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I'm sorry that the McD's didn't work although I'm not surprised. Bribes

didn't work for my daughter either when there was something she really did not

want to do. I actually had to get a private behaviorist to do the potty

training and it actually took her a period of time to figure out what the real

issue was, and then deal with that. The big issue was definitely figuring out

what the real hold-up was.

I am wondering if it would help Darby to have some type of social story with

pictures to demonstrate that you want to help her but she has to let you

know what's wrong- so she knows that you are sad because she is sad, and that

if

she helps you to understand what is upsetting her that you and she both will

be happy again.

Karin

In a message dated 3/26/2008 1:12:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

tracykmahaffey@... writes:

Darby does not want to take her ear medicine. Her ears are very sensitive.

The oral antibiotics did not work so ear dropps 3 times a day were prescribed.

I've used Traumeel once for muscle pain, never thought about ear pain thanx!

Darby asked once to go to mcds at 5pm. It is a ritual that we do even on

weekends. We said no and she did not ask again? No fight?!!!! All night after

her bath she said no school, no mcds and no skating. I could not get the 170lb

girl to get dressed this am so i said no mcds and she was fine.... I don't

have anything else I can take away that I know she will care about? We will see

if she can go without mcds another night? I feel a bit defeated today.

She has slept the morning away so I guess it is back to the drs again. Maybe

he can prescribe something oral again?

Thank you all for listening. It got me thru a tough day.

Darby's mom

Marie <_marie.adams@..._ (mailto:marie.adams@...) > wrote:

Well, you definitely have an audience here that really can empahtize with

what you're going through.

I can see why she's even more rigid since she's been in some kind of pain

for so long. I suppose you've tried ear drops to relieve the pain? HEEL

products have pain relievers, pills that dissolve & Traumeel is a good

topical ointment.

I hope you survived the 5p no McD's!

Marie A.

On 3/25/08, Mahaffey <_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_

(mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) > wrote:

>

> Mom needs a break. I'm sure you've heard and been there before. Help! I

> hope writing about my stress will help alleviate it.

>

> Darby has literally been home for weeks with ear aches, period pain and

> ear aches again. She is in a routine of staying home so today when we

> thought she was better and able to go to school she refused....

>

> Darby is 5 foot 5 and 170 lbs.... Even her dad and an advan could not do

> the trick. We said if she did not go she would not be able to go to mcds at

> 5 pm. She did not care. She goes to mcd's every day at 5pm. It is an

> addiction and a routine we have not been able to change as of yet.

>

> Darby is extremely sensory. She wears a head set for hunters to block

> noise 24 hours a day. I am going to try dmg thank you for the advice

> guys!!!1

>

> She went to grandparents this weekend because they were giving out candy

> and did not take her head out from the blanket once.

>

> Darby does not like to go to place unless it is her idea. She has trouble

> transitioning from room to room in the house and has trouble transitioning

> from the car to the house and vica versa. Everything is an ordeal.

>

> She has been exta mad these days and kicked a hole in the wall because of

> a transition and broken dvds, tvs, cd players because they were stuck and

> she needed help to operate them....

>

> She pulled my grandfathers handmade china cabinet on top of herself

> because her dad and brother coughed. I grabbed it from falling on her just

> in time before the glass fell on her head. A few dishes broke.... I was

> cutting my husband's hair at the time so the scissors went flying but super

> mom saved the day!!!!

>

> She is a teenager and so I will survive... but I am a prisoner in my own

> house except when I go to mcds. My husband works at night so sometimes I

> feel like a single mom. is a real estate agent. I stay at home and

> we are just making ends meet...

>

> I feel bad that we have to take mcds away from her because I don't know

> why she won't go to school. She is basically nonverbal and cannot always

> explain why she is upset.

> There is really no other thing she cares more about and so she is leaving

> us no choice.

> We may have a war at 5pm but I feel we have no choice...

>

> There are so many excuses we make for her because of her extreme

> sensitivies to the environment.

>

> Confused and tired

>

>

> Darby's mom

> Edmonton,

> Canada

>

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That's a great idea Karin. I have not been typing or writing to her just

talking and the written word can help her sometimes more than the oral. It is

funny how one forgets when you are in a dither. Just like when my husband comes

home with a head ache and doesn't take an asprin etc until I suggest it. A song

came to my mind just now, corny but applicable:

People, people who need people are the luckiest people in the world...I like

Barbra (-:

Thanx,

klrenard@... wrote:

I'm sorry that the McD's didn't work although I'm not surprised.

Bribes

didn't work for my daughter either when there was something she really did not

want to do. I actually had to get a private behaviorist to do the potty

training and it actually took her a period of time to figure out what the real

issue was, and then deal with that. The big issue was definitely figuring out

what the real hold-up was.

I am wondering if it would help Darby to have some type of social story with

pictures to demonstrate that you want to help her but she has to let you

know what's wrong- so she knows that you are sad because she is sad, and that if

she helps you to understand what is upsetting her that you and she both will

be happy again.

Karin

In a message dated 3/26/2008 1:12:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

tracykmahaffey@... writes:

Darby does not want to take her ear medicine. Her ears are very sensitive.

The oral antibiotics did not work so ear dropps 3 times a day were prescribed.

I've used Traumeel once for muscle pain, never thought about ear pain thanx!

