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nicki41971

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About nicki41971

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  • Birthday 03/27/1971

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  1. <'> <'> <'> i'm sorry to hear your sad news our thoughts are with you at this difficult time <'> <'> like another person said to follow your heart at the time and you'll do what you need to do <'> <'>
  2. I was actually only thinking the other day that on the 06.06.06 at 06:00 hrs it would be an interesting date and time ... ok am definitely going to get on with my life now ...(quote from above) That was my dds 6th birthday so we did a golden party for her as it was a special date . but referring to the post i think its intresting & being the person that i am i will be telling all i meet today about it (i know i'm sad)
  3. Hi hunnies, sos its me again, just thought i'd tell you that a portage lady came to see us today, its the second time shes been as the first time the wrong forms had been filled, she told me that she would personnally be taking us on starting in a months time i'm pleased as it means her face is familiar & she seems real nice to. Anyway she said she will give us targets etc & thinks Mack will defiantly benefit from learning makaton she then showed us our first sign which was for 'more' so i tried it out on Mack later in the day as he wanted some of my drink i showed him by holding his hands first then by doing it myself & rewarding him by giving him a bit of my drink, well he came back for more & this time i just showed him & he copied me, i did this twice more & then he came back to me & did it all on his own without any promting from me, i was soooo chuffed i really didn't think he would be able to do it when she first showed me, he seems full of surprises this little lad. So all in all i'm having a nice day.
  4. Hi everyone thanks you've banished my paranoia about sounding silly. So much for that though he hasn't been able to do it again but we will persevere as i know he can do it and WILL do it again, I think hes just teasing me he knows that he can but is making out he can't lol! ha i'm on your case Mack!!
  5. Hi Hailey, <'> <'> <'> <'> <'> <'> <'> Sorry your having a hard time, i have a 16 yr old girl & even though i haven't had to deal with the stuff your going through i have some understanding of how difficult it can be. So i really really feel for you, i hope for your sanity you get through this reasonably quickly , sending you lots more of these <'> <'> <'> <'> <'> <'> love Nicki xxx
  6. Hello again & thank you for your responses, another thing with this eating lark is out of all 4 of my kids he was the one that would try different things when he was about a year old, he ate quite well back then, the only thing he couldn't seem to do is the going on from pureed food to food that was a bit lumpy we kept trying to introduce it but it was no good. He would eat finger food though & things like pasta, spag bol, etc anything that he could scoop up himself. So what happened to make it stop, how did he go from that to virtually nothing but bread, i could count the amount of different things (nothing in dinner type foods) he eats on my fingers & still have some fingers left over!! I hope they do get a bit better with time as there is nothing healthy in his diet (he used to eat fruit pureed or normal the normal went but he would still eat the pureed (4 mth food) but recently he started refusing that so eats nothing healthy at all) i've tried giving him vitamins in his milk (he has a bit before he goes to bed) but he seems to know & refuses it, he only drinks water so can't put it in there. Oh the joys, he also gets constipated on & of with loose bowels in between so i'm thinking that has to be because of his diet!! oh what to do !!! sorry thats what i feel like i'm doing does anyone else feel like this?
  7. well done to Ben and well done to mum, my daughter (nt) has just turned 6 & she can't read for toffee so i think you have a very clever little man there, keep pushing for the dx hun
  8. Hi everyone and happy mothers day to you all <'> . I have done this thread as i'm really chuffed with something that prob sounds quite silly but i can't help myself.. My Mack jumped he actually used 2 feet and left the ground. i was holding his hands and jumping for britain to try and encourage him, and boy was he trying hard he knew what he wanted to do but just couldn't get it (hes never ever been able to manage it) and then he did it both feet left the ground ok not neatly together but none the less they both came of the floor. i was so excited i had to tell you (i have had a couple (or 4) glasses of wine for mothers day so sorry if it sounds a bit daft of me.
  9. thats lovely viper it says it all really. thanks for that it bought tears to my eyes (also drinking at mo so cheers)
