Posts by deminc

My sympathies...it is no walk in the park. I don't drop by often anymore, so just a very quick take, because I remember those exhausting days as well...power struggles - that's so very hard.. I really cannot think of any one magic...

I hesitated a little on The Giver, which I do own, and vetoed Hunger Games (which i also have)because my son was going through a patch of nihilism and intense emotions. I would recommend reading through them first before deciding.

Hi, I myself love science fiction, fantasy and harry potter! there are a few science fiction books that I've been meaning o check out but didn't yet have the time to, maybe you can take a look at them to see if they are...

Thanks Tigerle! I did have a mini internal "what-if" moment but I am also glad to have a professional addressing all possibilities.   pighokey, thank you! I will raise that with the new doctor when I see her. I think it's a...

aishamama, I hope you don't mind if I borrow this thread for a tiny while to ask Pighokey some stuff... We have seen so many doctors in the past four years for ds2, and vision specialists for ds1, I have to say the diagnosis and...

Oh gosh, I feel so sorry for both of you. It sounds so tough even over cyberspace. Your number two sounds like my two kids rolled up into one, and my second kid already feels like three babies rolled into one! (am I making...

Re food, yes my immediate reactions as well when I read the first post, but I didn't want to add on to op's to-do list! I have one with SPD and one with food allergies and I'm wiped out between the two of them! OP: if your ds2's growth...

Aishamama,i just saw this thread while thinking about dyspraxia. Ds1 is slow for writing too. Painfully slow. We had an evaluation done when he was younger for dyslexia and the observation was that the more he had to write/ copy, the...

Aishamama, I don't mean to be intrusive and i apologise beforehand if i am. I see that you have three boys and a fourth on the way. This is a lot to handle physically and emotionally. If you don't already have some help, please do try to...

Aishamama, Yes I get that your husband openly undermines you when you are raising your concerns to a professional/ outsider. That is a hard thing to swallow. I've had some challenges in my marriage and what has worked best for me is to...