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Kedwyn

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There were some warning signs for your 5 year old early on. Don't make a mistake with the younger one and get her checked out if the pattern is even slightly similar to your other one.

I wish I could push a button and make it better for you man. That isn't an easy thing to deal with and I certainly sympathize despite not having a damn clue what its like to go through it first hand. It isn't much consolation right now but at least you're on the path to attempting to resolve it so that is something. Good luck with those tests hopefully they nail it, get her some help and life can go back to normal.

If I lived near you I'd see if you wanted to grab a beer or something. Keep your head up.
 
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wanand

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My middle child has ADHD i am not going to lie it is hard to live with. Reward systems work very well with children with ADHD at both his school and at home we run one. At school his day is broken down into 7 slots and they operate on a traffic light signal system. Green = Good, Amber = Work releated like refusing to do work, Red= Incident that required adult intevention, if he gets 30 greens in a week he gets a reward. At home it is mainly just based around how he is with his brother and sister and doing his homework we reward him with games/money/treat.

Over the years though he has told his school that I picked him up and done a slam on him hence he chipped his tooth (he fell over), that I fly kicked him and he got a black eye (he was running around with his brother and run right into a wall) When you ask him why he said it, he beleives himself that is what happened and when you break it down and go back over what happened a step at a time he breaks down and says sorry. We have had social services inspect us 3 times. Hardest thing is he don't get invited to anywhere, people will happily take care of our other 2 kids but not him, he has a heart of gold is one of the nicest kids I know but when he flips there is no controlling him.

I should also add for my child getting him into a sport has helped massivley, I signed him up to the local football (soccer) team he loves it, he plays in goal and during the match i have to be close to make sure he pays attentions and is not looking at everything but the game and when they lose he always looks like he is going to have a episode but he never does at football he just sits down listens to the manager and gets on with it. Since he joined both at school and home there has been a massive improvement
 
AladainAF

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chaos

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Draegan_sl said:
What state are you in Chaos?
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Virginia.

yeah this reward system we came up with and this counting when you get frustrated thing, they seem to be working so far. We have her in ballet but I think it is too controlled for her, it's hard work but they expect you to control yourself etc.
 
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Draegan_sl

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chaos_sl said:
Virginia.

yeah this reward system we came up with and this counting when you get frustrated thing, they seem to be working so far. We have her in ballet but I think it is too controlled for her, it's hard work but they expect you to control yourself etc.
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I'm planning a business trip down there sometime in the next month or so if you wanna grab a beer.
 
Gavinmad

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Had to put a 4 year old in a sleeper hold last night. Best thing about nieces is that they're nieces and not daughters.
 
Joeboo

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I have to put my 2 year old in a headlock every night to get his teeth brushed. It's getting old
 
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i remember my dad putting a can of Ajax and a wire brush on the counter when i bitched about brushing my teeth when I was a kid. Told me I could brush my teeth with what I had or he was going to brush my teeth with what he had. Can't ever remember bitching about brushing my teeth ever after that.
 
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joeboo_sl said:
I have to put my 2 year old in a headlock every night to get his teeth brushed. It's getting old
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Geez lol. I was just being a smartass, the 'sleeper hold' just involved climbing on top of the covers and snuggling until she fell asleep. I try to avoid babying the younger one because she constantly makes a fuss about nothing, but when the older one is crying she's almost always legitimately upset about something, and I figured it was the quickest way to get them both to sleep. When my sister picked them up the older one actually started bawling because she didn't want to leave me. Feels kinda bad actually.
 
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