Darby asked once to go to mcds at 5pm. It is a ritual that we do even on

weekends. We said no and she did not ask again? No fight?!!!! All night after

her bath she said no school, no mcds and no skating. I could not get the 170lb

girl to get dressed this am so i said no mcds and she was fine.... I don't

have anything else I can take away that I know she will care about? We will see

if she can go without mcds another night? I feel a bit defeated today.

She has slept the morning away so I guess it is back to the drs again. Maybe

he can prescribe something oral again?

Thank you all for listening. It got me thru a tough day.

Darby's mom

Marie <_marie.adams@..._ (mailto:marie.adams@...) > wrote:

Well, you definitely have an audience here that really can empahtize with

what you're going through.

I can see why she's even more rigid since she's been in some kind of pain

for so long. I suppose you've tried ear drops to relieve the pain? HEEL

products have pain relievers, pills that dissolve & Traumeel is a good

topical ointment.

I hope you survived the 5p no McD's!

Marie A.

On 3/25/08, Mahaffey <_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_

(mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) > wrote:

>

> Mom needs a break. I'm sure you've heard and been there before. Help! I

> hope writing about my stress will help alleviate it.

>

> Darby has literally been home for weeks with ear aches, period pain and

> ear aches again. She is in a routine of staying home so today when we

> thought she was better and able to go to school she refused....

>

> Darby is 5 foot 5 and 170 lbs.... Even her dad and an advan could not do

> the trick. We said if she did not go she would not be able to go to mcds at

> 5 pm. She did not care. She goes to mcd's every day at 5pm. It is an

> addiction and a routine we have not been able to change as of yet.

>

> Darby is extremely sensory. She wears a head set for hunters to block

> noise 24 hours a day. I am going to try dmg thank you for the advice

> guys!!!1

>

> She went to grandparents this weekend because they were giving out candy

> and did not take her head out from the blanket once.

>

> Darby does not like to go to place unless it is her idea. She has trouble

> transitioning from room to room in the house and has trouble transitioning

> from the car to the house and vica versa. Everything is an ordeal.

>

> She has been exta mad these days and kicked a hole in the wall because of

> a transition and broken dvds, tvs, cd players because they were stuck and

> she needed help to operate them....

>

> She pulled my grandfathers handmade china cabinet on top of herself

> because her dad and brother coughed. I grabbed it from falling on her just

> in time before the glass fell on her head. A few dishes broke.... I was

> cutting my husband's hair at the time so the scissors went flying but super

> mom saved the day!!!!

>

> She is a teenager and so I will survive... but I am a prisoner in my own

> house except when I go to mcds. My husband works at night so sometimes I

> feel like a single mom. is a real estate agent. I stay at home and

> we are just making ends meet...

>

> I feel bad that we have to take mcds away from her because I don't know

> why she won't go to school. She is basically nonverbal and cannot always

> explain why she is upset.

> There is really no other thing she cares more about and so she is leaving

> us no choice.

> We may have a war at 5pm but I feel we have no choice...

>

> There are so many excuses we make for her because of her extreme

> sensitivies to the environment.

>

> Confused and tired

>

>

> Darby's mom

> Edmonton,

> Canada

>

>

> ------------ ---- ----

> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo!

> Search.

>

>

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It's so easy to forget the simple things- it really is. We're always

looking for some complicated fix-it and sometimes a good social story with

pictures

takes care of amazing things. We recently used one to get my daughter to

stay on stage during a school performance and it was amazing to me that it

worked. Not only did she NOT wig out before the performance, but she actively

participated, smiling, waving, etc. It blew me away!

In a message dated 3/26/2008 2:13:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

tracykmahaffey@... writes:

That's a great idea Karin. I have not been typing or writing to her just

talking and the written word can help her sometimes more than the oral. It is

funny how one forgets when you are in a dither. Just like when my husband comes

home with a head ache and doesn't take an asprin etc until I suggest it. A

song came to my mind just now, corny but applicable:

People, people who need people are the luckiest people in the world...I like

Barbra (-:

Thanx,

_klrenard@..._ (mailto:klrenard@...) wrote:

I'm sorry that the McD's didn't work although I'm not surprised. Bribes

didn't work for my daughter either when there was something she really did

not

want to do. I actually had to get a private behaviorist to do the potty

training and it actually took her a period of time to figure out what the

real

issue was, and then deal with that. The big issue was definitely figuring

out

what the real hold-up was.

I am wondering if it would help Darby to have some type of social story with

pictures to demonstrate that you want to help her but she has to let you

know what's wrong- so she knows that you are sad because she is sad, and

that if

she helps you to understand what is upsetting her that you and she both will

be happy again.

Karin

In a message dated 3/26/2008 1:12:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_ (mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) writes:

Darby does not want to take her ear medicine. Her ears are very sensitive.

The oral antibiotics did not work so ear dropps 3 times a day were

prescribed.

I've used Traumeel once for muscle pain, never thought about ear pain thanx!

Darby asked once to go to mcds at 5pm. It is a ritual that we do even on

weekends. We said no and she did not ask again? No fight?!!!! All night

after

her bath she said no school, no mcds and no skating. I could not get the

170lb

girl to get dressed this am so i said no mcds and she was fine.... I don't

have anything else I can take away that I know she will care about? We will

see

if she can go without mcds another night? I feel a bit defeated today.

She has slept the morning away so I guess it is back to the drs again. Maybe

he can prescribe something oral again?

Thank you all for listening. It got me thru a tough day.