  10. Hi, can anybody give me a bit of advice please? i now know that limited diets is another problem that can come with ASD but is there anyway of it getting better?? My son 2.5yrs is such a fussy eater he generally eats bread (toast for bekkie, dairlea sand for lunch, bread & butter for tea) don't get me wrong i don't just give him this, i do put proper dinner in front of him every night, we all sit around the table as a family etc etc but nothing seems to work, we have stopped giving him the bread at most dinner times but this means that he goes from lunch till breakfast the next day without eating anything. he has very little else. sometimes he'll have a pack crisps after sandwich, & maybe an ice pop during day but thats about it ( unless we go to bakers then he'll have a cinamin whirl!!!!! ) he does seem to have plenty of energy though & is growing well buuuttttt. Anyway does anyone know if they go through this when he starts his therapys etc or is it something you just have to put up with?? i'm gratefull for any advice you can throw at me.
  11. Hi thanks for all your replies. i was just saying today that some of his behaviour is typical of that of a nt 2yr old, but a lot of his behaviour isn't. i will investigate the things you've told me. The tod groups i go to (i go to 2) are ones that i was refered to as they are very small & have special needs things plus the ladies that run them are very experienced in special needs, one of the tod groups is in the building where they have the special nursery that he will go to, which is great as it means he gets to know his surroundings & the people that work there. I will most defiantly grab this opportunity with both hands as i know it will be great for him to go to the nursery, we are very lucky in the fact that it is so close to us as i believe there isn't an awful lot of them. As for being brave ... i'm not sure about that i tried some regular tod groups & couldn't cope with them or him, but i am going to persever with these ones as there seems to be so much more understanding going on. the person that said she was saying after dx that nah hes not autistic & then on the other days he obviously is, that is excactly how i feel, also that yes he makes eye contact but now its been said i realise it is only on his terms & when he starts his gabbling or droning he will not look at you whatever. So thanks again you've all been a great help. xxxx one of these <'> right back at you all xxxx
  12. sorry i don't know how that happened.. still learning!!
  13. Hi again, thank you for the very warm welcome, & thanks to clintess for recommending this site to me. Some of you said to ask away if i had any questions so i hope you don't mind me taking you up on this, First my son is 2 & a half & was dx last week so its all very new still. i have so many things going round my head, like now i know is it normal to start looking at your child to look for things that will prove the pead wrong? i don't know why i'm doing this, he has classic signs i:e temper, violence, lining up things, personnal space issues, won't mix with other children, very limited diet, headbutts etc but he does give eye contact, & he loves his cuddles is this normal? Ok he is to have speech therapy, he is down to go to a special nursey the year before he starts school, if he goes to mainstream he will get a key worker, & hopefully like some of you said we are lucky he was dx early as that will be an advantage. Oh & hes down on the list to have a portage worker. But what now? do we just sit & wait for the peeps who know to contact us or what? I'm sorry to go on.. people i have told have been asking questions which i have no idea how to answer like does it get worse or better with time & help? will his speech improve with therapy? how do i get him to eat more? how do we potty train him when he doesn't understand what we're telling him? Who helps me to help him? how do you deal with the violence when at groups as at the mo i'm just removing him, then when i get home i cry about the fact i couldn't handle it, a couple of times i cried whilst still at the tod group as i felt all eyes were on me,. gosh sorry didn't realise how much i was going on i'll stop now.
  14. Hi i'm new on here and thought i'd teel you a bit about myself. I'm 34 (35 on mon) I'm mum to 4 children, d16,s13,d6,s21/2. My youngest son has just been diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum & basically that is as far as i have got with him at the mo. I am in the dark about it & have no idea what happens next. i am trying to find out info but have so far not learnt very much & other than what my son does or doesn't do i'm afraid i do not know an awful lot. I was recommended this site & thought i would give it a go. I hope i got it right as excuse my ignorence but i'm not great at computers, <'>
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