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Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
My aunt was told it can be genetic, it can be caused by head injury. My cousin has a lesion on his brain. When he get's uncontrolably angry, overwhelmed, frustrated, and he snaps into fits of screaming, rage, tremors or terror it is a type of seisure, per say. He is almost fifteen and cannot be left home alone because he "worries" too much. Also, if he is told to go and get something, say a loaf of bread in the kitchen, and my aunt tells him exactly where it is. He will often go and look, and not be able o find it. He becomes agitated, especially when it is in the exact place he had been looking. He is easily embarassed, and compensates for it with on of his fits, loudness, hand wringing and groaning, etc.

Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
Oh boy Escapee I forgot about the embarrassment
issues. This kid gets embarrassed
at the drop of a hat! And talk about worry, he worries over everything. I love this child, he has a tender sweet side but he can try you. Hardly anyone in the family can tolerate him. It is almost as though he tries to start fights with other kids and he will sock one in a second. He seems to do well at school though with very few problems. Of course there are some but no where near the extent he has them at home. I have passed on all this info to my niece and her mom. I hope they listen.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Seriously sounds like the same child to me. As this disorder progresses, his school life will get increasingly worse, I predict. They call this syndrome "The Geek Disease" because of the lack of social awareness. They tend to be right in your face, very loud, and you can't reprimand them without them getting embarassed and causing a huge uproar for their being punished. It almost makes it not worth it to punish them, right? That's what tends to happen with my cousin. He acts out so much, my aunt neither has the time nor patience to deal with it, and allows him to do as he pleases because of his disorder. But they dote on this child. And he has a brother who is three years younger, who is ignored because of his brother's issues. So the younger child is very angry and expresses a lot of the same behavior for attention. His brother does not have the disorder, the doctors checked him, but my aunt thinks he does, and chalks his bad behavior up to it. He acts just fine when you are one on one with him (the younger bro) but get his brother in the room and it is a horrific experience. Screaming, groaning, in your face, stress. He can do and say no wrong. His teachers, cannot control him, and he has been in several different schools. Asbergers children learn differently than other children once they start getting into more difficult subjects and teachers don't know how to teach these types of kids. So they are outcasts, and until it is diagnosed, it will only get worse.

We used to dread when my cousin came to visit. It was so stressful, but with the treatment he is recieving, he is a lot better, and now it isn't as bad. Hugs to you and your family. I hope they do have him checked for this before he gets any older. My cousin started with the symptoms of this right around kindergarten and now he is 14. Had they done right and caught it then, he might have been able to function normally by now.



Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Kristy -- that obsessiveness is definitely a symptom of Aspergers. If it is diagnosed early and a GOOD teacher is involved(special ed. -- w/the specific training -- probably not a "regular" ed. teacher), children CAN be taught to realize when they're obsessing and CAN be taught ways to overcome it. Our special ed. teachers actually did the inservice for we "regular" teachers, and they explained how they've worked w/ the students and what "usually" works.

An accurate diagnosis is KEY!!! Best wishes to everyone involved. It is manageable, but it takes work, consistency and lots of patience.

Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
Thanks everyone, I so much appreciate all the info you guys have given me now all I can do is wait and see if anything is done. I talked with my sister today, she told me that she nor her daughter think there is anything wrong with him. Just to let you know her daughter is living with her right now with her son and daughter (she just left her husband). My sister told me that he is doing much better and I reminded her that I just spoke with her a couple of days ago and he was screaming, throwing a fit and telling everyone in the house to shut up. All this happened in front of the two delivery men that brought the wrong bunk beds. Maybe I am over stepping my bounds but I hate to see a child suffer because adults refuse to admit their child, grandchild may have a problem. My niece's own sister will not let the kid come to her home because he tries to hurt her children and because he screams if he doesn't get his way, runs around kicking the walls and slamming the doors.
Well I tried, that's all I can do. You know it's funny but when he comes to my home he is pretty good but I set the rules when he comes. I tell him as long as he is in my home he will not disrespect adults or hit the other children and he listens to me. But yet every time I go anywhere with my sister, when she has him, he causes a scene and we have to leave. She lets him get away with hitting her, screaming at her and telling her what to do.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
What tends to happen is that it is so much easier for a parent with a child like this to allow him or her to do and say as they please, that the child will take precedence over an adult. If an adult is watching TV and the child wants to watch something else, the childs needs win over to avoid one of the fits. Then, the child learns that he or she is above an adult, especially in their own home. When cousin is away from his mom, he is usually a fairly well behaved child because he knows he can't get away with it unless with his mother. They tend to have less respect for adults and authority for that matter. It's a learned behavioral trait. That is partly what I mean by behavioral reinforcement.

I suggest printing out all the information on asbergers you can find, signs, symptoms, etc. and give it to your sister/neice. It isn't your sister's or your neice's fault he has this disorder (if he does), but it isn't doing him any favors by ignoring it.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 9:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Dakota's been having headaches. Not the kind Caleb gets when his glasses are screwed up or what they get when their sick or too tired/excited or whatever. These are more on the level of what I get. Complaints of light and sound sensitivity, nasuesness, sobbing. I'm kinda worried, migraines run on both sides of my family so one of the kids having them wouldn't surprise me at all and I was only 10 when I started having them.

I've got to call and set her up an appt with the dr tomorrow. What I'm curious about now because I'm not sure how long it's going to take me to get her an appt (we're still in that annual check up time here so the drs office is busy this time of year) is preventitive measures and ways other than childrens tylenol/advil to help her with the pain. I honestly don't remember much about my headaches from when I was a kid other than being sicker than a dog and sleeping. And as an adult I pretty much treat them the same way now...take some meds and go to bed in a dark room. I know theres got to be ways to help her with the pain other than or with drugging her up and theres probably certain foods she should avoid but I have no idea what they are.

My mil, who also suffers from migraines, swears by rare red meat. Throw it on the grill, brown the outside for a minute or two, then eat it. She says it works, I have no clue because the idea of eating meat like that makes me physically sick.

Dakota's my active kid. She doesn't watch much tv and the only time she's on the computer is when she's working on her phonics and math (if she logs more than an hour of computer time a week I've be surprised.) She spends most her time outside riding her bike, roller skating, jumping rope, and running. She also doesn't eat much sugar since it affects her behaviour. After the first bad headache she had, I started to monitor her more closely, watching what was going on when the headaches started and so far I've seen nothing in her activities or diet that suggests what they're being triggered by. She does take several meds (allergy and asthma meds) and I know several of them list headaches as a side effect, but these haven't been normal headaches.

I just want to find some way to help her once she's had the tylenol or even ways that may prevent them from happening before they start. It kills me to see her going through the same thing I do. Tonight was horrible, she complained of seeing "spots." Then complained of her head starting to hurt so I gave her some tylenol and a coke (don't laugh, excedrin migraine is nothing more than acetemetaphine and caffiene so I figure it won't hurt. My biggest concern with that is the sugar but at that point I'm not worried about how it makes her act!) During dinner she pushed her plate aside, grabbed her head and started to cry. I just hate that. She laid in my lap til she finally fell asleep.

Jmm
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 9:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
War, Check these out:

achenet
NYM
Mayo Clinic

Tess
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04-13-2001

Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
War, if you're worried about the sugar in the Coke, try keeping a couple diet cokes on hand. I can't drink regular Coke but there are times when a diet coke is the only thing that keeps my head from exploding if I don't have Excedrin migraine on hand. Btw--Excedrin also has aspirin in it so the tylenol (or motrin)/Coke idea is better for kids.