Darby's mom

Marie <__marie.adams_marie (DOT) ad_ (mailto:_marie.adams@...) _

(mailto:_marie.adams@..._ (mailto:marie.adams@...) ) > wrote:

Well, you definitely have an audience here that really can empahtize with

what you're going through.

I can see why she's even more rigid since she's been in some kind of pain

for so long. I suppose you've tried ear drops to relieve the pain? HEEL

products have pain relievers, pills that dissolve & Traumeel is a good

topical ointment.

I hope you survived the 5p no McD's!

Marie A.

On 3/25/08, Mahaffey <_tracykmahaffey@_tracykmaha

(mailto:_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_ (mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) ) >

wrote:

>

> Mom needs a break. I'm sure you've heard and been there before. Help! I

> hope writing about my stress will help alleviate it.

>

> Darby has literally been home for weeks with ear aches, period pain and

> ear aches again. She is in a routine of staying home so today when we

> thought she was better and able to go to school she refused....

>

> Darby is 5 foot 5 and 170 lbs.... Even her dad and an advan could not do

> the trick. We said if she did not go she would not be able to go to mcds at

> 5 pm. She did not care. She goes to mcd's every day at 5pm. It is an

> addiction and a routine we have not been able to change as of yet.

>

> Darby is extremely sensory. She wears a head set for hunters to block

> noise 24 hours a day. I am going to try dmg thank you for the advice

> guys!!!1

>

> She went to grandparents this weekend because they were giving out candy

> and did not take her head out from the blanket once.

>

> Darby does not like to go to place unless it is her idea. She has trouble

> transitioning from room to room in the house and has trouble transitioning

> from the car to the house and vica versa. Everything is an ordeal.

>

> She has been exta mad these days and kicked a hole in the wall because of

> a transition and broken dvds, tvs, cd players because they were stuck and

> she needed help to operate them....

>

> She pulled my grandfathers handmade china cabinet on top of herself

> because her dad and brother coughed. I grabbed it from falling on her just

> in time before the glass fell on her head. A few dishes broke.... I was

> cutting my husband's hair at the time so the scissors went flying but super

> mom saved the day!!!!

>

> She is a teenager and so I will survive... but I am a prisoner in my own

> house except when I go to mcds. My husband works at night so sometimes I

> feel like a single mom. is a real estate agent. I stay at home and

> we are just making ends meet...

>

> I feel bad that we have to take mcds away from her because I don't know

> why she won't go to school. She is basically nonverbal and cannot always

> explain why she is upset.

> There is really no other thing she cares more about and so she is leaving

> us no choice.

> We may have a war at 5pm but I feel we have no choice...

>

> There are so many excuses we make for her because of her extreme

> sensitivies to the environment.

>

> Confused and tired

>

>

> Darby's mom

> Edmonton,

> Canada

>

>

> ------------ ---- ----

> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo!

> Search.

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It's so easy to forget the simple things- it really is. We're always

looking for some complicated fix-it and sometimes a good social story with

pictures

takes care of amazing things. We recently used one to get my daughter to

stay on stage during a school performance and it was amazing to me that it

worked. Not only did she NOT wig out before the performance, but she actively

participated, smiling, waving, etc. It blew me away!

In a message dated 3/26/2008 2:13:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

tracykmahaffey@... writes:

That's a great idea Karin. I have not been typing or writing to her just

talking and the written word can help her sometimes more than the oral. It is

funny how one forgets when you are in a dither. Just like when my husband comes

home with a head ache and doesn't take an asprin etc until I suggest it. A

song came to my mind just now, corny but applicable:

People, people who need people are the luckiest people in the world...I like

Barbra (-:

Thanx,

_klrenard@..._ (mailto:klrenard@...) wrote:

I'm sorry that the McD's didn't work although I'm not surprised. Bribes

didn't work for my daughter either when there was something she really did

not

want to do. I actually had to get a private behaviorist to do the potty

training and it actually took her a period of time to figure out what the

real

issue was, and then deal with that. The big issue was definitely figuring

out

what the real hold-up was.

I am wondering if it would help Darby to have some type of social story with

pictures to demonstrate that you want to help her but she has to let you

know what's wrong- so she knows that you are sad because she is sad, and

that if

she helps you to understand what is upsetting her that you and she both will

be happy again.

Karin

In a message dated 3/26/2008 1:12:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_ (mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) writes:

Darby does not want to take her ear medicine. Her ears are very sensitive.

The oral antibiotics did not work so ear dropps 3 times a day were

prescribed.

I've used Traumeel once for muscle pain, never thought about ear pain thanx!

Darby asked once to go to mcds at 5pm. It is a ritual that we do even on

weekends. We said no and she did not ask again? No fight?!!!! All night

after

her bath she said no school, no mcds and no skating. I could not get the

170lb

girl to get dressed this am so i said no mcds and she was fine.... I don't

have anything else I can take away that I know she will care about? We will

see

if she can go without mcds another night? I feel a bit defeated today.

She has slept the morning away so I guess it is back to the drs again. Maybe

he can prescribe something oral again?

Thank you all for listening. It got me thru a tough day.

Darby's mom

Marie <__marie.adams_marie (DOT) ad_ (mailto:_marie.adams@...) _

(mailto:_marie.adams@..._ (mailto:marie.adams@...) ) > wrote:

Well, you definitely have an audience here that really can empahtize with

what you're going through.

