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The child's behavior is very delayed, he has no control over his emotions, he throws temper tantrums like a three year old (runs and hides under a blanket, or in his shirt, or puts a pillow to his face, and cries, while in a ball, rocking himself). He doesn't have fine motor control, his handwriting is pretty bad I guess (I've never seen it).
He also displays similar behaviors as a child with Asperger's (he doesn't like to look people in the eyes while speaking to them, the constant rocking, he has one main focus which is cars/video games with cars, he knows a lot about cars - he knows what kind of car is what based on the symbols and what they look like, he doesn't socialize well with new people- he's very shy to the point where he will hide his face so he doesn't have to talk or look at them, will not eat new foods, will not eat certain foods that touched others foods, won't eat pancakes if they are cut before the syrup is put on, will only eat certain foods, he likes to do the same thing repeatedly - doesn't like to try new things, he can hear things no one else can hear, doesn't like daily routine to change, he doesn't talk on the phone, etc, etc.)
He was diagnosed with ADHD and is on medication for school, but not when he is with the father on weekends.
He doesn't live with the father full time, right now. The father and my friend got him into counseling, but it's new. The child is very difficult to handle and neither of his parents know how to handle him. I guess his mother has permanent brain damage to her frontal lobes from a car accident years before she had her son, and lost her judgement, impulse control and some social behavior. I think there is more, but I don't know all of it. The father is trying his best, but he only has him two days a week...
Does anyone here know what the long term side effects of crack are on a child, and also, if this mother is really able to raise the child, with such a severe brain injury? Could his behaviors be caused by being exposed to crack, and/or, could they be caused by how she is raising him, because she doesn't have the correct cognitive functioning?
Thanks.
OswinView Thread
4 oz should be plenty. My daughter staid at 4 oz until about 3 months then it was 5-6. Tell your provider to let you know if it seems he is still hungry after feeding. Then you can increase his amount an ounce as needed.View Thread
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Pumping or nursing is the best way to allevite the clogged ducts, however that could have an undesirable effect as you are trying to dry up your supply.
Warm compresses and massaging the knot can help. But would work best while pumping to express the trapped milk.
If left untreated, you could develop an infection, known as mastitis - very painful, requires antibiotics and comes with flu like symptoms.View Thread
http://lactationdepot.com/breast-skin-care-products/relief-from-sore-nipples-twenty-useful-techniquesView Thread
she doesn't choke , cough or gag when the let down occurs at all so I don't think it's that. She likes the level 3 nipples, the other ones she gets mad at and sucks REALLY hard at.View Thread
http://kellymom.com/bf/can-i-breastfeed/lifestyle/marijuana/
check it outView Thread
- Andrea OlsonView Thread
you can check with pediatrician .Mine stopped at 9 months so i gave him yo baby yoghurt and whole milk when he was 10 months instead of formulaView Thread
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