Posts by BetsyNY

Quote: Originally Posted by JamieCatheryn We don't have rich friends. Never been to a party at a place other than homes or the park. We do visit an inflatables place when the weather's bad, just us, it's $7 a kid and...

Does your son have any kind of diagnosis? My ASD son had a thing with spitting for quite a while, and it drove us INSANE. Because the reason he's spitting is most likely something sensory related, the best thing to try is to replace it...

This is us, to a T...my sons have special needs and right now they're both in great programs. No charter schools or "school choice" here (we live in a rural area), but they both seem to be happy and thriving. I agree with...

I feel for the OP and her daughter. It totally sucks to be left out, and my feelings would be hurt. My feelings are STILL hurt when I'm excluded, or when my kids are...at the same time, though, if my child chose to exclude someone, even...

"Don't put rocks in your foreskin! Actually, don't put ANYTHING in there."

New to this forum, but I need some support. I was dx'd depressive/OCD about fifteen years ago, and have taken Zoloft for the majority of that time. Lately, however, it just doesn't seem to work. I'm having crying spells. My...

I think further evaluation is warranted, absolutely. Yes, any of these things on its own wouldn't be cause for alarm, but all together it sounds like something's up--a developmental pediatrician would be a good place to start.

Things like this will happen, honestly; it sounds like you need to be extra vigilant when Jake is around because he's probably going through the "what happens if I...." phase. He doesn't mean to hurt your daughter. I don't know...

Gosh, he's so little...the fact that he's cleaning himself up because you were "too frustrated" makes me very sad for some reason. As far as being ashamed to wear diapers, trust me, he's already ashamed....

Your child is still a baby--going through a frustrating phase, no doubt, but a baby. He sounds like he's a handful. A bipolar diagnosis sounds, to me, wildly inappropriate. His behavior sounds within the realm of developmentally normal....