Re: Problem with The Aide... Ugh!!!

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HI Leah

It's always something eh? never ends. Olivia sounds just like Adam was in

the younger years. Just fell dead asleep when I got him home without eating

dinner but he would be gone until the next morning.....I could not wake him

up if our lives depended on it, he was OUT.

I think you main defense is a doctor's note. I had a teacher one year who

said Adam had to LEARN to eat at recess.........I tried to say BUT his body

might need food one minute after recess, or 4 minutes before or 2 hours

later. There's no way to tell, he KNOWS. That's one thing with Adam, he's

old enough to know now. But you got me to thinking maybe I should have been

pushing those snacks when he was real young. OH well I didn't know about it

all then.

But try the note and have it on file.....must eat every.....whatever time

line you decide. A reward system? Let me give some thought to that and I'll

get back to you.

I'll write more later after my mind starts to process (too early in the

morning!)

Debby

Problem with The Aide... Ugh!!!

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> I'm having a problem with Olivia's aide. One of her main duties

> is to see that Olivia snacks every hour. Well for the last couple

> of weeks Olivia's coming home with almost all of her lunch and

> snacks still in her bag.

> Today for example I sent:

> 9 rice crackers

> 10 small pretzel sticks

> 1 granola bar

> (these were in her snack bag)

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> 1 slice of bread PB & J sandwich

> 1/2 an apple

> 2 cookies

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> From this all she ate today was 1/2 of the sandwich and a juice box.

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> I always pack way too much just to make sure that there is enough

> food but this is getting a little ridiculous!

> Being that it's kindergarten they do have 2 snack breaks any way

> and then Olivia will sit for her extra snacks.

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> Her aide said that Olivia didn't want to eat today and just

> accepted a non-eating day. Olivia was very much beside herself when

> I picked her up (she goes full days) and couldn't even manage her

> coat. She fell asleep the second I put her in the carseat! I

> couldn't wake her when we got home and decided (against my better

> judgement) to let her nap for a while. When she woke up she was

> starving!!

> We are very blessed that she truly is an eater. She ate an entire

> package of Instant Porridge (oatmeal). Then an hour later ate 5

> asparagus spears, 3 helpings of noodles (total of one large scoop)

> and 1/4 of a fillet of salmon. The girl can EAT!! It still amazes

> me that she doesn't have any significant weight gain!!

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> How do I broach this with the aide properly??? Olivia has to eat,

> period, end of story. I'd like some suggestions for a reward system

> I can impliment at the school for when Olivia eats a snack... Maybe

> that would help??

> I don't want to get on the aids case but Olivia can't be going

> hypo-g like that. I should leave some gel at the school also I

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> Anyway thanks for listening, sorry this got so long!

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> Leah, mom to , almost 10! and Olivia 5years, 19.5lbs, 34.5 " ,

> RSS, OI, Lactulose, Omeprazole (prilosec), tums, Pamidronat IV

> every 3 months.

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