I can see why she's even more rigid since she's been in some kind of pain

for so long. I suppose you've tried ear drops to relieve the pain? HEEL

products have pain relievers, pills that dissolve & Traumeel is a good

topical ointment.

I hope you survived the 5p no McD's!

Marie A.

On 3/25/08, Mahaffey <_tracykmahaffey@_tracykmaha

(mailto:_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_ (mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) ) >

wrote:

>

> Mom needs a break. I'm sure you've heard and been there before. Help! I

> hope writing about my stress will help alleviate it.

>

> Darby has literally been home for weeks with ear aches, period pain and

> ear aches again. She is in a routine of staying home so today when we

> thought she was better and able to go to school she refused....

>

> Darby is 5 foot 5 and 170 lbs.... Even her dad and an advan could not do

> the trick. We said if she did not go she would not be able to go to mcds at

> 5 pm. She did not care. She goes to mcd's every day at 5pm. It is an

> addiction and a routine we have not been able to change as of yet.

>

> Darby is extremely sensory. She wears a head set for hunters to block

> noise 24 hours a day. I am going to try dmg thank you for the advice

> guys!!!1

>

> She went to grandparents this weekend because they were giving out candy

> and did not take her head out from the blanket once.

>

> Darby does not like to go to place unless it is her idea. She has trouble

> transitioning from room to room in the house and has trouble transitioning

> from the car to the house and vica versa. Everything is an ordeal.

>

> She has been exta mad these days and kicked a hole in the wall because of

> a transition and broken dvds, tvs, cd players because they were stuck and

> she needed help to operate them....

>

> She pulled my grandfathers handmade china cabinet on top of herself

> because her dad and brother coughed. I grabbed it from falling on her just

> in time before the glass fell on her head. A few dishes broke.... I was

> cutting my husband's hair at the time so the scissors went flying but super

> mom saved the day!!!!

>

> She is a teenager and so I will survive... but I am a prisoner in my own

> house except when I go to mcds. My husband works at night so sometimes I

> feel like a single mom. is a real estate agent. I stay at home and

> we are just making ends meet...

>

> I feel bad that we have to take mcds away from her because I don't know

> why she won't go to school. She is basically nonverbal and cannot always

> explain why she is upset.

> There is really no other thing she cares more about and so she is leaving

> us no choice.

> We may have a war at 5pm but I feel we have no choice...

>

> There are so many excuses we make for her because of her extreme

> sensitivies to the environment.

>

> Confused and tired

>

>

> Darby's mom

> Edmonton,

> Canada

>

>

> ------------ ---- ----

> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo!

> Search.

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I have friends who are DOCTORS and it doesn't occur to them to take an

aspirin/advil for their headache until someone else says " why don't you take an

advil?? " LOL- we all do it.

In a message dated 3/26/2008 2:13:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

tracykmahaffey@... writes:

That's a great idea Karin. I have not been typing or writing to her just

talking and the written word can help her sometimes more than the oral. It is

funny how one forgets when you are in a dither. Just like when my husband comes

home with a head ache and doesn't take an asprin etc until I suggest it. A

song came to my mind just now, corny but applicable:

People, people who need people are the luckiest people in the world...I like

Barbra (-:

Thanx,

_klrenard@..._ (mailto:klrenard@...) wrote:

I'm sorry that the McD's didn't work although I'm not surprised. Bribes

didn't work for my daughter either when there was something she really did

not

want to do. I actually had to get a private behaviorist to do the potty

training and it actually took her a period of time to figure out what the

real

issue was, and then deal with that. The big issue was definitely figuring

out

what the real hold-up was.

I am wondering if it would help Darby to have some type of social story with

pictures to demonstrate that you want to help her but she has to let you

know what's wrong- so she knows that you are sad because she is sad, and

that if

she helps you to understand what is upsetting her that you and she both will

be happy again.

Karin

In a message dated 3/26/2008 1:12:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_ (mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) writes:

Darby does not want to take her ear medicine. Her ears are very sensitive.

The oral antibiotics did not work so ear dropps 3 times a day were

prescribed.

I've used Traumeel once for muscle pain, never thought about ear pain thanx!

Darby asked once to go to mcds at 5pm. It is a ritual that we do even on

weekends. We said no and she did not ask again? No fight?!!!! All night

after

her bath she said no school, no mcds and no skating. I could not get the

170lb

girl to get dressed this am so i said no mcds and she was fine.... I don't

have anything else I can take away that I know she will care about? We will

see

if she can go without mcds another night? I feel a bit defeated today.

She has slept the morning away so I guess it is back to the drs again. Maybe

he can prescribe something oral again?

Thank you all for listening. It got me thru a tough day.

Darby's mom

Marie <__marie.adams_marie (DOT) ad_ (mailto:_marie.adams@...) _

(mailto:_marie.adams@..._ (mailto:marie.adams@...) ) > wrote:

Well, you definitely have an audience here that really can empahtize with

what you're going through.

I can see why she's even more rigid since she's been in some kind of pain

for so long. I suppose you've tried ear drops to relieve the pain? HEEL

products have pain relievers, pills that dissolve & Traumeel is a good

topical ointment.

I hope you survived the 5p no McD's!

Marie A.

On 3/25/08, Mahaffey <_tracykmahaffey@_tracykmaha

(mailto:_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_ (mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) ) >

wrote:

>

> Mom needs a break. I'm sure you've heard and been there before. Help! I

> hope writing about my stress will help alleviate it.

