Re: Looking Younger than actual age

[Guest guest]

My daughter Lara is 14 1/2 and is very similar. She too is over weight

in the stomach area. Combination of not being able or care to do the

right exercise and also the medication that makes her eat. Makes finding

the right size pants a chore. She also has indicated on so many

occasions that she didn't want to grow up. She is only now starting to

realise that based on her age that like it or not she IS growing up. As

far as looking a lot younger, I think that it is fairly common. I see

other girls in my daughters school that are 18 and 21 and look more like

12 or 14. I had an Au Pair from Germany that worked in a self contained

community for kids/adults with special needs and she remarked how they

didn't seem to age. Something about all the stress and worry in the NT

world that really takes its toll on the rest of us. If you find the

fountain of youth - don't forget to share!Loren

Looking Younger than actual age

Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:39:16 -0000

My daughter, (12), looks a lot younger than she is. I think

she

has such a baby face. It is like her face doesn't belong with her

body.

She is very overweight in the stomach area. She has actually told us

that she does not want to grow up. She also says that she wants us to

find the fountain of youth! lol. (Don't we all wish for this?)

[Guest guest]

My could eat up a storm and still looks like a skinny minny. Guess

it’s her metabolism. On the plus side, we save money at restaurants and she

can get on the NJ beaches that have a beach fee for ages 15 or older. In a

one piece suit and her cute face, she always looks around 12-13 years old

LOL.

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From: Autism_in_Girls

[mailto:Autism_in_Girls ] On Behalf Of loren hofmeister

Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 4:18 PM

To: Autism_in_Girls

Subject: Re: Looking Younger than actual age

My daughter Lara is 14 1/2 and is very similar. She too is over weight

in the stomach area. Combination of not being able or care to do the

right exercise and also the medication that makes her eat. Makes finding

the right size pants a chore. She also has indicated on so many

occasions that she didn't want to grow up. She is only now starting to

realise that based on her age that like it or not she IS growing up. As

far as looking a lot younger, I think that it is fairly common. I see

other girls in my daughters school that are 18 and 21 and look more like

12 or 14. I had an Au Pair from Germany that worked in a self contained

community for kids/adults with special needs and she remarked how they

didn't seem to age. Something about all the stress and worry in the NT

world that really takes its toll on the rest of us. If you find the

fountain of youth - don't forget to share!Loren

Looking Younger than actual age

Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:39:16 -0000

My daughter, (12), looks a lot younger than she is. I think

she

has such a baby face. It is like her face doesn't belong with her

body.

She is very overweight in the stomach area. She has actually told us

that she does not want to grow up. She also says that she wants us to

find the fountain of youth! lol. (Don't we all wish for this?)

[Guest guest]

I've heard OT's say that some of the " baby face " is due to low tone and

flat affect. Kids with flat affect don't exercise their facial muscles

with smiling, frowning, and their faces look more babyish.

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> My daughter, (12), looks a lot younger than she is. I think she

> has such a baby face. It is like her face doesn't belong with her

body.

> She is very overweight in the stomach area. She has actually told us

> that she does not want to grow up. She also says that she wants us to

> find the fountain of youth! lol. (Don't we all wish for this?)

>

[Guest guest]

I thought this was so interesting! When (age 12) was born, she

was youngest of 5 children, I was so shocked at how floppy she was. She

had so low muscle tone. She also showed signs of autism at age 3 months.

She would push away after nursing and not look at me. She also would

stare at her hands for 6 hours at a time. I never knew anyone with

autism growing up. I had never seen Rainman. I actually thought (in

1996) when the doctor told me she was might be autistic that he said

" artistic " ! I know this sounds unbelievable after having 5 children but

I led a sheltered life. LOL

Shanna

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> > My daughter, (12), looks a lot younger than she is. I think

she

> > has such a baby face. It is like her face doesn't belong with her

> body.

> > She is very overweight in the stomach area. She has actually told us

> > that she does not want to grow up. She also says that she wants us

to

> > find the fountain of youth! lol. (Don't we all wish for this?)

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Loren,

I haven't really done meds in the past couple of years on my daughter,

(12yrs). We want to approach that this year. She just started

swallowing pills this past year. We figure that this will open up a lot

more medications. In the past we had to have them compounded and lots

could not be.

Dont worry, you and the whole world will hear if we find the FOUNTAIN OF

YOUTH!lol

Shanna

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> My daughter Lara is 14 1/2 and is very similar. She too is over weight

> in the stomach area. Combination of not being able or care to do the

> right exercise and also the medication that makes her eat. Makes

finding

> the right size pants a chore. She also has indicated on so many

> occasions that she didn't want to grow up. She is only now starting to

> realise that based on her age that like it or not she IS growing up.

As

> far as looking a lot younger, I think that it is fairly common. I see

> other girls in my daughters school that are 18 and 21 and look more

like

> 12 or 14. I had an Au Pair from Germany that worked in a self

contained

> community for kids/adults with special needs and she remarked how they

> didn't seem to age. Something about all the stress and worry in the NT

> world that really takes its toll on the rest of us. If you find the

> fountain of youth - don't forget to share!Loren

>

> Looking Younger than actual age

> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:39:16 -0000

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> My daughter, (12), looks a lot younger than she is. I think

> she

> has such a baby face. It is like her face doesn't belong with her

> body.

> She is very overweight in the stomach area. She has actually told us

> that she does not want to grow up. She also says that she wants us to

> find the fountain of youth! lol. (Don't we all wish for this?)

>

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