Re: Looking for Weekend events or my PDD-NOS diagnosed daughter and am clueless

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I know how you feel, but I say for your sanity and her happiness, just

enjoy your weekends. You're doing a lot for her during the week. It's

beautiful out now. Go to the park and just let her have fun. It's hard

to picture, but she's still young and it will change. We have to

remember that even with all the issues, they are still growing and

developing. There is so much pressure to give them so much therapy as

soon as possible that we feel guilty for any off time. Even with our

typical children, we have them in so many structured activities, they

sometimes forget how to just play and create their own fun. Too bad it

can't be like the days when our parents told us to go out and play and

we didn't come home until dark. It's heartbreaking to see our kids off

by themselves when we want them to play with others, but they are happy

that way and chances are they will eventually show interest. It's also

important to prepare ourselves for the fact that we may not have social

butterflies and that's ok too. From a Mom who feels she lost those

precious early years to therapies and grief.....Enjoy the down time,

stay in your PJ's all day and snuggle, snuggle snuggle!! (:

Re: Looking for Weekend events or my PDD-NOS

diagnosed daughter and am clueless

We used to take our son and a newspaper on Sunday

mornings to Mcs, have breakfast (whoever could/would eat) and

spend the

morning!  The kids come and go, so you get a lot of different ones,

depending on the ages, you can let yours lose and their are no real

rules. 

Just keep an eye on them!

 

Kay

 

Looking for Weekend events or my PDD-NOS diagnosed daughter and am

clueless

My daughter was diagnose PDD-NOS when she was 20 months old. I have

her

in Speech 2x wk 1/2 sessions, 2 x week ABA in Foundations on

site and one

in house ABA 1x week. no Group therapies because they

are at 8:00 in

Morning and they gave me the choice to swith the

group to individual but

my problem is I cant get her to coral

springs from Pompano at 8:00 in

morning, waking her out of bed at

7:00, feeding her breakfast, change and

bath her, and the 35 min

ride to get there it doesnt work out for the

group therapy during

the week. I am desparately looking for activities for

her to mingle

with other children and learn social skills and how to play

approprpriately with other children. I bring her to my gym two

times a

week but these kids are sitting in groups and distracted

when my daughter

does not want to participate in circle time. She

hates it. She just want

to do her own thing and has alot of fun.

The instructor told me not to

take our out for the first ten min and

last ten min to ease other parents.

This doesnt seem fair because

all im trying to get her involve with

children that are as closed to

kids with out a diagnoses. Please help with

suggestion or if anyone

wants to start playgroups on weekends would be so

perfect. I am

fairly new to this and my brain is fogged searching internet

ot find

new therapies and supplement because my dan doc stinks. I need to

find another. Please help. If anyone wants to call me

please...