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Posted on 04/20/2006 2:10:46 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Hmm... agreed, from what I've seen anyway. Pretty much a regular kid.
Thanks, honey.
I'll ask you again in a month or so. ;-)
Duct tape.
Let me get this straight...they think a kid *under the age of four* should be willing to sit still through a whole movie, for example?
She ain't the abnormal one. That's just ludicrous.
I agree with you and the learning department...Matthew started reading when he was almost three, I have recordings of him sounding out words! Joshua didn't have a clue until he was SIX and then BAM! He figured it out and now reads at the same level Matthew did at age 7! So he basically caught up to where Matthew was at the same age in one year.
Kids learn on different time tables and it would have been very frustrating if I'd thought that Matthew was the norm and that Joshua should be the same. It worried me, I admit...but I just had patience and kept gently trying until he finally was old enough to get it.
Now they both sit on the couch reading "Calvin and Hobbs" books, just howling at them.
:-)
Ya know...Hair and I have a rabbit that wanders around - *in* my yard. I have a fence around the garden, but it's only enough to keep the dog out, and the bunny comes right through my outer fence.
He's left my lettuce and cukes and all alone so far. I guess I should be counting my blessings. All he mostly does is take dirt baths in my driveway.
I agree!
They've been eating my "mixed greens" and they've nipped my flat Italian "Roma" beans, my peppers, my okra, and sometimes the marigolds. Last year they got the eggplant as soon as I put them out. This year the eggplant is planted safely within a 3 foot chicken wire fence. They might take a nibble of tomato leaves, but not enough to hurt the plants much so I don't worry about them. I figure the squirrels will be raiding the 'maters when they're ripe enough. :)
Ya...coming from a big family, we had all extremes. Margaret read at three or four...Jim (who's probably the smartest in the family, seriesly) didn't really pick it up until he was close to seven. And some were much better about concentrating for long periods than others...but deciding a kid that little needs to be medicated just because they aren't ready to act like a mini adult? Huh-uh.
Thanks.
Becky was a very fast learner and was talking in complete sentences by two years old. And I could take her practically anywhere and count on her to behave really well.
I can't say for sure whether my staying home with Becky for the first year made that difference or not. No two kids are alike and I really believe that Aly is just being Aly.
And she'd prolly be just the same if I had been able to stay home with her.
In any case, only one more week of this nonsense and we'll all be happier. :-)
Ramius - duct tape won't hold her. Unless it's the whole roll. ;-)
Yup. My nephew didn't talk at all until he almost four and then it was only one word here and there.
He is just starting sixth grade and had one of the highest test scores in the whole school (K-8th).
I think some folks just feel the need to diagnose every kid with ~something~. As if it were a crime to be different.
Heh heh...I know you wouldn't say it, but did you ever think about saying "Blow it out your shorts" to the lady? If so, then my work is done here. LOL!!!!
I think it all the time when dealing with the general public. LOL!
Heheh....I'll see if "Joy of Cooking" has a good recipe for Mini Bunny Bits.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't. ;-)
Do daycares get guvmint money for every kid diagnosed with a disability?
It's just such a handy little phrase.
:-D
Good question, chica.
It would be interesting to find out how many kids enrolled there are on some type of medication.
Hey... I just found out that President Bush is about to land at Boeing Field. Apparently he's coming over to Medina today for some fundraiser, over here on my side of the lake. Medina's only a couple of miles from here. That's where Bill Gates' house is... though I doubt that's the venue. That's the 'old money' part of town, so there's plenty of possibilities.
...outside looking for AF one... :-)
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