Re: Some common oddities our kids share

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In a message dated 2/28/2003 10:56:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,

cindysue@... writes:

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What have you all noticed?

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Liam doesn't show much fear of anything as yet. He does get upset sometimes

if people laugh, if he thinks they're laughing at him.

This topic reminds me of my 'little' brother (6'2 & 42 years old). He has a

terrible fear of monkeys. I never knew it until recently. It seems when he

was little and the Wizard of Oz came on (once a year) we used to tell him

that the flying monkeys were on there way to get him.

Kathy, Liam's mom(almost 5)

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In a message dated 2/28/2003 9:29:22 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

seads1@... writes:

> Those monkeys in The Wizard of Oz always scared me too!

>

Oh...I can't WATCH The show cause of those monkeys!!

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When my daughter was little she couldn't stand to watch the Wizard of

Oz, because she kept saying, " How is that little girl going to get home

again?. " Drove me nuts till I couldn't watch it either. Wasn't scared of

the monkeys.

Jessie

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In a message dated 2/28/2003 9:51:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

jls1995@... writes:

> Jordan does not like loud noises

Mav doesn't like loud noises unless he is making them. He HATES the bass in

cars as they drive by.

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Those monkeys in The Wizard of Oz always scared me too!

Darcy

Re: Some common oddities our kids share

In a message dated 2/28/2003 10:56:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,

cindysue@... writes:

<<

What have you all noticed?

>>

Liam doesn't show much fear of anything as yet. He does get upset sometimes

if people laugh, if he thinks they're laughing at him.

This topic reminds me of my 'little' brother (6'2 & 42 years old). He has a

terrible fear of monkeys. I never knew it until recently. It seems when he

was little and the Wizard of Oz came on (once a year) we used to tell him

that the flying monkeys were on there way to get him.

Kathy, Liam's mom(almost 5)

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Jordan does not like loud noises

She's very flexible

Jordan thinks the baby is too loud

Jordan loves puddles and snow

Jordan tries to get out of punishment with hugs and kisses ( that does NOT work

here LOL)

She raises her eyebrows up and down when she's trying to be cute about something

She's VERY flexible

I don't know about the clown thing... I don't like clowns but I don't think

that's the case with her because she likes the Big Comfy Couch which feature

people who (sorta) resemble clowns... without all that makeup

Did I mention she's very flexible?

She's got a higher tolerance for pain that I do...... I needed an epidural when

I was only 2 cm's dilated with Savannah.... I'm such a wuss!

Okay.... My brain hurts after all that...... someone else do the thinking for

awhile

Judi - Proud mother to Jordan 7, ds and Savannah 4 months, nda but a temper!

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough

sense to be lazy.

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(age 5) is afraid of flies.

He loves jumping.

He is afraid of the vacuum (but we recently found out that he likes to

vacuum if HE is the one doing it, otherwise he runs into the other room

yelling, " no " )

loves cameras and doesn't understand why at the Kindergarten

holiday program there were people there taking pictures of kids besides

him....after all he was posing and everything =)

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In a message dated 3/1/2003 7:11:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,

mom2bridget@... writes:

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Bridget does not like loud noises. She does not like the vaccuum in the

same room as she is in. She is okay with clowns. She loves jumping,

puddles, snow, and rain. She has a high pain tolerance. >>

Liam loves noise and vibration. He will blare the TV and make lots of noise

himself. He's obsessed with the vacuum and will take it out of the closet

and try and run it. He had one of his own, but wore it out. It think that's

part of his hyposensitivity to things. he also loves puddles and snow and

has a delayed reaction to pain.

Kathy, Liam's mom(almost 5)

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Nic doesn't have many fears(MY biggest fear) but one of his is Band-Aids. He is

deathly afraid of them even if they are on someone else.

Di

Some common oddities our kids share

Fears - is also afraid of feathers and dust bunnies, loves looking at

spider webs but gets scared if he comes too close to one.

Clowns are not an issue - my oldest son told me that I use to scare him with

the jack in the box when he was young (he had it from age 1-2 and can still

remember his fear) - I felt so bad because he told me this 9 years ago. He

forbids clowns for .

No matter what position or stage, can immediately point to where the

moon is.

I'll have to think of what other things I have noticed about him.

What have you all noticed?

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Bridget is afraid of band-aids also. She doesn't want anyone to be hurt. That

reminds her of sad.

mom to Bridget 9 ds

Re: Some common oddities our kids share

Nic doesn't have many fears(MY biggest fear) but one of his is Band-Aids. He

is deathly afraid of them even if they are on someone else.

