be. in between his temper tantrums. the wrong movie the worng flavor of juice anything sets him off. He didnt sleep thru the night til he was 18 months old he slept maybe 2 or three hours at a time. and no matter how i tried to put him to bed it resulted in him screaming til the landlord who lived upstairs complained shut him up or he made himself throw up. His dad and i have never seperated we seldom fight ( he's not here enough to fight) jacob has had a loving nurturing home. The dr situation here is pathetic at best. our 8 month old has had 1 set of baby shots because theres no appointment available to get them. his second set ofshots are feb 9 at 9 months old. It took me 6 months to get an appoint ment to see a dr for a consulation on a surgery i desperatly need. My husband is considering quitting his job so we can move where the boys have access to better medical care. If the people here are o.k. with life like this then they can have it. There is no home mail delivery here everyone in town has a post office box. I have never seen the postmaster and like everyone else im not french so i dont matter. i leave my house now once a week when his dad is home to tend to him it better for Jakie that way. I refuse to let anyone insult him or make him feel bad about himself. I know this isnt his fault. The only friend i have left is my husband. The others have nothing nice to say about my son and i wont let them insult him. I know he has a medical condition i just dont know which one. Even if its just him and I he will always be able to say mommy never gave up on me. If he leads a healthy productive life as an adult its worth anything i have or may lose in the future to get him there. Oh i tried the day care here to help him interact with other kids but everyone spoke french and he isolated himself in a corner and played alone. so i brought him back home after a few mornings. I have tried everything i can think of. I am trying to get another appointment with the once a month pediatrician but that as i said may well take months. and hope with persistance he does something. thanks for listening hopefully maybe this helps understand him a bit more [/QUOTE]
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