hi everyone! Havent been here for ages, mainly because I felt I had very little to contribute. We are still waiting for DS to get a DX if at all. We went through a lovely long time where he seemed "normal" and everything was just lovely and great with only a few exceptions that it was easy to shrug off as peculiarities. Then we went on holiday (last Friday) and DS went a bit off the deep end. Hitting, headbutting (new) and he hasnt hit in such a long time. Shouting, screaming, crying, tantrums that were so huge parents of other young children stopped and stared and looked as if we were totally repulsive.
He is supposed to be seen by CAHMS 25th of June and I have emailed his specialist to update her. The HV (not specialist - she wasnt available - our regular one) observed him at preschool and I finally got the report after 6 weeks and me chasing it up - it was supposed to be sent when it was sent to the specialist. The report just says paragraph after paragraph that he did this well and that well and this normally etc then at the end "I did observe him walking on tip toes throughout the session" that was the only "odd" thing she noticed.
His speech is still very hard to understand. He talks literally non stop and knows millions of words but he has some sort of speech impairment in that most consonants and letter combinations are missed or he only has one sound for all of them. And he still wants things repeated constantly. His temper is definitely a force to be reckoned with and we are at times scared of confrontations though we are trying to get over it. Its more for his sake. Last week he actually had a fist and was repeatedly punching me - properly - in the face and neck and honestly my heart broke for him. I am very sure how much he loves me and I know this does not make him happy.
So thats a little update! How are all of you?
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just popping in to say hi - we are still here still under evaluation and I am thoroughly confused
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hereidrawtheline · 14/06/2009 11:51
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