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Hi family,
Jayme had a pediatrician appointment this morning for her 3 yo check up. It was also a follow up on all the results from Shriners evaluations and testing. pediatrician is still not convinced that Jayme isn't on the Autistic Spectrum. With her ability in knowing all her letters, letter sounds, numbers, colors, shapes, etc but with huge delays in so many other areas, she is just...well, concerned at this point.
Her hemogram showed she was slightly anemic. So we are really going to be watching her diet and upping high iron foods. Not an issue for Jayme as she loves most things that are high in iron. pediatrician doesn't want to start her on an Iron Supplement quite yet, as it can be constipating and we are really working on attempting potty training at this point.
Jayme has had many episodes of "bluish" lips and nail beds. We find this is especially prevailant while eating or concentrating on something. At first pediatrician pushed it off that Jayme was holding her breath too long sometimes. But after consulting with another pediatrician in her office, she called back and said they would like to air on the side of caution and will be setting her up for an Echocardiogram in the next week or so. I am relieved, I know it will be fine, just will be nice to hear it officially!
We discussed ADHD, but pediatrician is really not wanting to even talk about that at such an early age. Thinks many of Jayme's issues are more drug/alcohol exposure related than out and out ADHD.
We also discussed the fact of Jayme NOT sleeping!! Takes her forever to fall asleep, then once asleep, wakes up anywhere from 3-5 times nightly, screaming/crying or destroying her room. We had to install a baby proof door cover on the inside of her door knob, otherwise she was wandering around the house in the middle of the night, watching TV, eating snacks, etc. We tried Melatonin for a while, but found it stopped being helpful after about a months time. Same thing when we tried it with Aly.
pediatrician put her on a super low dose of Clonidine at bedtime to see if this might help her to fall asleep sooner and help her to stay asleep all night long. So far so good, she fell asleep about 30 min after taking the medication and is still sleeping. I pray it works, husband and I are becoming very sleep deprived!!
Well that's the update for now. I will post once I hear about the Echo and the next hemoglobin test.
Thanks and hugs,
Vickie
Jayme had a pediatrician appointment this morning for her 3 yo check up. It was also a follow up on all the results from Shriners evaluations and testing. pediatrician is still not convinced that Jayme isn't on the Autistic Spectrum. With her ability in knowing all her letters, letter sounds, numbers, colors, shapes, etc but with huge delays in so many other areas, she is just...well, concerned at this point.
Her hemogram showed she was slightly anemic. So we are really going to be watching her diet and upping high iron foods. Not an issue for Jayme as she loves most things that are high in iron. pediatrician doesn't want to start her on an Iron Supplement quite yet, as it can be constipating and we are really working on attempting potty training at this point.
Jayme has had many episodes of "bluish" lips and nail beds. We find this is especially prevailant while eating or concentrating on something. At first pediatrician pushed it off that Jayme was holding her breath too long sometimes. But after consulting with another pediatrician in her office, she called back and said they would like to air on the side of caution and will be setting her up for an Echocardiogram in the next week or so. I am relieved, I know it will be fine, just will be nice to hear it officially!
We discussed ADHD, but pediatrician is really not wanting to even talk about that at such an early age. Thinks many of Jayme's issues are more drug/alcohol exposure related than out and out ADHD.
We also discussed the fact of Jayme NOT sleeping!! Takes her forever to fall asleep, then once asleep, wakes up anywhere from 3-5 times nightly, screaming/crying or destroying her room. We had to install a baby proof door cover on the inside of her door knob, otherwise she was wandering around the house in the middle of the night, watching TV, eating snacks, etc. We tried Melatonin for a while, but found it stopped being helpful after about a months time. Same thing when we tried it with Aly.
pediatrician put her on a super low dose of Clonidine at bedtime to see if this might help her to fall asleep sooner and help her to stay asleep all night long. So far so good, she fell asleep about 30 min after taking the medication and is still sleeping. I pray it works, husband and I are becoming very sleep deprived!!
Well that's the update for now. I will post once I hear about the Echo and the next hemoglobin test.
Thanks and hugs,
Vickie