>

> Darby has literally been home for weeks with ear aches, period pain and

> ear aches again. She is in a routine of staying home so today when we

> thought she was better and able to go to school she refused....

>

> Darby is 5 foot 5 and 170 lbs.... Even her dad and an advan could not do

> the trick. We said if she did not go she would not be able to go to mcds at

> 5 pm. She did not care. She goes to mcd's every day at 5pm. It is an

> addiction and a routine we have not been able to change as of yet.

>

> Darby is extremely sensory. She wears a head set for hunters to block

> noise 24 hours a day. I am going to try dmg thank you for the advice

> guys!!!1

>

> She went to grandparents this weekend because they were giving out candy

> and did not take her head out from the blanket once.

>

> Darby does not like to go to place unless it is her idea. She has trouble

> transitioning from room to room in the house and has trouble transitioning

> from the car to the house and vica versa. Everything is an ordeal.

>

> She has been exta mad these days and kicked a hole in the wall because of

> a transition and broken dvds, tvs, cd players because they were stuck and

> she needed help to operate them....

>

> She pulled my grandfathers handmade china cabinet on top of herself

> because her dad and brother coughed. I grabbed it from falling on her just

> in time before the glass fell on her head. A few dishes broke.... I was

> cutting my husband's hair at the time so the scissors went flying but super

> mom saved the day!!!!

>

> She is a teenager and so I will survive... but I am a prisoner in my own

> house except when I go to mcds. My husband works at night so sometimes I

> feel like a single mom. is a real estate agent. I stay at home and

> we are just making ends meet...

>

> I feel bad that we have to take mcds away from her because I don't know

> why she won't go to school. She is basically nonverbal and cannot always

> explain why she is upset.

> There is really no other thing she cares more about and so she is leaving

> us no choice.

> We may have a war at 5pm but I feel we have no choice...

>

> There are so many excuses we make for her because of her extreme

> sensitivies to the environment.

>

> Confused and tired

>

>

> Darby's mom

> Edmonton,

> Canada

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I have friends who are DOCTORS and it doesn't occur to them to take an

aspirin/advil for their headache until someone else says " why don't you take an

advil?? " LOL- we all do it.

In a message dated 3/26/2008 2:13:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

tracykmahaffey@... writes:

That's a great idea Karin. I have not been typing or writing to her just

talking and the written word can help her sometimes more than the oral. It is

funny how one forgets when you are in a dither. Just like when my husband comes

home with a head ache and doesn't take an asprin etc until I suggest it. A

song came to my mind just now, corny but applicable:

People, people who need people are the luckiest people in the world...I like

Barbra (-:

Thanx,

_klrenard@..._ (mailto:klrenard@...) wrote:

I'm sorry that the McD's didn't work although I'm not surprised. Bribes

didn't work for my daughter either when there was something she really did

not

want to do. I actually had to get a private behaviorist to do the potty

training and it actually took her a period of time to figure out what the

real

issue was, and then deal with that. The big issue was definitely figuring

out

what the real hold-up was.

I am wondering if it would help Darby to have some type of social story with

pictures to demonstrate that you want to help her but she has to let you

know what's wrong- so she knows that you are sad because she is sad, and

that if

she helps you to understand what is upsetting her that you and she both will

be happy again.

Karin

In a message dated 3/26/2008 1:12:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_ (mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) writes:

Darby does not want to take her ear medicine. Her ears are very sensitive.

The oral antibiotics did not work so ear dropps 3 times a day were

prescribed.

I've used Traumeel once for muscle pain, never thought about ear pain thanx!

Darby asked once to go to mcds at 5pm. It is a ritual that we do even on

weekends. We said no and she did not ask again? No fight?!!!! All night

after

her bath she said no school, no mcds and no skating. I could not get the

170lb

girl to get dressed this am so i said no mcds and she was fine.... I don't

have anything else I can take away that I know she will care about? We will

see

if she can go without mcds another night? I feel a bit defeated today.

She has slept the morning away so I guess it is back to the drs again. Maybe

he can prescribe something oral again?

Thank you all for listening. It got me thru a tough day.

Darby's mom

Marie <__marie.adams_marie (DOT) ad_ (mailto:_marie.adams@...) _

(mailto:_marie.adams@..._ (mailto:marie.adams@...) ) > wrote:

Well, you definitely have an audience here that really can empahtize with

what you're going through.

I can see why she's even more rigid since she's been in some kind of pain

for so long. I suppose you've tried ear drops to relieve the pain? HEEL

products have pain relievers, pills that dissolve & Traumeel is a good

topical ointment.

I hope you survived the 5p no McD's!

Marie A.

On 3/25/08, Mahaffey <_tracykmahaffey@_tracykmaha

(mailto:_tracykmahaffey@tracykmah_ (mailto:tracykmahaffey@...) ) >

wrote:

>

> Mom needs a break. I'm sure you've heard and been there before. Help! I

> hope writing about my stress will help alleviate it.

>

> Darby has literally been home for weeks with ear aches, period pain and

> ear aches again. She is in a routine of staying home so today when we

> thought she was better and able to go to school she refused....

>

> Darby is 5 foot 5 and 170 lbs.... Even her dad and an advan could not do

> the trick. We said if she did not go she would not be able to go to mcds at

> 5 pm. She did not care. She goes to mcd's every day at 5pm. It is an

> addiction and a routine we have not been able to change as of yet.

