Re: OT: ADHD, part whatever

off kilter quilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Well, today Rebekah had her evaluation at Kluge Children's Research
Center. After over an hour with the doc and testing and observation,
it was reported that I have 2 children with ADHD. Blessed and cursed
is all I can think. SO, now I'm waiting to talk with the regular doc
to determine correct dosage for vitamins and such because she is not
quite 31 pounds. Really, it's her weight that concerned the doc that
we say today as she is only in the third percentile for her age.
However, he was quick to say that, though she is a tiny little thing,
everything is in proportion and well developed for her age -
surprisingly so considering she was born nearly a month early.
So....i need to work on her weight gain, and we'll go from there.

Larisa, not going to be online for a while while I try to get
everything in place

If she's eating well for her size (forget age here for a while), then don't worry about weight gain. You only really need to worry about that if she is 'failing to thrive' (that is, not growing at all and eating so little that she is skinny and lacking energy). As I recal, she's a bright, energetic little thing. As she's small, she's not going to eat (or need!) as much food as, for example, James (95th percentile from birth!) did at the same age. She was slightly premature and small anyway to start with, and such babies do tend to take a while to catch up.* So long as she remains bright, energetic, interested, and eating well for her size, don't fret about it. You don't need another layer of anxiety. Kids do, after all, come in all shapes and sizes.

As for the ADHD... You are doing the best you can. I always think it's wrong to try and make such kids conform to a school regime that doesn't suit them. Good fresh food, cut the artificial colourings and chemical crap, and run the legs off them! Feed in the education on the sly as they fly past! When you think about it, sitting in a classroom for hours on end is a most unnatural way to behave. I know, I used to teach.

*My dad was born in 1929 at seven months, so two whole months early. As a kid he was under-sized and skinny. He ended up 5'10, the tallest of three brothers (their dad was 5'6"), and played rugby and was a cross country runner for his university and every RAF station he was based at until he was 42. Rebekah might surprise you yet!

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