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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 128748" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>Seen on a bumper of a car parked in a handicapped spot this weekend: </p><p></p><p>I'm glad my disabilities are more invisible than your stupidity. </p><p></p><p>It made me think of the times that DF gets out of his van without his walker and has to park in a handicapped spot that day due to pain in his back - AND your description of our difficult child's. </p><p></p><p>I know this is probably going to be way off mark - but your son at that age sounds a lot like Dude was. He had NO impulse control -if he wanted it, thought it, needed it, he just did it. His mouth would just <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/puppet.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":puppet:" title="puppet :puppet:" data-shortname=":puppet:" /> sometimes to the point where I swear I would have gone to jail for duct taping his little mouth. He was already on his 2nd or 3rd Residential Treatment Center (RTC) by that time - and we were at the end of our rope. </p><p></p><p>We DID start doing elimination diets at that point and oddly enough found out that anything red (Fruit punch, strawberry anything, popsicles etc) sent him up a wall - it was like he was unwired. I also started giving him breakfasts like cream of wheat with Splenda, and eggs, bacon - not cereal. </p><p></p><p>We threw out chips - junk food...(oh gosh that killed me) and no more tv dinners - etc. It did help. </p><p></p><p>I see where he was eating ice-cream and wanted to pummel the fish tank - coincidence? How about checking his sugar intake? then you said he was at the mall - what did he have to eat before that? </p><p></p><p>To this day - if Dude (an we have no idea why) eats red/high sugar snacks he's a JERK almost immediately. Strawberrys fresh are okay - but processed like Strawberry cake or muffins = JERK. </p><p></p><p>Just another thought. </p><p></p><p>Hugs</p><p>Star</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 128748, member: 4964"] Seen on a bumper of a car parked in a handicapped spot this weekend: I'm glad my disabilities are more invisible than your stupidity. It made me think of the times that DF gets out of his van without his walker and has to park in a handicapped spot that day due to pain in his back - AND your description of our difficult child's. I know this is probably going to be way off mark - but your son at that age sounds a lot like Dude was. He had NO impulse control -if he wanted it, thought it, needed it, he just did it. His mouth would just :puppet: sometimes to the point where I swear I would have gone to jail for duct taping his little mouth. He was already on his 2nd or 3rd Residential Treatment Center (RTC) by that time - and we were at the end of our rope. We DID start doing elimination diets at that point and oddly enough found out that anything red (Fruit punch, strawberry anything, popsicles etc) sent him up a wall - it was like he was unwired. I also started giving him breakfasts like cream of wheat with Splenda, and eggs, bacon - not cereal. We threw out chips - junk food...(oh gosh that killed me) and no more tv dinners - etc. It did help. I see where he was eating ice-cream and wanted to pummel the fish tank - coincidence? How about checking his sugar intake? then you said he was at the mall - what did he have to eat before that? To this day - if Dude (an we have no idea why) eats red/high sugar snacks he's a JERK almost immediately. Strawberrys fresh are okay - but processed like Strawberry cake or muffins = JERK. Just another thought. Hugs Star [/QUOTE]
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