Di

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Sierra is afraid of band-aids as well. Also loud noises, sudden movements,

clowns, doctors, nurses, strangers, walking on uneven terrain, recently

started letting me brush teeth, will occasionally sit cross legged, but will

correct if told to.

Kris, mom to Sierra 4

CAVC/TOF/PS/MS/Mod-severe mitral regurg/enlarged heart/LA compresses

esophagus/silent aspiration/stridor/GERD/slow motility/low

wbc/hypothyroidism/MDS

14 ADD; 10 ADHD

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In a message dated 2/28/2003 9:56:46 PM Central Standard Time,

cindysue@... writes:

> Fears - is also afraid of feathers and dust bunnies, loves looking

> at spider webs but gets scared if he comes too close to one.

>

We definitely share the feather thing. Only, he will go after a live chicken

or duck. No feathers in craft projects. He loves to play with my aunts

cockatoo. Of course, she talks to him. LOL

Beth

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is also afraid of bandaids, but has finally, in the last year or so, let

us put one on him.

Jackie, Mom to 15ds, 12, and Bradley 9

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doesn't like bandaids but I don't think he is afraid of them.

He is better than he used to be. Jessie

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would never touch cotton candy or marshmellows. He doesn't like

the loud noises his 5 year old sister makes. LOL He has this

facination with DragonBallZ and has to collect every video ever made

from them. The movies have pictures on the cover so when you line

them up they go together to make a bigger picture and he has to keep

them all out to see them all day. He has started to do puzzles and

starts one and if he gets bard he gets another one out. There could

be puzzles everywhere if I let him. By the way he has even done a 500

piece puzzle. won't even try gum but loves Chocolate. When he

was little and visited grandparents he loved to pass out desert but

EVERYONE had better take one there was no tellling you didn't

want one!

Karol mom to 14 years old

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In a message dated 2/28/2003 10:56:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,

cindysue@... writes:

> What have you all noticed?

>

Alec is scared of lizards and bugs (unfortunately we live in south florida

where they are all plentiful), has to have all doors closed ( which can be ok

at times as I have a bad habit of leaving cabinets opened), dislikes loud

noises and a lot of commotion ( unless he is the one doing it), hates drs,

does not like to get bandaids on or off once they are on, will never admit

that he is sick or hurt and gets upset if someone else is.

Another of Alec's distinctive characteristics is that he is always talking-

and not always to others. He will reenact his favorite movies, talk about

what he needs to do, or just talk. He will also say what is on his mind.

Once he told his dad that his hat looked funny and he looked like Goofy's hat

( which it did!!!)

Lori mom to Alec (10DS) and le (14-teenager)

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Lori,

You could have been describing my son, !! talks all the time

(my husband always reminds me how much we have spent on speech therapy for

him!!), he reenacts movies, in the morning he ask what the plan is for the

day and all day tells me what we have to do next. Today we had to go to

church, then to breakfast, then to the store and he reminded me in church

about going to breakfast and then the store!! At least he doesn't let me

forget anything :-).

also has an unusual fear of trees, he will walk out of his way to

avoid a tree.

Mom to NIcholas 11 today!! and Noah 2 both with Down syndrome

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(8, DS) LOVES bandaids. If anybody in the house says " ouch " he runs

to the bathroom and grabs a bandaid. He went through a period of having one on

at all times. When he wants it off - he just says " all done " . Now my other son

(NDS) will scream at the sight of them. in Dallas

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I was just thinking that doesnt hate band aids, but once they are on,

will not let anyone take them off. She can have a bandaid on for a week even

through alot of showering.

And if she has one on, she will not move that part of her body at all!

Also, if she falls or say scrapes her knee or gets any kind of boo boo, she

cries alot, I mean alot. It must be all those acting classes she's had,

cause shes very dramatic about it!

~ Mom to 12 DS and Diabetes Type 1 and 8 NY

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In a message dated 3/2/2003 3:42:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,

linman42@... writes:

> And if she has one on, she will not move that part of her body at all!

Alec is the same way, if he has a bandaid on or even a cut or bruise without

a bandaid, he will refuse to move that body part. He tries to take it one

step further, where he will tell me that he does not want to take a bath or

shower.

Alec also has to turn all of the lights on in the room that he is in. He

also likes to use certain plates and/or utensils to eat certain foods. He

wants to eat vanilla ice cream in a blue bowl with his yellow flamingo spoon.

