Cerebral Palsy: Older Child
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Seeking Moms with Children Who Have Cerebral Palsy or Hydrocephilus
Asked by D.A. from Johnson City
on October 19, 2006
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would like to meet moms in a similar situation to mine, my five year old son has severe cerebral palsy, hydrocephilus and other problems, from being born premature. I ...
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- hi im W. i have my nephew ha has cp,his name is brandon he is 9yrs, he was born a normal child, at three and half months he caught R.S.V. he was in the hospital for 41...
- Hi D. I am a 27yr old stay at home mom my son has cp and i just found out he might have autism my son is very special to me and i have a 2 year old daughter and 2 step...
- Hi D.. While my son does not have cerebral palsy, he was born with some other birth defects. He looks OK on the outside, but from the time was born he's had this hor...
10 Year Old Birthday Party
Asked by J.C. from Los Angeles
on June 26, 2009
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Hi MOM's! My daughter is turning 10 this summer. She has MILD Cerebral Palsy. I want to give her a great bday party. Any suggestions would be great!
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- My daughter just turned 9 and we had a Webkinz party. We recreated some of the games from online. If your interested, I'll go into details of what we did and how we ...
- Oooh. I loooove planning little girl birthday parties. I have one child -- a girl -- and it has been a huge joy for me each year to plan a special party around my da...
- Build-A-Bear Workshop! We have had 2 birthday parties there - the Westside Pavillion location. Both parties were EASY, fantastic, not expensive, and everyone had a g...
Hypertonia - 6 Month Old Preemie
Asked by A.B. from Providence
on April 30, 2009
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Hi,
Has anyone had experience with their child having hypertonia (overtoned muscles, stiffness)? My friend has a 6 month old who we are worried about. She's getti...
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- my son zachary was a preemie he was born five pounds one ounce and he was eighteen inches long but he wasn't Hypertonia though he was a good baby though when he came h...
- Hi A. Our nutrition (reliv) has had great results with CP and other muscular abnormalities. It is safe effective and cannot hurt even a 6 month old. Happy to get y...
- A., First of all, thank you for being a concerned, supportive friend. Any neurologic diagnosis should only be made by a pediatric neurologist. If there is true ca...
How to Explain Developmentally-disabled People to My 6 Year Old
Asked by S.P. from Chicago
on March 10, 2010
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I feel a bit silly having to ask advice on this one, because I grew up with two developmentally disabled siblings! But in the past couple months my 6 year old daughte...
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- I always tell my son that God makes us all different and special. Some people may be able to run fast, others may be smart in school, others may have eyes or legs or ...
- wheel chairs are for people that have trouble walking glasses are for trouble seeing some people are born w/trouble thinking some people are born and their brains w...
- There is a book out called, It's Okay to be Different by Todd Parr. We are actually using it in our program to teach students about autism for Autism Awareness month. ...
9 Year Old Son Is Having "Glitches"
Asked by T.S. from Fort Wayne
on February 16, 2007
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My son has been described as having mild Asperger's Syndrome, though he doesn't really fit it entirely. We do know that he isn't ADHD or autistic. He does have a few...
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- the glitches sound like what I went through while having pentemal seizures
- I wish I knew more on the subject but it could be a form of seizure, not to alarm you. I remember reading ages ago that seizures don't necesarily mean convulsions. You...
- I would have him throughly checked by your doctor. Strokes, and other things could cause that. You need to take him soon.
10 Year Old Daughter Diagnosed with Epilepsy (Absence Seizures)
Asked by M.H. from Los Angeles
on August 18, 2009
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Hi there - does anyone have a child or knows someone who has a child with absence seizures? We have Kaiser and they were very helpful and got us in for an EEG immediat...
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- Mz Pat, Has your daugther had any shots recently, especially the Gardasil series. The vaccines have aluminum and a series of other ingredients that have caused hund...
- HI Mz Pat, I had epilepsy as a child and was on some pretty strong meds. I had frequent petit mals, which are basically small seizures (I believe it is a form of an ...
- Hi there! I was reading your title and when I saw (absence seizures) I continued to read on. My son, when he was 3 weeks old started to "shiver" when he fell asleep....
My 7 Year-old Daughter Is Talking About Being Fat.
Asked by C.R. from Atlanta
on January 13, 2010
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My little girl has started expressing concerns that she is fat. She is a tall, slender thing and there has never been any concern on our part that she is overweight. ...
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- I am having simlilar issues with my 7 yr old. She is not overweight-she is skinny as a rail. She has also started talking about being fat & that she can't wear certa...
- She might have seen a report on tv. They are always reporting on how many obese people we have in the U.S. I have heard these reports so many times, I am sick of it. ...
- I went through a version of this with my older daughter, triggered by being weighed in gym. In my case, she was beginning to refuse desserts, so she wouldn't get fat. ...
Casts on Both Legs - Ideas for Response to Questions?
Asked by A.K. from Minneapolis
on March 30, 2008
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My son will start serial casting next week, to correct toe walking. Technically he has mild cerebral palsy, but I'm looking for suggestions for answers to all the "Wh...
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- Seeing as kids have limited memory for long technical medical terminology, I would suggest something as simple as, "They're fixing my legs (so I can walk better)." It...
- Good morning A., My name is D. and 29 years ago, my daughter was born with mild club feet. She wore casts from the time she was 3 months old past her 1st birthday. In...
- Hi A., My 18 month old was in casts for the first 8 weeks of her life (born with bilateral clubfoot), then in shoes that were connected by a bar for 2 months, and the...
6 Year Old with Special Needs Tied down to "Special Chair" for Musical
Asked by K.B. from Minneapolis
on April 20, 2009
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My daughter attends a Developmental Cognitive Delay Kindergarten program. She is mainstreamed about 1 hour/day with the non- special needs children. Last week, we at...
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- Hi K.- I used to be an early childhood special ed teacher and I have NEVER heard of strapping a child to any kind of chair, especially during a special event. I th...
- Hi- I have a special needs daughter as well. Is she able to communicate with you well enough to answer questions? We asked my daughter if she would prefer participatin...
- I, too, have a child who sits in a Rifton chair and appalled to think that the schools may be forced to not "tie them down". My child exhibits lots of injurious behav...
Seeking Moms of Preemies
Asked by V.D. from Mobile
on March 28, 2008
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I have a 13 week old preemie that is still in the NICU. She is a 25 weeker and weighed 1 lb 7 oz when born. Doctors did not think she would make it through the night...
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- {{{{{{{{{V.}}}}}}}}}}}} I'm so sorry your baby is going through so much. I had a son at 7 months and he was in an incubator for 2 weeks and I recall that was an awful...
- Hello V., I am sorry to hear your little baby has to go through all the proging the Dr. seem to do, And I know it is to save her life, Just thank God she won't remembe...
- Having a baby in the NICU can be very hard and lonely. We had to stay in the Ronald McDonald house and could only visit at certain times. I also just had a c-section, ...
