>Date: 28 Oct 95 11:53:14 EDT
>From: "Charles C. Christie, Jr." <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: from Irene @ [log in to unmask]
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>-- [ From: Charles C. Christie, Jr. * EMC.Ver #2.0 ] --
>
>Hi Kathleen-- Have you by any chance thought of checking blood glucose
>levels at these--Off and yelling-- moments. I personally get really nasty
>when my glucose drops. I normally think of shaking and sweating during
>that time...now my husband just tells me he needs to feed me. I don't know
>if there are any low cost glucose-meters (like for diabetics) out there,
>but it's a thought. I recently spoke with a woman who has a son with
>Insulin over production.. Low sugar/Hi protein. Acted the way you
>describe. Dr. Elsa Paulsen at UVA in Charlottesville, VA. is a private
>pediatriac endriconolist. (sp?) If you would like to pursue--email me and
>I'll forward the phone. Interesting idea? Ann Christie, VA Beach VA.
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>> Date: Wednesday, 25-Oct-95 06:50 AM
>>
>> From: [log in to unmask] \ Internet: ([log in to unmask])
>> To: Charles C. Christie, Jr. \ CompuServe: (72622,3106)
>>
>> Subject: from Irene @ [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Subject: Strong-willed children
>>
>> Hi, Maria.
>>
>> I read your message about your high spirited 10 year old. I can relate
>> with
>> you!
>> > hi alll!
>> > Boy have I had a "fun" week with our "high spirited"
>> > child! I do know (and try to recall this FREQUENTLY! :) )
>> > that he will be a great man someday.
>>
>> Adam is definately the most spirited of my 3 kids. I just got his
>> progress
>> report from School. He got `Very Good' in all subjects and scored 100% in
>> Reading, Math and 98% in Spelling. Adam is in Grade Three French
>> Immersion,
>> which means that for all but 2 hours a week is done in French only.
>Peter
>> and I
>> do not speak french at home. He scores above Grade level (reading level)
>> in
>> French and English.
>>
>> > I always heard that if you didn't give into tantrums,
>> > they'd go away. <snip> But even at age ten, he
>> > still has tantrums and we don't "reward" him for them! RRrrrrr!
>>
>> I can empathize as Adam who is 8 1/2 is doing the same thing. I find it
>so
>> hard
>> to react to a child who gets out of bed in the morning and starts to yell
>> at me!
>> Or when the kids come in the door from school and start to yell at me
>> before I
>> have the chance to welcome them home!!
>>
>> > I must be yelling more lately than my usual (?) because
>> > he is BELLOWING at every little indescretion his siblings make
>> > towards him or he thinks is towards
>> > him. I am warn out mentally the past few days. I do notice
>> > that diet does play a factor in his attitudes...
>>
>> I am thinking of checking out a diet factor. I feel that he has some
>> minor
>> allergies with food but have not been able to track them down yet. He
>has
>> a
>> lactose mal-absorption problem. When Peter (my Husband) get back from
>> visiting
>> his parents, we are going to look into the situation.
>>
>> However, Jason (Adam's fraternal twin) is having a bad time of it. He
>can
>> understand and speak well in French and English but he has a major
>problem
>> with
>> reading in any language. He is a kinestatic learner, visual, with almost
>> no
>> auditory skills. He has been tested by a phsycoligist and it confirmed
>> that
>> Jason has the same problem with reading that all of my siblings has. He
>> is
>> `phonic deaf'and has been very frustrated with his problems. I talked to
>> the
>> teacher that is running a `Reading Recovery Program' and he was the 1st
>> child in
>> her program. She is really skilled in using Kinestatic methods to help
>> him. I
>> can't believe the change in his behavior and attitudes.
>> We do not compare allow the kids to compare themselve to each other,
>> rather I
>> bring out my report card and one of my younger brother's report card.
>> Every
>> year, we are all amazed at how close Jason's report card matches mine and
>> my
>> brother's report cards. The good thing is that I am a very good reader -
>> still
>> not great at reading out loud - and I attending College. My brother got
>a
>> BA in
>> Forestry.
>>
>> I just need to remind myself that this too will pass...
>>
>> Sorry to run on so long but it has been a very frustrating morning!!!!
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>> Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC, LLL Leader (7 yrs),
>> Co-Owner Lactnet, E-Mail = [log in to unmask]
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>> "The better part of one's life consists in his friendships." Abraham
>> Lincoln, 1849.
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