Posts by lanamommyphd07

Ahh. It's a hard time of year for the gimmies, isn't it? I noticed that the dark skies around here lately and the recent storm of presents seem to have had an effect on everyone's irritability in our house. Lots of impatience, all...

Oh that is good news! I was having visions of a scared little kid ;-)

What about trying the meds and then while things calm down a bit do some more idea-generating? Sometimes it's easier to plan and brainstorm when the danger is not as present, and this would not likely be the "perfect" blend of meds...

I, uh, probably would not hire a travelling teacher unless the grammar involved was cleaner than my own, even to find out what a mult is. My feeling personally is the only reason I would hire an additional teacher or tutor for my kid...

Quote: Originally Posted by Silverring    I'm FAR more concerned that there are hundreds of thousands of kids going undiagnosed because doctors and parents have this attitude that it is a made up problem - caused...

I would be totally on board with a new category of diagnosis, having been in the situation so many times before: "Failure to adapt in the formal education environment". At least then the kids who are being put on meds to cope with...

Quote: Originally Posted by contactmaya  I went to the supermarket and spent a small fortune on gluten free products. So my ds4 has been gluten free a few days now, and my jaw is dropping in amazement. He has been...

We went once around 6 mo. to "say hello" to my ped friend, just in case we needed care at any point in the future. He was fine with me blowing him off for the rest of the visits, thank goodness. Oh, and we had to go say hello again the...

Hope I don't get flamed for such a reckless thought, but I'm actually hoping she "catches" some of them. It will save her the thought process later in life over the vaccines for this and that. Funny thing: in my baby book, there is an...

It started with my birth plan. I was pregnant with DD, thinking I would write a dissertation while she was gestating. Right. What did I end up doing? Vax research. Circ research. file cabinets full. When I was researching birth plans,...