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<blockquote data-quote="Jungleland" data-source="post: 162956" data-attributes="member: 4598"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkorchid">Hi family,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">J (4 yo) is starting to worry me with a few new behaviors, or not so new just more often and more intense.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">She is not listening at all, just goes ahead and does what she wants even though I have told her not to. Such as: let the dogs outside unsupervised, feeding the dogs (read pouring dog food into their bowls till it's everywhere), disappearing on me and not answering when I call her. Which is SUPER scary as we live on 5 acres, with horses, dogs, hotwire fences, snakes, etc. Getting into everything. Running the water in the sink till it overflows. Putting on 15 outfits a day, at least, and putting all the ones she doesn't want to wear in the dirty clothes! UGH, that one makes me crazy.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">All this I can and am trying to deal with, with do overs, time outs, etc. She is becoming a screeching banty rooster, I tell her not to do something and she starts making these horrid sounds, hard to describe. Pediatrician has thought she might be on the low end of the Autistic spectrum, so that might explain alot of these things.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">The latest thing that is really concerning me is she is shrugging her shoulders, seemingly involuntarily, all the time. This has been going on for several weeks, or at least that is when I started noticing it. I have been trying not to make too much of it, don't want it to become an attention seeking behavior.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">Does this sound like a tic? Are her screeching bouts concerning? She also tucks herself down in a ball while doing the odd sounds. Usually only lasts a few minutes but she is doing it more and more and not just at home either and not just for me.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">I will be making an appointment with her pediatrician in the next week or so, as her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)'s are getting worse as well. Lining up things, has fits if anything is moved. Gets totally into doing puzzles and I can't get her to stop if we need to leave or change activities. Temper tantrums will ensue along with the weird animal like sounds.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">On the other hand, her word/letter/number/sounds recognition is off the charts. She told me the time on the clock today, first on the face clock then on the digital clock!! </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">She is sick right now with a head cold, or really bad allergies, not sure as we all are suffering with the winds being so bad right now. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">Just bouncing stuff off you guys. Seems to me like her Autistic tendencies are becoming more pronounced, is that possible? I kinda thought you either had it or you didn't and it didn't get worse?? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">Confused,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #9932cc">Vickie</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jungleland, post: 162956, member: 4598"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkorchid]Hi family,[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]J (4 yo) is starting to worry me with a few new behaviors, or not so new just more often and more intense.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]She is not listening at all, just goes ahead and does what she wants even though I have told her not to. Such as: let the dogs outside unsupervised, feeding the dogs (read pouring dog food into their bowls till it's everywhere), disappearing on me and not answering when I call her. Which is SUPER scary as we live on 5 acres, with horses, dogs, hotwire fences, snakes, etc. Getting into everything. Running the water in the sink till it overflows. Putting on 15 outfits a day, at least, and putting all the ones she doesn't want to wear in the dirty clothes! UGH, that one makes me crazy.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]All this I can and am trying to deal with, with do overs, time outs, etc. She is becoming a screeching banty rooster, I tell her not to do something and she starts making these horrid sounds, hard to describe. Pediatrician has thought she might be on the low end of the Autistic spectrum, so that might explain alot of these things.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]The latest thing that is really concerning me is she is shrugging her shoulders, seemingly involuntarily, all the time. This has been going on for several weeks, or at least that is when I started noticing it. I have been trying not to make too much of it, don't want it to become an attention seeking behavior.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]Does this sound like a tic? Are her screeching bouts concerning? She also tucks herself down in a ball while doing the odd sounds. Usually only lasts a few minutes but she is doing it more and more and not just at home either and not just for me.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]I will be making an appointment with her pediatrician in the next week or so, as her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)'s are getting worse as well. Lining up things, has fits if anything is moved. Gets totally into doing puzzles and I can't get her to stop if we need to leave or change activities. Temper tantrums will ensue along with the weird animal like sounds.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]On the other hand, her word/letter/number/sounds recognition is off the charts. She told me the time on the clock today, first on the face clock then on the digital clock!! [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]She is sick right now with a head cold, or really bad allergies, not sure as we all are suffering with the winds being so bad right now. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]Just bouncing stuff off you guys. Seems to me like her Autistic tendencies are becoming more pronounced, is that possible? I kinda thought you either had it or you didn't and it didn't get worse?? [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]Confused,[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]Vickie[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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