Sarah's been having massive headaches every single day and we took her for a neurological exam. Nada. Now we're on to her pediatric eye specialist and therapy for stress hoping that those are the answer. Same situation as Kota. Very active child who just lays down and cries from being in so much pain. The only thing that helps is Motrin and climbing in bed in a dark room but doc says her headaches are not migraines.

for Kota. I know first hand how bad those headaches feel.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 11:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thanks Jackie! Lack of sleep is listed as a trigger on two of those pages, she was up til after 11 pm last night (not my choice) so that could be part of the problem.

Ack, Tess, I hope they can find the cause. We went through the headaches with Caleb twice last year though nothing as severe as this. The eye dr cut his prescription in half which worked for about 9 months, then headaches again so the prescription for his glasses was put back where it had been before. Please let me know how the therapy for stress works out for her.

I've never thought about giving the kids excedrin because I never found it in children's stregnth. Glad I didn't because I didn't know it had asprin! Good idea too about the diet sodas. I'm really not big on giving the kids soda, especially her, but I figured it couldn't hurt too much with the headaches.

Lumbele
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07-12-2002

Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 5:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lumbele a private message Print Post    
There is never a day when I don't learn something new at TVCH. When I used to have my nasty migraines I was told to steer clear of all my favourite comforts, like wine and cheese, chocolate and caffeine. Those were the things I craved the most during those times. Now you tell me I could've indulged? Dang!

War, I am so sorry Kota has to deal with this affliction and so young, too. Give her an extra hug for me, please.
BTW, one thing that helped me occasionally was when I repeatedly ran cold water over the inside of my wrists right at the beginning of a migraine. Couldn't hurt to try, eh?

Spitfire
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07-18-2002

Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 7:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
Could it be that the migraines are triggered by something like a sinus infection? I have allergies and quite often will end up with a sinus infection from all the junk inside my nose and then in the end have a lot of headaches.

My cousins boy was always saying his head hurt from the time he could communicate. After doing all the neurological testing and stuff they finally discovered he had a major sinus infection that had gone untreated for a very long time. Were talking years. The cause was small nasal passages and fluid not being able to pass through properly. This is the same reason for my issues.


Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 8:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Lum, don't take my word for it on the caffiene! One of those sites Jmm posted said no caffiene too. If you look at the label of excedrin migraine there's three active ingredients, acetemetaphine, caffiene, and something else which I cant remember off the top of my head but I'm guessing is the longer word for asprin. Sometimes if I pop a couple of those at the first signs (flashing lights and light sensitivity) I can hold off the headache. Sometimes it doesn't work because sometimes nothings going to stop it. If I don't have any in the house, I will pop a couple tylenol (acetemetaphine) and drink a mt dew, it works just about as well. Chocolate and alcohol in general are two of the things my doctor warned me about as well. No big worries with those, I don't eat chocolate too often and I only drink a couple times a year.

Spit, Dakota's asthmatic and suffers from both allergy and sinus problems. We went through a few sinus infections last year, they suck. She ends up having ear problems because of them (fluid drains causing either just the pain or an actual ear infection, we've seen both.) She's never complained of her head hurting from that, but does point to her nose/cheeks/eyes areas as hurting. Last nights, and the ones previously (this is the third or fourth time it's happened) she starts with complaining about seeing spots, then can't handle the light and noise, then the screaming pain and nasuesness. Once she goes to sleep and stays asleep, she feels ok. This morning she looks exhausted but is quite perky. I've had sinus headaches but never like that, so I'm not sure those symptoms can't be linked with her sinus probs? Certainly something to bring up with the dr. To tell the truth, I'd be thrilled to find out I haven't passed along my migraines to one of the kids, I've always hoped that they'd never have to go through them.

Jmm
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08-16-2002

Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
As far as the caffeine goes, Excedrine has 65 mg per tablet (suggested dosage is 2 tablets) and a Mt. Dew has only 55 mg per 12 oz drink. Diet Coke has 45.6 mg and Coke Classic has only 34 mg.