>

> Darby is extremely sensory. She wears a head set for hunters to block

> noise 24 hours a day. I am going to try dmg thank you for the advice

> guys!!!1

>

> She went to grandparents this weekend because they were giving out candy

> and did not take her head out from the blanket once.

>

> Darby does not like to go to place unless it is her idea. She has trouble

> transitioning from room to room in the house and has trouble transitioning

> from the car to the house and vica versa. Everything is an ordeal.

>

> She has been exta mad these days and kicked a hole in the wall because of

> a transition and broken dvds, tvs, cd players because they were stuck and

> she needed help to operate them....

>

> She pulled my grandfathers handmade china cabinet on top of herself

> because her dad and brother coughed. I grabbed it from falling on her just

> in time before the glass fell on her head. A few dishes broke.... I was

> cutting my husband's hair at the time so the scissors went flying but super

> mom saved the day!!!!

>

> She is a teenager and so I will survive... but I am a prisoner in my own

> house except when I go to mcds. My husband works at night so sometimes I

> feel like a single mom. is a real estate agent. I stay at home and

> we are just making ends meet...

>

> I feel bad that we have to take mcds away from her because I don't know

> why she won't go to school. She is basically nonverbal and cannot always

> explain why she is upset.

> There is really no other thing she cares more about and so she is leaving

> us no choice.

> We may have a war at 5pm but I feel we have no choice...

>

> There are so many excuses we make for her because of her extreme

> sensitivies to the environment.

>

> Confused and tired

>

>

> Darby's mom

> Edmonton,

> Canada

>

>

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A social story with pictures showing the bad bug, Darby's sad face, then the

medicine and Darby's happy face! She probably isn't connecting the yucky

medicine and feeling better!

In a message dated 3/26/2008 5:22:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

hfa2@... writes:

For some of us unless we coorelate of the two things such as ear

infection/pain with drops/medicine that will make the infection/pain go

away it does become a battle because we see the attack as intrusive and

causes us mass confusion of they reasons for you being of forceful to

us to do this to our bodies. We do not understand because it is not

coorelated within us as connected.

for me it would be of very disconnected and cause me the feeling of

being hurt or attacked and not understand of the why to it.

So maybe if you can find a way to show her visually why and maybe show

a picture to her of an inner ear and show her how hers has of a bad

virus bug in her ears and the only way to make the bug get out is of

this magic drops that makes the bug leave. show her by pretend of doing

it in a doll or pretend to be to put the drops into you ear and then

say " You turn " and see if maybe this will reach her logic of the need

for the drops. this might not work as I to not know of how her thinking

and logic is since never to met of her before.

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A social story with pictures showing the bad bug, Darby's sad face, then the

medicine and Darby's happy face! She probably isn't connecting the yucky

medicine and feeling better!

In a message dated 3/26/2008 5:22:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

hfa2@... writes:

For some of us unless we coorelate of the two things such as ear

infection/pain with drops/medicine that will make the infection/pain go

away it does become a battle because we see the attack as intrusive and

causes us mass confusion of they reasons for you being of forceful to

us to do this to our bodies. We do not understand because it is not

coorelated within us as connected.

for me it would be of very disconnected and cause me the feeling of

being hurt or attacked and not understand of the why to it.

So maybe if you can find a way to show her visually why and maybe show

a picture to her of an inner ear and show her how hers has of a bad

virus bug in her ears and the only way to make the bug get out is of

this magic drops that makes the bug leave. show her by pretend of doing

it in a doll or pretend to be to put the drops into you ear and then

say " You turn " and see if maybe this will reach her logic of the need

for the drops. this might not work as I to not know of how her thinking

and logic is since never to met of her before.

Sondra

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What IS that??? My daughter does that too even when reading an otherwise

smoothly delivered sentence!

Ex:

Sentence reads: Jon grabbed the little ball and started to play.

Caroline reads (smooth as glass): Jon grabbed the small ball and started to

play.

I'm asking on another list now!

Karin

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taijijat@... writes:

She had memorized so many words but sometimes see will

see a word and use a similar word instead

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What IS that??? My daughter does that too even when reading an otherwise

smoothly delivered sentence!

Ex:

Sentence reads: Jon grabbed the little ball and started to play.

Caroline reads (smooth as glass): Jon grabbed the small ball and started to

play.

I'm asking on another list now!

Karin

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taijijat@... writes:

She had memorized so many words but sometimes see will

see a word and use a similar word instead

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Never let anyone tell you our girls aren't clever! Autism is just a different

way of seeing the world.

Re: Re: I need a break but I just can't get

one/heading for...

Thanks for sharing that I am giggling. They are too much. Are children are

so smart that they are thesauruses. I am sure there have to be more then

just are 2 kids doing that.

TJ

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:35 PM, <klrenardaol (DOT) com> wrote:

> What IS that??? My daughter does that too even when reading an otherwise

>

> smoothly delivered sentence!

>

> Ex:

>

> Sentence reads: Jon grabbed the little ball and started to play.

>

> Caroline reads (smooth as glass): Jon grabbed the small ball and started

> to

> play.

>

>

> I'm asking on another list now!

