Post by pamcrt on Jan 12, 2008 0:42:17 GMT -5
I'm glad to hear that you both think the same things that my mother and I have both been saying. My mom worked in the mental health field for 20+ years before retiring last March. She is very concerned about Lesleigh and where her behavior could lead if there isn't any intervention and soon, as well as I am also. You know Jenn, I didn't even think about it possibly being ODD. Very possible, very severe, but possible. She is definitely an attention seeker and VERY challenging. She will do anything and everything to get you to pay attention to her, positive or negative, and that is frustrating. Like today at school, even after the teacher told her to STOP swinging from the top of the play house, she still did it because the other kids kept watching her... and what was the result... she BIT through her lip. Like all the way through with her little bitty teeth. She is always sucking on her thumb or lip and at that moment it happened to be her lip and when she fell, she bit into her lip. Well, it closed up and so we decided not to take her to the ER, other than that she did not cry at all... literally. But God forbid she stub her toe, you would have thought the world was coming to an end or maybe Jesus was coming or something (although that is a good thing ya know).
I am seriously going to have to sit down with Steven and talk to him about her. I am at my wits end, wasted, empty. Done. The other kids, fine, but Les, I'm physically and emotionally exhausted from dealing with her more than I am Abby... and Abby is a full time job. So I just need to find a good counselor down here that we can take her to.
Thanks a lot for your advice. It's nice to know I can talk to ya'll about this and not feel judged. I have so many people look at me and think I am crazy because she "looks" like a normal child. No crap!! They all do before they start killing things... kidding... not really though... but seriously, everyone just thinks it's her age and she'll grow out of it. I don't. So I need to fix what is broken now... before something really bad happens, like to my baby daughter.
I am seriously going to have to sit down with Steven and talk to him about her. I am at my wits end, wasted, empty. Done. The other kids, fine, but Les, I'm physically and emotionally exhausted from dealing with her more than I am Abby... and Abby is a full time job. So I just need to find a good counselor down here that we can take her to.
Thanks a lot for your advice. It's nice to know I can talk to ya'll about this and not feel judged. I have so many people look at me and think I am crazy because she "looks" like a normal child. No crap!! They all do before they start killing things... kidding... not really though... but seriously, everyone just thinks it's her age and she'll grow out of it. I don't. So I need to fix what is broken now... before something really bad happens, like to my baby daughter.