So you'd have to drink 4 Cokes to get the recommended caffeine in Excedrine.

Other interesting caffeine contents:

8 oz milk chocolate candy bar - 48 mg
Celestial Seasonings Iced Lemon Ginseng Tea - 100 mg
Ben & Jerry's No Fat Coffee Fudge Frozen Yogurt - 85 mg
Coffee, brewed - 135 mg

Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
My son has allergies and October is generally his bad month. He also gets migranes and sinus infections which are triggered by allergies. As soon as I see that the allergies are starting up I make him take claritin. He has been taking claritin for many years (when it was prescription) and it is the only thing that works for him. There are two things he loves which can set off a headache when his system is weak -- chocolate and chinese food (I am guessing MSG).



Abbynormal
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08-04-2001

Friday, October 14, 2005 - 9:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abbynormal a private message Print Post    
War, so sorry Dakota is going through the pain of migraine. You know, it simply could just be that she is going to suffer from them since you said you and your mom have them. My mother, me and my oldest all suffer terribly. We took Kendall when he was 4 years old! to have every test in the world. Turned out just to be plain ole inherited migraines. I will never forget the doctor asking him what it felt like and my baby said, "It feels like a tree is falling on my head." He was having one about every 2 weeks and he had the laying on the bathroom floor, throwing his guts up kind. In middle school, the bench in the office was known as "Kendall's Bench" because that was where he lay while waiting for me to come and get him. It was just horrible! We went through a few beta blockers that just totally changed his whole personality and finally he ended up on Fioricet - a freakin narcotic! at around 6 years old!! He still suffers, but not as often, and still prefers to sleep in the bathroom when he is having one. LOL

I hope you find it is something much simpler, something that maybe can be controlled. It's so terrible to watch a little kid go through that much pain, especially when you know what it feels like and there is nothing you can do. Maybe you could try some kind of breathing exercises with her or try to get her to self-hypnotize, you know to concentrate on that happy place. I used to also do massage on Kendall when he was very young, but as he got older he just wanted a cold washcloth and to be left alone. I remember going and checking on him in the middle of the night.

Gosh, I'm sorry to hear this, it really takes me back, and I have to say it sucked, it sure did. Please keep us updated.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, October 14, 2005 - 11:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Ack, Maris, I missed your post! Dakota started out with clariton then the doc said no more prescriptions since we could get the same thing otc for cheaper. Nice thing is since we got her on the different meds that are working together (the otc allergy pill, the singulair, and the nasal sprays) she hasn't had the sinus infections. Still has the allergy problems, especially when the air quality is lousy but not the infections.

At the doctors request (which I'd started before I talked to him cuz I knew it'd come up) I've been keeping a journal for her. Trying to rule things out, like chinese food, or rather the msg, because we don't eat anywhere that uses it. She only gets chocolate rarely so even that much might have some effect. Right now we're just trying to find the common thread and rule out the rest and even if we do find something that causes them sometimes it may not be what causes them all the time.

Is there anything you do that helps your son through the headaches? Seeing and knowing the pain they bring, I'm willing to try just about anything that might help.

Abby, sometimes sleeping on the bathroom floor is the most convienient arrangement possible, lol. When your puking your guts up with your head splitting open it's just easier to be two feet from the toilet! I was prescribed something several years ago for mine, and after reading the possible side effects I never took them. While I'm sure the risk was probably pretty low, possible heart problems just didn't seem worth getting rid of a headache, even if it was a migraine!

Dakota's inherited everything from family. My sister's asthma, Darrens allergies/sinus probs, my headaches, lactose intolerant, and a bad reaction to sugar. We use focusing and breathing for the asthma attacks and the emotional reaction (tears, anger, jumpiness) that comes when she has sugar. Talk to her calmly, force her to look at us, while we remind her to try to take those deep, even breaths. It forces her to focus on something else and keeps or helps her get calm, which is important especially with asthma attacks. Having seen how that works with the asthma and the screaming, crying fits, I hadn't considered using it with the headaches! If nothing else it may help with the nasuesness and to calm her down enough to sleep.