>

> Karin

>

>

> In a message dated 3/27/2008 1:28:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> taijijatgmail (DOT) com <taijijat%40gmail. com> writes:

>

> She had memorized so many words but sometimes see will

> see a word and use a similar word instead

>

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I love the clever quirks too- I remember asking the SLP to leave certain

things alone because they were so sweet, like when she said " pack pack " instead

of " back pack. " I love when the bus driver tells me that the other drivers

talk about my daughter at the bus depot b/c she knows the bus schedules, or

when she memorizes the batting lineup and mindless facts about the players

after one revolution of batters...or how she hears someone mentioning that he

lives in Chestnut Hill and my daughter says " Oh- do you take the R3 Chestnut

Hill East train? " which she has memorized from hearing it announced while we

are

on OUR train platform waiting for our train to be called...I love all of it.

In a message dated 3/27/2008 7:38:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

taijijat@... writes:

Thanks for sharing that I am giggling. They are too much. Are children are

so smart that they are thesauruses. I am sure there have to be more then

just are 2 kids doing that.

TJ

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:35 PM, <_klrenard@..._

(mailto:klrenard@...) > wrote:

> What IS that??? My daughter does that too even when reading an otherwise

>

> smoothly delivered sentence!

>

> Ex:

>

> Sentence reads: Jon grabbed the little ball and started to play.

>

> Caroline reads (smooth as glass): Jon grabbed the small ball and started

> to

> play.

>

>

> I'm asking on another list now!

>

> Karin

>

>

> In a message dated 3/27/2008 1:28:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> _taijijat@..._ (mailto:taijijat@...) <taijijat%40gmail.tai>

writes:

>

> She had memorized so many words but sometimes see will

> see a word and use a similar word instead

>

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I love the clever quirks too- I remember asking the SLP to leave certain

things alone because they were so sweet, like when she said " pack pack " instead

of " back pack. " I love when the bus driver tells me that the other drivers

talk about my daughter at the bus depot b/c she knows the bus schedules, or

when she memorizes the batting lineup and mindless facts about the players

after one revolution of batters...or how she hears someone mentioning that he

lives in Chestnut Hill and my daughter says " Oh- do you take the R3 Chestnut

Hill East train? " which she has memorized from hearing it announced while we

are

on OUR train platform waiting for our train to be called...I love all of it.

In a message dated 3/27/2008 7:38:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

taijijat@... writes:

Thanks for sharing that I am giggling. They are too much. Are children are

so smart that they are thesauruses. I am sure there have to be more then

just are 2 kids doing that.

TJ

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:35 PM, <_klrenard@..._

(mailto:klrenard@...) > wrote:

> What IS that??? My daughter does that too even when reading an otherwise

>

> smoothly delivered sentence!

>

> Ex:

>

> Sentence reads: Jon grabbed the little ball and started to play.

>

> Caroline reads (smooth as glass): Jon grabbed the small ball and started

> to

> play.

>

>

> I'm asking on another list now!

>

> Karin

>

>

> In a message dated 3/27/2008 1:28:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> _taijijat@..._ (mailto:taijijat@...) <taijijat%40gmail.tai>

writes:

>

> She had memorized so many words but sometimes see will

> see a word and use a similar word instead

>

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Absolutely. I have always know my daughter was and is super smart.

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:04 PM, s <

cold_coffee_again@...> wrote:

> Never let anyone tell you our girls aren't clever! Autism is just a

> different way of seeing the world.

>

>

> Re: Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> one/heading for...

>

> Thanks for sharing that I am giggling. They are too much. Are children are

> so smart that they are thesauruses. I am sure there have to be more then

> just are 2 kids doing that.

> TJ

>

> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:35 PM, <klrenardaol (DOT) com> wrote:

>

> > What IS that??? My daughter does that too even when reading an otherwise

> >

> > smoothly delivered sentence!

> >

> > Ex:

> >

> > Sentence reads: Jon grabbed the little ball and started to play.

> >

> > Caroline reads (smooth as glass): Jon grabbed the small ball and started

> > to

> > play.

> >

> >

> > I'm asking on another list now!

> >

> > Karin

> >

> >

> > In a message dated 3/27/2008 1:28:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> > taijijatgmail (DOT) com <taijijat%40gmail. com> writes:

> >

> > She had memorized so many words but sometimes see will

> > see a word and use a similar word instead

> >

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Absolutely. I have always know my daughter was and is super smart.

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:04 PM, s <

cold_coffee_again@...> wrote:

> Never let anyone tell you our girls aren't clever! Autism is just a

> different way of seeing the world.

>

>

> Re: Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> one/heading for...

>

> Thanks for sharing that I am giggling. They are too much. Are children are

> so smart that they are thesauruses. I am sure there have to be more then

> just are 2 kids doing that.

> TJ

>

> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:35 PM, <klrenardaol (DOT) com> wrote:

>

> > What IS that??? My daughter does that too even when reading an otherwise

> >

> > smoothly delivered sentence!

> >

> > Ex:

> >

> > Sentence reads: Jon grabbed the little ball and started to play.

> >

> > Caroline reads (smooth as glass): Jon grabbed the small ball and started

> > to

> > play.

> >

> >

> > I'm asking on another list now!

> >

> > Karin

> >

> >

> > In a message dated 3/27/2008 1:28:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> > taijijatgmail (DOT) com <taijijat%40gmail. com> writes:

> >

> > She had memorized so many words but sometimes see will

> > see a word and use a similar word instead

> >

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That's really interesting. I wonder if it's a sensory thing for them or if our

girls just know the best way to gross us out? LOL

Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> one/heading for burnout

>

> So they're treating her like she's stupid, I'm willing to bet. It's

> hard to know what's in there with some of the behaviors. I wish there

> was some good way we could find to bridge the gap between the

> behaviors/lack of communication & being able to know what's in there.

