Guest guest Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Hello, I am totally new at all this, my son is 4 and right now the official diagnosis is " significantly developementally delayed " They say it's cause he's too young for an official diagnosis of aspergers. I got my son when he was 9 months old, he was my foster son. He was only 12 lbs., undernourished, couldn't hold his head up, sit up, keep his tongue in his mouth, etc. He projectile vomited everything he ate, and had never bonded with anyone. I immediately started the bonding process with him, and he finally began to eat and keep formula down, gain weight, and smile and sit up etc. He has made leaps and bounds from when I got him. But now, he has no attention span, he talks nonstop from am till he falls asleep, litterally the moment his eyes open he starts talking and doesn't stop unless he's sleeping. He has only been potty trained since October of 05, he over stuffs his mouth with food, tongue thrusts instead of chewing, doesn't understand that there is food on his fork sometimes and flings it everywhere, only in the last few months is he able to drink out of a cup without spilling much, he becomes obsessed with new toys or groups of action figures, when he lost or broke his scooby doo action figures he replaced them with mcdonalds " robots " toys, and called them by the scooby name, if he loses a toy he's obsessed with he will not sleep, or do anything until, we locate the toy or find a replacement. He recognises signs like Home Depot, Walmart, k-mart, jcpenney,mcdonalds, etc...a mile off...He has a very wobbley gate, falls and trips constantly, doesn't have a dominant hand. Okay now here's my question for all the mother's who's children are school aged, does it get better? Will he be able to eat normally? Go to mainstreem classrooms like Kindergarten, write, read, etc? Are their things at home that I can be doing to help along his progress? He is in ot, pt, speech, and special ed at preschool, but I think that maybe more can be done. I'm becoming physically and mentally wore out. I know this is a long posting and I appologise, but I don't know who else to ask all this...thanks so much, God bless, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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