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Clingy 1 year old
My normally happy, friendly, sociable DD has turned into clingy
toddler. She still is sociable, but has been really needy and not wanting anyone but mommy or daddy, and sometimes not us either! Today when I dropped her off at daycare she clung to me and wouldn't let go. She did the same thing when DH dropped her off Friday. i'd worry it was something about daycare except that she was the same way over the weekend with *us* - we were in the pool and at first she wouldn't let go of me and was scared of DH, then after awhile we finally got her to go with him. I swum around abit, and when I came back she was terrified of me. She otherwise loved the pool and had a blast. Same thing with other friends she knows well and usually goes to, she would shriek. She's nursing fine, otherwise being her normal self, it's just It's heartbreaking to leave her |
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Clingy 1 year old
They go through phases like this, I don't think 1 was a "classic" time
for a clingy phase, but it sounds like you didn't get one earlier, around 9mths, so that's likely what it is, it does hurt, but you have to work through it, and it will likely happen again, DS went through one recently, about a month or so before turning 4 and it was specifically me, I ended up taking him to some evening engagements with a bag of activities and snacks due to the severity of his response to the idea of being left at home, thankfully it only lasted a couple of weeks. cheers Anne |
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Clingy 1 year old
On Jul 16, 10:50 pm, Anne Rogers wrote:
They go through phases like this, I don't think 1 was a "classic" time for a clingy phase, but it sounds like you didn't get one earlier, around 9mths, so that's likely what it is, it does hurt, but you have to work through it, and it will likely happen again, DS went through one recently, about a month or so before turning 4 and it was specifically me, I ended up taking him to some evening engagements with a bag of activities and snacks due to the severity of his response to the idea of being left at home, thankfully it only lasted a couple of weeks. Ah yeah, I guess it' s normal. It's just so heartbreaking when I drop her off and she won't let me go. The babysitter said she's fine within 5 minutes after I leave, and says not to worry, they'll work through it, but I feel horrible. And if figures she's just behind schedule! She's like that with everything else! |
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Clingy 1 year old
Ah yeah, I guess it' s normal. It's just so heartbreaking when I drop her off and she won't let me go. The babysitter said she's fine within 5 minutes after I leave, and says not to worry, they'll work through it, but I feel horrible. And if figures she's just behind schedule! She's like that with everything else! each child has their own schedule, it's hard, because you have to figure out whether they are doing fine, just slower than average on some things, or if there is a delay that needs addressing, we're struggling with know the best thing to do with our DD right now, her speech is way behind, but then so many children are and have an explosion at some point, we keep not booking an assessment, because it looks likes she's starting to, then a couple of weeks later realising it hasn't happened! Anne |
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Clingy 1 year old
Anne Rogers schrieb:
each child has their own schedule, it's hard, because you have to figure out whether they are doing fine, just slower than average on some things, or if there is a delay that needs addressing, we're struggling with know the best thing to do with our DD right now, her speech is way behind, but then so many children are and have an explosion at some point, we keep not booking an assessment, because it looks likes she's starting to, then a couple of weeks later realising it hasn't happened! Speaking as a mom of a speech development delayed 7 y.o.: go and make an appointment. No harm done if it turns out to be nothing, but if there's a problem the sooner you catch it the better you can treat it. Sam was diagnosed as speech development delayed at around 2.5 I think and since testing him took for ever we started therapy when he was 3 and then went to lots of therapy. Now, at 7 he's still somewhat behind and I wish a doctor would have taken me seriously when I first raised the issue at around 1.5 years, but I kept being told "Oh, he's a boy, boys start talking later. He's fine." and suddenly at 2.5 there was a huge "OMG why didn't you tell us sooner! Maybe his hearing is impaired!" and stuff. His hearing's fine by the way.. Just be prepared for a loooooong waiting list. We got out first appointment nearly half a year after when we made it (I think I asked for an appointment in February and got one for August or something like that. It was a long wait, but we got lucky, I called them about once a month and asked about any openings and I think we finally did see a specialist in June or something like that...). cu nicole |
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Clingy 1 year old
"NL" wrote in message ... Speaking as a mom of a speech development delayed 7 y.o.: go and make an appointment. No harm done if it turns out to be nothing, but if there's a problem the sooner you catch it the better you can treat it. Sam was diagnosed as speech development delayed at around 2.5 I think and since testing him took for ever we started therapy when he was 3 and then went to lots of therapy. Now, at 7 he's still somewhat behind and I wish a doctor would have taken me seriously when I first raised the issue at around 1.5 years, but I kept being told "Oh, he's a boy, boys start talking later. He's fine." and suddenly at 2.5 there was a huge "OMG why didn't you tell us sooner! Maybe his hearing is impaired!" and stuff. His hearing's fine by the way.. Yes!! Exactly what she said - only my son is 8yo I've never heard a single person say they regretted getting an evaluation or wish they'd have waited. I will deeply regret not getting the eval sooner. Language is a complicated thing and I'll always wonder whether or not his language struggles today would have been less had he gotten the therapy sooner. He was late in making sense of language and I think that has to have some lasting ramification. Of course it is a chicken and egg thing but the earlier the intervention the better - everyone agrees on that -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 |
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Clingy 1 year old
we've had her hearing checked, so that one is fine, the thing that's
slowing me down on the speech therapy assessment is that it looks like it's not covered on our insurance and we're a bit strapped for cash right now - our taxes went crazy and we're due an enormous rebate, but that's a significant chunk of money that we don't currently have available and don't have much idea when it will be. Cheers Anne |
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speech delay (was Clingy 1 year old)
Anne Rogers wrote:
we've had her hearing checked, so that one is fine, the thing that's slowing me down on the speech therapy assessment is that it looks like it's not covered on our insurance and we're a bit strapped for cash right now - our taxes went crazy and we're due an enormous rebate, but that's a significant chunk of money that we don't currently have available and don't have much idea when it will be. You should be able to contact your local Early Start office. They provide therapy for the under-3 crowd. (I'm not sure if they do this for non-Americans, though.) -- Anita -- |
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speech delay (was Clingy 1 year old)
You should be able to contact your local Early Start office. They provide therapy for the under-3 crowd. (I'm not sure if they do this for non-Americans, though.) I think as residents and tax payers we qualify for everything, but I'm not entirely sure. The doctor told us our insurance did cover it - which I know you can't always trust that, but so many people have this particular one around here that they do tend to know, but when I looked it up it mentioned speech therapy wasn't covered, but only under a section on Autism benefits, and no mention of it elsewhere. We also have this bizarre thing where some things are covered if they are given by a doctor, but not if they are given by someone trained in that specific thing, but not a doctor, such as massage, a massage therapist might actually give you a far better treatment. Cheers Anne |
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speech delay (was Clingy 1 year old)
Anne Rogers wrote:
I think as residents and tax payers we qualify for everything, but I'm not entirely sure. The doctor told us our insurance did cover it - which I know you can't always trust that, but so many people have this particular one around here that they do tend to know, but when I looked it up it mentioned speech therapy wasn't covered, but only under a section on Autism benefits, and no mention of it elsewhere. We also have this bizarre thing where some things are covered if they are given by a doctor, but not if they are given by someone trained in that specific thing, but not a doctor, such as massage, a massage therapist might actually give you a far better treatment. Interesting... we have some insurance coverage for speech, but not related to autism, even though that's what we have... We have to get our pediatrician to write a letter recommending whatever therapy it is (90 minutes of occupational therapy or 2 60-minute sessions of speech) to get the insurance company to cover it. We need to get this every 6 months. -- Anita -- |
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