>

> I really wonder if/when we homeschool if Allie's abilities will open

> wide if I can structure learning toward her interests.

>

> Debi

>

> Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

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>

[Guest guest]

That's really interesting. I wonder if it's a sensory thing for them or if our

girls just know the best way to gross us out? LOL

Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> one/heading for burnout

>

> So they're treating her like she's stupid, I'm willing to bet. It's

> hard to know what's in there with some of the behaviors. I wish there

> was some good way we could find to bridge the gap between the

> behaviors/lack of communication & being able to know what's in there.

>

> I really wonder if/when we homeschool if Allie's abilities will open

> wide if I can structure learning toward her interests.

>

> Debi

>

> Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

> www.yahoo7.com. au/y7mail

>

>

[Guest guest]

That's really interesting. I wonder if it's a sensory thing for them or if our

girls just know the best way to gross us out? LOL

Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> one/heading for burnout

>

> So they're treating her like she's stupid, I'm willing to bet. It's

> hard to know what's in there with some of the behaviors. I wish there

> was some good way we could find to bridge the gap between the

> behaviors/lack of communication & being able to know what's in there.

>

> I really wonder if/when we homeschool if Allie's abilities will open

> wide if I can structure learning toward her interests.

>

> Debi

>

> Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

> www.yahoo7.com. au/y7mail

>

>

[Guest guest]

I don't know but certainly shocked my uncle when she licked his face LOL

--------- Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> > one/heading for burnout

> >

> > So they're treating her like she's stupid, I'm willing to bet. It's

> > hard to know what's in there with some of the behaviors. I wish there

> > was some good way we could find to bridge the gap between the

> > behaviors/lack of communication & being able to know what's in there.

> >

> > I really wonder if/when we homeschool if Allie's abilities will open

> > wide if I can structure learning toward her interests.

> >

> > Debi

> >

> > Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

> > www.yahoo7.com. au/y7mail

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I don't know but certainly shocked my uncle when she licked his face LOL

--------- Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> > one/heading for burnout

> >

> > So they're treating her like she's stupid, I'm willing to bet. It's

> > hard to know what's in there with some of the behaviors. I wish there

> > was some good way we could find to bridge the gap between the

> > behaviors/lack of communication & being able to know what's in there.

> >

> > I really wonder if/when we homeschool if Allie's abilities will open

> > wide if I can structure learning toward her interests.

> >

> > Debi

> >

> > Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

> > www.yahoo7.com. au/y7mail

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I don't know but certainly shocked my uncle when she licked his face LOL

--------- Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> > one/heading for burnout

> >

> > So they're treating her like she's stupid, I'm willing to bet. It's

> > hard to know what's in there with some of the behaviors. I wish there

> > was some good way we could find to bridge the gap between the

> > behaviors/lack of communication & being able to know what's in there.

> >

> > I really wonder if/when we homeschool if Allie's abilities will open

> > wide if I can structure learning toward her interests.

> >

> > Debi

> >

> > Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

> > www.yahoo7.com. au/y7mail

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

BOTH!!!!

In a message dated 3/28/2008 10:57:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

cold_coffee_again@... writes:

That's really interesting. I wonder if it's a sensory thing for them or if

our girls just know the best way to gross us out? LOL

Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> one/heading for burnout

>

> So they're treating her like she's stupid, I'm willing to bet. It's

> hard to know what's in there with some of the behaviors. I wish there

> was some good way we could find to bridge the gap between the

> behaviors/lack of communication & being able to know what's in there.

>

> I really wonder if/when we homeschool if Allie's abilities will open

> wide if I can structure learning toward her interests.

>

> Debi

>

> Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

> www.yahoo7.com. au/y7mail

>

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Licking happens here too. Augh!

> My daughter licks me too- then she laughs. Totally gross.

>

>

> In a message dated 3/27/2008 8:36:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

> tracykmahaffey@... writes:

>

> : That sure made me laugh out loud! School all day....etc

>

> Thanx

>

>

> s <_cold_coffee_cold_coffee_cold_c_

> (mailto:cold_coffee_again@...) > wrote:

> Thanks but I probably should have mentioned the licking me

> (ewww) and

> other annoying behaviour we had to work through first. In the

> beginning,

> everytime we tried something she didn't want to do, she would do

> something

> designed to get herself into trouble so that she would be punished

> and then

> wouldn't have enough time to do the work. The thing she forgot was

> that homeschool

> can go all day if we need to. She gradually gave up the delaying

> tactics and

> most days is happy to sit down and do the work. It also helped that

> I had no

> choice - the school she'd been in was no longer appropriate and

> there was

> nowhere else to go. I'm sorry if I my email glossed over the hard

> stuff. It's

> been a very positive experience so far for both of us - but it

> hasn't been easy.

>

>

> Re: I need a break but I just can't get

> one/heading for burnout

>

> So they're treating her like she's stupid, I'm willing to bet. It's

> hard to know what's in there with some of the behaviors. I wish there

> was some good way we could find to bridge the gap between the

> behaviors/lack of communication & being able to know what's in there.

>

> I really wonder if/when we homeschool if Allie's abilities will open

> wide if I can structure learning toward her interests.

>

> Debi

>

> Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

> www.yahoo7.com. au/y7mail

>

>