My problem is that my way of dealing with a migraine is to lay down in bed and stay there til I go to sleep and then sleep through it. Comfort techniques, I just don't really know. Much like your son, a cold wash cloth and dark is about all I've used to help, so with her I'm not quite sure what to do. What comforts during other stuff, like chicken soup during a cold, or soup broth during a stomach bug, won't work with a migraine. Is heat better than cold? Massage? Raw meat on the forehead? (Ok, I'm being silly there but if I thought it'd take her pain away I'd try it!) I feel so helpless just holding her and telling her to try to go to sleep, there should be more we can do to help, without giving them scary drugs.

It's still so amazing to me that so many children have them.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 12:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh, something else. For those with children, or young family members with them, who have migraines how frequent are they? I see where Abby said her son was having them about every two weeks and that got me curious.

My first was when I was 10. But for the first few years they were pretty rare, maybe 3 or 4 a year? As I got older, they got more frequent until I was about 15 or 16 when I was getting them at least once a month. Dakota's are closer together than mine were when they started, four since late July or early August. The first one I thought was stress related since it was right after my bils mom (kids "adopted" grandma) died, second one I started to pay attention, and by the third I was worried. So about every 3-4 weeks she's having one.

I will add too, I've started to notice little headaches with her (something else I keep track of for the doctor.) Usually they're coming when they've had a busy day at school, or she's had not as much sleep, gotten hot, had a busy day. She'll rub her head, complain a little, drink some water and run off, they're not even slowing her down though. We've had her eyes tested and she has no vision problem so I'm thinking she's just prone to headaches in general, as well as inheriting my migraines. We've been encouraging her to wear sunglasses (lol, I've no idea if it'll help her but figure it can't hurt and I'm so sensitive to light that I can't be out more than a few minutes without them and not get a headache.) Problem is that they can't wear them at school which is the one place she spends a lot of time.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 7:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
war, sorry i really didn't read this thread, then stumbled on it this morning. holly's gotten migraines since she was about kota's age. and other than the ADHD thing, they have been very close medically. sinus infections are a thing of the past now. but we used to go cold- ear infection - sinus infection - asthma attack. the last asthma episode was over a year ago.

what i use for holly, is motrin (800mg), and an ice bath for her head. (make a sink full of water and add ice, stick her head in it as long as she can stand it, repeat every few minutes. ice packs are also the best.

i get migraines, and what i use also for myself. i got a slab of marble (cheap from a salvage or tile store) and it's in my bathroom, i lie on the floor and put my head on the marble (it always stays cool).

you know my email if you want to ask more. hope this helps.


Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, October 17, 2005 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
War the only thing that helps is to just shut out the lights and I give him a cool compress. His headaches seem closely tied to his allergies so when I see the allergies are starting up I give him the claritin right away.

He is also of an age that he himself controls his eating. he has stopped eating chinese food altogether and chocolage very rarely. He also can tell before me when he needs to take a claritin.

Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 9:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
I used to get horrible sinus headaches. They started in the back of my neck and were so bad I would have to go to bed, no light could be on, could not tolerate noise and the pain was excruciating. A wonderful nurse told me to start using a Saline Nasal spray. She told me to use it all day every day. I have been using the spray for about a year now and my sinus and headaches are so much better. The nurse explained to me that headaches are caused by pressure from blocked, clogged or infected sinuses and the reason this happens is because the passages get dry and the hairs inside that are supposed to trap the particles don't work. If you keep the passages moist the hair does its job and you have less problems. The nasal spray has changed my life tremendously for the better.

