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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 368780" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Well, hmmm, I'm wondering if these early bedtimes aren't a trait of difficult children. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">My difficult child has always been a sleeper. Her bedtime as a kid was 8PM and nearly every evening following dinner she'd ask if she could please go to bed now. Hahaha. She never liked dairy products and later we learned she was lactose intolerant. She always loved veggies, but chewed meat for the entire dinner hour and would store it in her cheek - she now almost never eats meat at all, mostly veggies only! Been drinking coffee since she's around 13. Her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) traits were primarily counting. She counted her steps, jumping jacks, lines on shirts, etc. She's always been a very strong speller and had good math skills. Doesn't read much but when she does, it's always fairly complex material with 'big' words!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Expc has always been a perfectionist. If it's not perfect, then it's no good - start over...with food, schoolwork, counting, candy, clothing, everything. Always precise in bedtimes and self imposed rules about drinking, smoking, sex, everything. Still that way. Loves meat and fruit, hates most veggies and water. Loves sugar, hates coffee.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #483d8b">I don't think our 'normal' is all that weird or normal - it just is what it is.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 368780, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Well, hmmm, I'm wondering if these early bedtimes aren't a trait of difficult children. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]My difficult child has always been a sleeper. Her bedtime as a kid was 8PM and nearly every evening following dinner she'd ask if she could please go to bed now. Hahaha. She never liked dairy products and later we learned she was lactose intolerant. She always loved veggies, but chewed meat for the entire dinner hour and would store it in her cheek - she now almost never eats meat at all, mostly veggies only! Been drinking coffee since she's around 13. Her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) traits were primarily counting. She counted her steps, jumping jacks, lines on shirts, etc. She's always been a very strong speller and had good math skills. Doesn't read much but when she does, it's always fairly complex material with 'big' words![/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Expc has always been a perfectionist. If it's not perfect, then it's no good - start over...with food, schoolwork, counting, candy, clothing, everything. Always precise in bedtimes and self imposed rules about drinking, smoking, sex, everything. Still that way. Loves meat and fruit, hates most veggies and water. Loves sugar, hates coffee.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#483d8b]I don't think our 'normal' is all that weird or normal - it just is what it is.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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