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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 295308" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi there. Adoptive mom of four here. </p><p></p><p>Was your child's birthmother on drugs or drinking while pregnant? Did she have mental illness? Did her birthfather? </p><p></p><p>For the first two years of her life, did your child have any love, hugging, consistent caregiving? We adopted a two year old also. He'd been exposed to drugs and alcohol. </p><p></p><p>ODD isn't really a very good diagnosis. It's unhelpful and fits 99&#37; of the kids here, only ODD rarely if ever stands alone. She most likely has other things going on that cause her defiant behavior, and you need to find out what they are. I'd see a neuropsychologist. It is harder to nail down disorders when kids are adopted unless you have a very strong genetic history on her. One of my children is like that--we know her birthmother and birthfather. The one we adopted at two was a foster child and his birthmom gave birth than said "Cya!" She was high as a kite when she delivered him. He had crack in his system as well as a case of syphillis. So I sort of know where you may be coming from. When we got a call from the social worker when L. was two years old, she was in tears. "Will you PLEASE adopt this child? He's only two and I'm afraid if you don't take him he'll end up in an institution and he's so young. Everyone else said no." I still get tears in my eyes when I think of that call. He has turned into the sweetst kid, although he does have autistic spectrum disorder. But he has no problem behaviors anymore. HE DID!!!!</p><p></p><p>Why not tell us more about this child's history so we can help better?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 295308, member: 1550"] Hi there. Adoptive mom of four here. Was your child's birthmother on drugs or drinking while pregnant? Did she have mental illness? Did her birthfather? For the first two years of her life, did your child have any love, hugging, consistent caregiving? We adopted a two year old also. He'd been exposed to drugs and alcohol. ODD isn't really a very good diagnosis. It's unhelpful and fits 99% of the kids here, only ODD rarely if ever stands alone. She most likely has other things going on that cause her defiant behavior, and you need to find out what they are. I'd see a neuropsychologist. It is harder to nail down disorders when kids are adopted unless you have a very strong genetic history on her. One of my children is like that--we know her birthmother and birthfather. The one we adopted at two was a foster child and his birthmom gave birth than said "Cya!" She was high as a kite when she delivered him. He had crack in his system as well as a case of syphillis. So I sort of know where you may be coming from. When we got a call from the social worker when L. was two years old, she was in tears. "Will you PLEASE adopt this child? He's only two and I'm afraid if you don't take him he'll end up in an institution and he's so young. Everyone else said no." I still get tears in my eyes when I think of that call. He has turned into the sweetst kid, although he does have autistic spectrum disorder. But he has no problem behaviors anymore. HE DID!!!! Why not tell us more about this child's history so we can help better? [/QUOTE]
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