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We now have electronic lunch accounts with pin numbers. There are pros and cons. The biggest problem I have is the tweens buying things like ice cream everyday. The littler ones accept the rule of once a week, but the older ones do what they want with it, even buying friends lunch.
My oldest, just turned 12 is having weight issues, she is about 20lbs overweight. The transition from having snacks and recess @ school to earlier start time, no recess and no snacks created a cycle of not eating pretty much all day, then eating everything in site from the time they get home until they go to bed.
We are helping her learn to eat better, low fat, high protein and 3 meals a day while encouraging her to be more active. I am not sure what to do about the pin accounts, since even just enough money to buy lunch once a week is enough to buy ice cream everyday.
Bringing lunch is actually more expensive than buying lunch but we are trying to eat healthier foods than offered on the school menu.View Thread

I don't know much about arachnoid cysts but if it was a problem you would certainly know about it. As long as your son is hitting his milestones, I don't think you really have anything to worry about.
I know it is hard not to worry about things, but somethings you just need to let things go. You can change some things and some things you can not, the hard part is figuring out which is which. My son has had so many medical issues since birth, like open heart surgeries, a stroke, the cranio and a number of other things, so I have had to accept many things and try not to worry about to much into the future.
I enjoy each and every day with all my kids. I try to stay focused as much as I can on the present and not to distant future. My son will have more surgeries, some could be very scary but I can not change that, so I try not to worry about it. Instead, I enjoy the fact that he is healthy enough to hang from a tree, upside down 10' in the air!?!
Good luck.View Thread

The separation has become easier for him, I still cry in the car sometimes,LOL!!??
My oldest just turned 12 and we gave her the guitar she has been wishing for, I cried ?!? because I can see her as the young adult she will become, she isn't my baby anymore.
At least all the tears are tears of joy.View Thread

I wait until the end of Sept or the beginning of Oct. to buy clothing for the winter months. It always seems they have a growth spurt in the fall and anything I buy the end of Aug. will not fit come Oct. Plus it gives us time to go through last years clothes to see what, fits, that way I don't buy things they already have.
We live just north of Boston MA and all the stores here will mark down the back to school clothing by mid/end of Sept. which makes it much more cost effective for me to buy clothing for 4 children. I also buy alot of second hand clothing and swap clothes with other parents, especially holiday and special occasion clothing. Second hand clothing stores are a great place to buy winter coats, snow pants and boots. I have purchased brand new items in second hand stores at a fraction of the original price.View Thread

My son has been in speech therapy since he was 19 months old, it is a long on going process. The speech specialist explained that by your son's age a child will have 3 to 5 words. At that age, children are not spontanenous talkers, they will usually respond if prompted, but not always. Most are busy watching and listening to everything going on around them, taking everything in.
I am a strong believer in follow your instincts, if you feel something is not right, then by all means have him checked out now.
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It was one of the hardest things I ever did (for me not him). Every day he would cry and carry on when I left, only to stop 5 minutes after I left. I on the other hand cried (after I left) for weeks, it broke my heart to hear him crying, but I knew he was fine. The payoff, is the look of pure joy on his face when I picked him up!!
He loved preschool and kindergarten, I'm sure he will love 1st grade, but he hates to leave me. We still have tears for the first few days. I know many little boys who have separation issues, so it's not just ours, but it sure feels like it.
My son had such a hard start in life with open heart surgeries, a stroke and many other issues and I have always been the one there with him . It has made him wary of new people and situations, it takes him a few minutes to warm up, so my leaving during that time is hard for him, but we both do what we have to do and it has gotten so much better as time goes on.
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The only reason he wears underpants to school is because I told him it was a school rule!?! He doesn't understand why anyone would need 2 bottoms!!View Thread

We choose not to medicate due to other health concerns my son has. He does have an IEP in place to help him manange his school day and learning environement.
You should have her evaluated as the PP said, then approach the school to have either an IEP or 504 put in place.
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Not that you haven't already heard this but this is the same thing that happens when kids start school. The first year they are sick all the time. Whether it's elementary school or preschool, they come in contact with so many things, they get sick, recover only to get sick again, and again, all year long.
It does get better as time goes on. I read in a parenting magazine that a child will have 6 to 8 illnesses the first year they are in school. I always include daycare in this thinking, as it is the same type of environment.
This has happend with all 4 of my kids, the first year of a school setting, they were sick sick sick, my oldest even brought things home to the little ones. My oldest started kindergarten and the 2 little ones at home were the ones to get the flu, both having to be hospitilized!! They were 6 months and 2 @ the time. It came out of no where, they were fine all day, during the night each one of them woke up crying out of control and burning up with fever, over 105, it was not fun. It took a good 6 weeks for them to recover.
My now 3rd grader caught every illiness she was exposed to (seems like anyway) during her kindergarten year, even though she had 2 years of preschool. She was out of school more than in. She caught strep in Jan and was never able to get rid of it, ended up on a daily antibiotic just so she could go to school and had her tonsils out in april of that year. She hardly ever gets sick now.
The list goes on and on, but you get the idea.
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I don't go crazy washing everything any more, but I do wash all bedding, again for everyone in the house and I do vacuum very carefully. I do wash car seat covers and vacuum the car as well. If it is during the winter I also wash all hats, scarves, gloves, coats and back packs.
There is no easy way out, except as PP said, to shave your head!?!
Good luck.View Thread
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