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<blockquote data-quote="farmhousegirl" data-source="post: 474532" data-attributes="member: 13096"><p>Thanks for the welcome everyone! It's so nice to know that husband and I are not alone. </p><p></p><p>To answer a few questions....we adopted after 9 years of secondary IF. Ended up getting pregnant when DS9 (our difficult child, is that the term?) came into our home. We were thinking of adopting again or having another birth child when I became pregnant unexpectedly with the twins <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>difficult child has been told about adoption and that he is adopted, but because of his delays, he does not understand what this means.</p><p></p><p>He is much more like a 3-4 year old than a 9 year old. He loves the Wiggles, for example. His expressive and receptive speech is more that of a 4 year old also.</p><p></p><p>His birthmother used Meth throughout the pregnancy. Birth father is in and out of jail constantly. The only diagnosis we have from him (via the courts) is that boyfriend has intermittent explosive disorder. difficult child was in a stable foster home with an older couple from the time he came home from the hospital. They noticed his delays and had him in Early Intervention from the time he was 10 months old. He didn't smile or make eye contact for the first year of his life. When he came to us, he was starting to babble, would smile and make eye contact. Autism has been ruled out.</p><p></p><p>difficult child targets his 6 year old brother and not the other children. Well, two of our children are not children. One is almost 20, the other almost 18.</p><p></p><p>difficult child is under near constant supervision. He lashes out at his 6yo brother in front of us. We have difficult child in his own bedroom and our 6yo shares a room with the twins for safety reasons.</p><p></p><p>difficult child has a psychiatrist that he's seen off and on for a few years, but that was only for ADHD. It isn't until recently that his behavior has become so bad. Therapy would be very difficult for him because of his disabilities. For example, if you ask him how his day went, he may say, "Barney is Purple!" giving you no clue to what he is thinking.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to figure out the acronyms and make a siggie <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>~Jen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmhousegirl, post: 474532, member: 13096"] Thanks for the welcome everyone! It's so nice to know that husband and I are not alone. To answer a few questions....we adopted after 9 years of secondary IF. Ended up getting pregnant when DS9 (our difficult child, is that the term?) came into our home. We were thinking of adopting again or having another birth child when I became pregnant unexpectedly with the twins :) difficult child has been told about adoption and that he is adopted, but because of his delays, he does not understand what this means. He is much more like a 3-4 year old than a 9 year old. He loves the Wiggles, for example. His expressive and receptive speech is more that of a 4 year old also. His birthmother used Meth throughout the pregnancy. Birth father is in and out of jail constantly. The only diagnosis we have from him (via the courts) is that boyfriend has intermittent explosive disorder. difficult child was in a stable foster home with an older couple from the time he came home from the hospital. They noticed his delays and had him in Early Intervention from the time he was 10 months old. He didn't smile or make eye contact for the first year of his life. When he came to us, he was starting to babble, would smile and make eye contact. Autism has been ruled out. difficult child targets his 6 year old brother and not the other children. Well, two of our children are not children. One is almost 20, the other almost 18. difficult child is under near constant supervision. He lashes out at his 6yo brother in front of us. We have difficult child in his own bedroom and our 6yo shares a room with the twins for safety reasons. difficult child has a psychiatrist that he's seen off and on for a few years, but that was only for ADHD. It isn't until recently that his behavior has become so bad. Therapy would be very difficult for him because of his disabilities. For example, if you ask him how his day went, he may say, "Barney is Purple!" giving you no clue to what he is thinking. I'm going to figure out the acronyms and make a siggie :) ~Jen [/QUOTE]
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