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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 1:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
That's a great idea Not1!

I guess this means my baby is not a baby anymore! :-(

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, Not, Caleb had the same thought about the shark teeth.

Several months ago my sister took my then five year old niece in for a dentist appointment. She had several cavaties and something else going on because they set up not only for filings but a mini-root canal. My niece was cool about the whole thing, knew what was going to happen, wasn't too scared, until the dentist walked in and grabbed a needle. My mom had gone with her and my sister, and she said it was the funniest thing, while the dentist had his back turned, niece rotated her body in the chair until her face was buried in the seat and her bottom sticking up. She flat out refused to sit up for the dentist. He tried once to get her up, mom and sis tried to coax her out of that position, and then the dentist set the needle back in and said he wouldn't touch her and she was going to have to go see a pediatric dentist who would use gas, he wouldn't do anything that would traumatize a child.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 1:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I should just say "ditto" to those w/good storied (gas is great! LOL) -- DS had to have one tooth pulled already because big tooth came in next to baby tooth -- and it looks like he has another that will need pulling at the next meeting. He didn't mind a bit, didn't hurt a bit and he was raring to go! :-)

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Teach, was the tooth loose at all?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Julie, most of Caleb's have been at least a little loose when we go in. One of them in fact was so loose the dentist didn't do anything other than pull it right out, lol. We could have done it at home but he won't let us near his mouth, lol.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, July 28, 2005 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Nope -- but it popped right out...not too many "roots" on baby teeth -- and he was almost 8 at the time.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 9:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    


DD's second birthday!

Buttercup
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07-16-2005

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buttercup a private message Print Post    
Awww...how adorable! Looks like she's pleased with her gift



Jmm
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
What a cutie, Escapee. I love those beautiful eyes.

Jkm
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07-10-2002

Friday, August 19, 2005 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jkm a private message Print Post    
Julieboo -- my 12 year old has had 6 baby teeth and an "extra" tooth pulled this year -- 5 in Feb and 2 last week. I little gas on the nose - but still numb gel/shots. 4 on top still had two roots a piece and were flat not going to come out -- plus had a small tooth growing out of the roof of her mouth behind two front teeth (kinda like one long skinny root) At the time the last two baby teeth on bottom were loose - but never came out - they tightened in as the permenant came up underneath - so at 6 month pulled them as well. It's taken the top ones a long time to come in -- 6 months and still not all the way down -- he said the way the bottom two were being pushed up at an angle was keeping top from coming down.

Now we have gum surgery to look forward too and possibly braces -- she's already in 7th grade - most of her friends are already 1/2 throught the brace torture. She has really fibrous gums and they cover most of her top teeth (whole tooth there but only see a small portion) not enough teeth show to even put braces on.....

Old dd -- no problems - no braces - large teeth, ...

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 12:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
This sounds exactly what we have with my daughter's teeth! She still has baby teeth and has trouble getting them to come out. Our one Dr. doesn't think it's a problem. We're taking her for a second opinion, as she may need braces.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 1:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Well the dentist pulled them. He said it was a good thing as the root on one was long and would have broken which would have resulted in them having to cut thru the gum to get it. It was relatively easy and fast. And ds was so excited about the idea of the tooth fairy coming, that he was not too upset about the pain (which was minimal.)



This photo was taken the day after. And since then, the teeth have moved up where they should be. I'll take and post a new photo later.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 1:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
WOOHOO! Glad to hear of the positive outcome, Julieboo. Give DS an extra hug from us on being so brave! :-)

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, August 22, 2005 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
this one is burred (so sunny out that I couldn't tell), but you can see the teeth are positioning themselves where they should be. Will get a new clear picture later...



Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 3:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
I have a question for my niece. Her six year old son has to have constant structure. He has been this way since he could talk and communicate. Everything must be the same or he throws a fit. Today his new bunk beds arrived and they were wrong and had to be sent back. He absolutely lost it!
When he throws these fits he screams, cries, tells everyone that speaks to him to shut up, his mom, his grandmother, whoever. If you tell him something you had better not change your mind because he freaks. He is very intelligent, last year in preschool the teacher was impressed that he knew ever single kid in his classes birthday and could tell her who was absent before she read the roll. It has been hard on us as a family during get-to-gethers because if things don't go just the way he expects them to he screams hits the other kids and tells us all to shut up. I have never experienced anything like his behavior and don't know what to tell her except to be consistent and don't let him get away with it one time and punish him the next. She is completely at a loss as to how to deal with him. He is on medication for HD but the meds make him a zombie, she has tried several. Even when he was a toddler she had problems. Three or four different places refused to keep him for her so she had to take him to work with her. Thank God she owned her own business and could take him with her. Any advise anyone can give her will be greatly appreciated, she, as well as the rest of us, are at a loss. He stays in trouble on the bus and school and I am afraid that it will only get worse.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Tell your neice to have him evaluated for a type of autism called Aspbergers. My cousin suffers from it and, while he is a smart child, cannot handle change, multi-stimulation, cannot control the octive level of his voice, get's easily agitated and can become screamingly violent which can cause traumatic lasting effects on him. He can memorize bible verses, but has trouble learning things in school. He knows names, faces, places, etc. but can't function in social situations. Now, it is controlable, very controlable with behavioral reinforcment. Most kids will grow out of it, but only with the behavioral reinforcement. The worst thing my aunt did was put him on ADD medication because her doctor and the school suggested it be the best to "control" him. It was the worst thing for this type of autism. It's a sensory input issue that something in their brain gets going one way, and when it changes, it's like a meltdown. I urge her to seek a specialist out. There are things they can do for him and teach your niece to do to help.

My aunt on the other hand, does not use behavioral reinforcment. She uses his disorder as an excuse for letting him do, say, and act as he pleases. She says "just bear with him, he has problems"

It will be better if they catch it early, my cousins wasn't caught until 2 years ago when he was 12. They ended up suing the school district because the specialist the school reccomended misdiagnosed and insisted on ritalin.

Read more about aspergers syndrome


Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
That ended up being a bad link try
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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I agree. My cousin's son (16) has Asperger's also and this is very much like him. He is an absolute genius but definitely has trouble with transitions...needs his routine. He has gotten better since he's older, now he's just sort of quirky.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
My cousin is absolutely uncontrolable, but that is due to his "parents" and not him. I had never heard of it before they told her that he had it.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 4:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Has he been evaluated thru the school system? That is a good place to start. What does his pediatrician say? This is stuff that she needs to bring to the pediatrician and school. They can both help him...

Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 5:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
You guys are GREAT! I have read articles on this syndrome and thought this could possibly be his problem. Now I am even more convinced it is a strong possibility. I have wanted to approach the subject with my niece but hesitated because this is a touchy subject for many parents and you have to be open to the possibility that there is something wrong with your child. Her son is taking a drug for HD that I am totally against because I have never felt he was hyper. He can't sleep when he takes it, can't eat and he acts like a zombie. That tells me that hyperactivity is NOT the problem. Thanks you guys a whole bunch.


Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
We have a number of Asperger students this year -- and one technique for calming that we use is "brushing." If they are starting to get overwhelmed or feel stress, they go to a "quiet" place w/an aid who uses a special brush to stroke their arms, back and hair. It's the sensory stimulation in a calming manner and it makes a world of difference! In the HS we're hoping some of the kids can learn to do this on themselves as they learn to manage their own limitations.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
BTW -- most of these students are A or A/B students. They are VERY intelligent -- it's just the social connections that they struggle with. There is a wonderful book out that is written by a 15 year old who has Aspergers. I don't have it at home w/me, but I'll see if I can get the name & author tomorrow and post it for you. It helps to see things from his point of view.

Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
Does anyone know if a definitive connection has been made between the development of Aspergers syndrome and the use of Thermerasol in vaccinations for babies? A connection was questioned and examined between Thermerasol and Autisum, I don't know if this has been proven as yet but there has been a lot of conjecture on the matter.


Kristylovesbb
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09-14-2000

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
Teach, this child is brilliant in a lot of ways. He is a deep thinker and will analyze
everything. He can play those computer games for hours upon hours at a time and gets angry when he has to stop. It is almost as though he is obsessed with them