Alec loves to eat ice, so I bought a Hawaiian ice shaver at Target last

year. Of course, he likes to have his shaved ice in a cup that we got from

disney and use a slurpee looking blue spoon from a dollar store.

lori

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In a message dated 3/2/03 3:48:50 PM Central Standard Time, seads1@...

writes:

> She also has a fear of laying on her back on the doctors exam table or

> similar things. Changing diapers in public places was not fun. She

> doesn't like to float on her back in water either.

>

> This is another fear of 's too. He even worried about falling off

> his exercise mat which was about one inch thick. We still struggle with

> the exam table altho he is better. Swim on his back? no way. He bit his

> private swim teacher when she tried to turn him over so that was the end of

> that. I don't remember having a problem with diapers, it started after

> that. When he was in the hospital, Xrays were a nightmare, or moving him

> from gurney to bed or vice versa. If you let him lie on his stomach you

> can do anything to him without complaint. He doesn't mind having blood

> drawn, he tells them where to stick the needle and how to do it. He can

> win over the worst sour puss. Jessie

> .

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Kaitlyn loves bandaids. Except when she really needs one. She is like that

with all sickness and injury. She wants to go to the Dr. all the time. Then

when she is really really ill, she wants nothing to do with him? This is how I

have come to gauge how sick she is really. The less she crys for the dr. the

more I know she needs to go see him. I think she does have a high tolerance

for pain, so it is sometimes difficult to know how bad off she really is.

Kaitlyn loves to look at photo albums or flip through loose photos. She loves

to sort paper plates napkins, all kinds of papers.

She takes her shoes off as soon as she hits the door. This has improved from

taking them off in the school bus. She won't keep her coat on in the car or in

a store.

She is deathly afraid of storms. And is overreactive even to high winds. Now

when you live in Kansas, high wind comes with the territory! This can be a pain

in the middle of the night.

She also has a fear of laying on her back on the doctors exam table or similar

things. Changing diapers in public places was not fun. She doesn't like to

float on her back in water either.

Darcy Mom to 12, Kaitlyn 9 w/ds, Grant 7 in 12 days.

From: linman42@...

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Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:41 PM

Subject: Re: Some common oddities our kids share

I was just thinking that doesnt hate band aids, but once they are on,

will not let anyone take them off. She can have a bandaid on for a week even

through alot of showering.

And if she has one on, she will not move that part of her body at all!

Also, if she falls or say scrapes her knee or gets any kind of boo boo, she

cries alot, I mean alot. It must be all those acting classes she's had,

cause shes very dramatic about it!

~ Mom to 12 DS and Diabetes Type 1 and 8 NY

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HI

Sara's oddity at least in my house is she is a neat freak ............

everything has a place and she goes nuts when her nephew dumps out the toy

box to play. She complains that her daddy is messy and will pick up after

him.

Sara has a fear of falling, she looks down when she walks ..... why she runs

into folks at the store lol she only tolerate a Band-Aids for a short time

and has to watch all medical procedures ......... shots in the rear send her

into a fit.

If Sara is annoyed with you she will mock what you say in an awful tone while

making a face ........ I'll laugh at her and this breaks the mood she's in lol

Sara's gotten real good at recognizing the time and when her favorite shows

come on ..... here Brady Bunch comes on at 7pm and she makes me watch it with

her. She doesn't realize Ive seen every episode lol

She loves fingernail polish but by the end of the day she's chewed it all off.

Sara can recognize everyone's voice on the phone, even the ones trying to

disguise it. She hates yelling and the one yelling loudest is always the one

wrong ............ she loves to mediate

Kathy mom to Sara 11

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<< is also afraid of bandaids, but has finally, in the last year or so, let

us put one on him.>>

this bandage thing has me intrigued. lol I thought ted was the only kid that

had more trauma over a " band-aid " than over any injury. He still will not

permit them

gail

Gail - mom to Ted (11)

http://www.geocities.com/tztop/index.htm

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Fiona could wrap an almost perfect bandage around an arm or a leg when she

was about 3. Her favorite game is playing " sick " or " hospital " and has been

for years. There are seldom days where she doesn't get in a short round of

" doctor " or some such game. She has, of course, been traumatized over and

over again in hospitals and doctors offices and this is her way of coping.

But it is funny, for a scrape or something that happens at home, she won't

tolerate a band-aid either. She will accept one after having her blood

drawn, but won't move her arm until it is removed later.

Gundula