Maris does your son eat Doritos, Nacho Cheese Tortillas? If he can eat any of these types of products, and not get a headache, it probably is not the MSG that bothers him. A lot of your flavored chips and snacks have MSG in them.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Dakota's so hopped up right now on asthma meds (albueterol, prednisone) and jittery that i'm half expecting her to have some kind of headache. Add to it how little sleep she's had the last two days and that the prednisone is doing odd things (makes her hyper and tired but unable to sleep) it'd surprise me more if she doesn't have one.

She's had a cold for a couple days too so her nose is just a mess. It's times like this I feel very lucky that out pediatrician is also a pediatric allergist cuz he keeps up on everything thats going on with her. She was feeling better, but within the last half hour or so she's gotten very stuffy and coughing more, which really sucks cuz she's had everything she can take at this point. Hopefully it'll all start to kick in soon.

For those of you with allergy/sinus probs, or your kids, is it worse this year than in other years? Everyone around here is just miserable this year, and not only seeing what Dakota's been like but going through it myself, I know it's much worse this year than in previous years here.

Kristy, I'm so glad you've found something to give you relief. One of Kota's problems with her sinus' is when the get bad they drain to her ears and then she gets ear infections. Since using the flonase and the otc allergy pill, she hasn't had anymore ear infections. Big improvement cuz for awhile there she had 3 or 4 ear infections over about a two month time period.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Sunday, October 23, 2005 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
Kristy he doesnt eat much flavored chips. This morning he snuck into the halloween candy I bought for the neighborhood kids and sure enough, he is getting a headache now. Chocolate is the biggest culprit in our house.

His allergies arent as bad as in past years but they seem to have started up later than usual and are beginning to kick in now in earnest.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, October 31, 2005 - 12:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Dakota went to bed early tonight with another bad headache. The sensitivity to light, crying, nasuesness, all of it.

She finished her prednisone Wednesday so that wasn't it. We've also cut her breathing treatments down to once a day instead of 2-3 times a day and she hasn't needed her nasal sprays all that much.

She did wake up earlier than normal today. Usually on weekends she gets up around 8:30 and on weekdays, 7:30...this morning she was up at not quite 6. Not to mention going to sleep later than normal last night. Less sleep is something thats happened the night before each of these heaaches, though she doesn't get one everytime she has less sleep.

The last three weekends have been pretty busy for us. We've had one party each weekend, going out, having kids over. This weekend was much busier too. They got out of school Friday and went straight to my sisters where they played with their cousins and some friends kids both Friday evening and Saturday morning. Then they came home with their cousins and my friends baby and went to another party last night. I don't think having a busy couple of days caused it, but I don't think it helped much either.

One thing I noticed today though was that she has eaten everything in sight right up until the headache hit. When they got up they ate a bowl of cereal and a piece of toast. Later when Darren went out to get breakfast, the kids said they were hungry again (this was a couple hours later) and the four of them shared two pancake and egg meals. Then at lunch they had chicken sandwiches and chips. She then ate an apple and a fruit cup. At dinner it was much the same, she had dinner and then had some grapes and an orange and asked a few minutes later for some tortilla chips. She just couldn't seem to eat enough today. Now this could be nothing more than another growth spurt. She gained a little weight this summer and it's about time she gains a couple inches going off past growth spurts. Especially since I just bought her new clothes, lol! I'll have to watch over the next few days to see if she's just starving.

Her allergies haven't been real bad lately. Though, again, there were other things going on that may have helped. She was taking all that medicine for her asthma and most of that goes hand in hand with the allergies.

The only thing I think that's helped tonight is she was so tired that after taking tylenol she went to sleep and she's stayed asleep since then. I hate this, we shouldn't have to see our kids suffering and for Dakota, this past week has just been heck for her between the cold she had, the asthma, and now the headache.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, October 31, 2005 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
NEW QUESTION:

At your kid's school, could a kid wear a tatoo on their forehead? Or arm? (one of those typical kid tatoos that you put on with a wet washcloth.)