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Reply: Allowing a sleepover with my sister and sister's b...

While I agree referencing the article may have been a bit much, I agree with your stance that you don't...

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Posted by tlkittycat1968

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Disrespectful at home, respectful away from home

I have a 7.5 yr old girl. She is identified as gifted (started school 1 year early but reads 2+ grade levels...

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I am a parent of a child with a seizure disorder/E...

My daughter has had prolonged seizures usually lasting 35 to 45 mins. She only gets them maybe once every 16...

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6 yr old boy having accidents at school

My 6 yr old son is having accidents at school. He is in Kindergarten. He goes or tries to go everytime they give...

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Reply: sleep?

What time are they getting up in the morning? According to WebMD, a 7 year old should bet between 10-11...

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Reply: My 8yr old son has started masturbating,...

Lol hold wank group so they can experiment all together n maybe I'd save u catching him in the act

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Reply: 6 year old having accidents still..

our daughter is now 7 and is still having this problem. We've spoke to her and she said she can't feel it!...

Posted by melisaboyer

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Reply: 8 yr. old with period??

I got my first period a day after my 7th birthday, according to my gynocologist, it had to do with the fact...

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7 year old nightmares / hallucinations

I am a divorced mother and my two daughters live with me. They visit their dad every other weekend. However,...

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I am a divorced mother and my two daughters live with me. They visit their dad every other weekend. However, this Christmas they spent an entire week at their dad's house. During this visit, my 7 year old daughter called me twice, crying and saying she wanted to come home and didn't want to be at her dad's house. When they came home, they'd been home for only one day and my 7 year old fell asleep in the middle of the day and woke up with a terrified look on her face, crying and saying "I don't want to be here, I want to go home." It took several minutes for me to help her realize that she was at home already. She had gone to sleep fine and woke up with a 102 degree fever. It was a scary experience for us both. That night, the same thing happened except there was no fever. Only this time, once she realized she was safe at home with me, she kept telling me to stop talking so fast and to be quiet.

It was as if she was overstimulated upon waking and was hearing a lot more noise than was really going on. The next couple nights I made sure to put her to bed a little earlier and didn't let her watch any tv for the last two hours or so before bed, and things were fine for a few nights. Last night she woke up again, terrified and wanting to cuddle with me. The look on her face was sheer terror. Again, she kept telling me to be quiet, even when I hadn't spoken. I asked her if she was hearing voices and she said yes. I asked what they were saying and she said she didn't know. The noises/voices she is hearing only last about 5 minutes at the most, and then everything is fine again. It seems to me that this could be a cross between a nightmare or night terror and hypnopompic hallucinations. She NEVER hears voices when she's awake. It has only happened these couple times upon waking from a nightmare. All of these occurences happened within the first 2 hours after she fell asleep.

She's well liked among her peers, teachers, and everyone who knows her. She makes friends easily and is a good student who wins citizenship awards all the time. She's in first grade. At first I thought these were night terrors but she remembers them in the morning. She can even tell me about the scary dream. The first time, she said that she dreamed that the world was going to explode and that her dad was mad at me (me being her mother). Last night she said that she dreamed her dad turned into a scary doll. It concerns me that these terrifying dreams have both included her father. We've been divorced for 3.5 years and he's been remarried for about 9 months.

I posted this on another site where someone suggested it could be mono, since mono is sometimes associated with Alice in Wonderland syndrome. However when I looked into that syndrome, it said it causes visual hallucinations. My daughter didn't tell me about visual hallucinations but I am going to ask her about that. Does that sound plausible? She only had the one fever (and her head and neck were sore at the time) I took her to the doctor who said it wasn't meningitis, then tested her for strep but it was negative. She hasn't been complaining of any other symptoms.View Thread

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Reply: 6 year old and annoying habits?

Dear Mysticriver...I also have a 6 year old...a boy. I have noticed similar unique behaviors and...

Posted by kappykap

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6-Year Old Gril Sticky Vagina

My 6-year-old daughter is constantly pulling at her vagina saying that it's sticking together. The doctor...

Posted by EastSideMom

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my 6yr olds rash

My 6yr old son has a red rash on his penis and I'm really concerned I no longer bathe him so I did not notice...

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my 6yr olds rash

My 6yr old son has a red rash on his penis and I'm really concerned I no longer bathe him so I did not notice...

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Reply: 5 Year Old Drama

My seven year old also does baby talk plus she makes up her own words. It stresses me out. When she plays...

Posted by Vwatson313

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Reply: my 7 year old daughter is the Anti-Christ

Challenging children take their toll on parents, family life, school, and sadly their world is chaos too. ...

Posted by momuv4girls

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Reply: My child has hot hands!

My 3 year old had very hot hands but no temperature. He had strep that gave him scarlet fever. His hands broke...

Posted by Moonrae

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My 3 year old had burning hands

My 3 year old had very hot hands but no temperature. He had strep that gave him scarlet fever. His hands broke...

Posted by Moonrae

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Reply: 6 yr old With above the vagina feeling sense time ...

It sounds like a sensory issue to me. Have you looked into that before? Here is a link to explore, ...

Posted by momuv4girls

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Reply: 10 year old with no self confidence

Thank you for the advice and compassion. I will forward your reply to Abigail's Mother.

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Reply: Dad takes baths with 6 1/2-year-old

I do not think it's disguising. Taking a BATH that is so not normal....I would said maybe a shower is okay...

Posted by mamiyudy

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5 yrs ols still in diaper ONLY at bed time

my 5yrs old son still uses the diaper ONLY when he does to bed time. He does not get up in the middle of the...

Posted by mamiyudy

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10 year old started period but no other signs of p...

Hello. My 10 year old daughter is away for a week at summer camp and I just got a call from the nurse telling...

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Reply: 7 Year Old - Defiant, No Self Control, Hateful, Di...

I highly, highly suggest you looking into this wonderful online organization: ...

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Reply: 9 year old - Disturbing behavior

I agree with all replies. Seeing a doctor is the best step and this age can be very confusing for kids with...

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Reply: Early development in 8 yr old girl?

That's not really early. Most girls start between 9 and 16 so 8 is a bit early but not unusually so....

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Posted by tlkittycat1968

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Reply: 7 year-old with attitude and mood swings

Hi Moms, I found this article that is a different perspective. I'm going to give this a solid try before I...

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Reply: Picking a child up

I have experience with this behavior. My mother used to do this to myself and my two brothers, it was...

Posted by deannosaurus

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Reply: Unsure If My Daughter Has ADD/ADHD or SPD or OCD

Hi Denise, I posted a response on the Parents Community. http://exchanges.webmd.com/parenting-exchange ...

Posted by momuv4girls

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Reply: My daughter isn't using the bathroom at school

2-of my daughters did this also - they hated the school bathrooms. Honestly, I wouldn't make a big deal...

Posted by momuv4girls

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