We’re just over a week away from adding baby #4 to the family and so much has been going on! I feel like I don’t even have time to breathe some days!
All 3 of the kids had their 6 month dental check-ups this month (all on different days). Jeffery cooperated no problem with the cleaning, Jaylin not so much…we ended up coming back and having a wonderful experience thanks to a great secretary who went above and beyond her job (she went back with Jaylin and let Jaylin sit on her lap), they also used Jaylin’s toothbrush and toothpaste so she would be more comfortable. I’m so glad we have a wonderful dentist office! Should be no surprise Jaxon let them do everything, including floss his little teeth! Unfortunatley for Jeffery, a few days after his check-up he complained his front teeth were hurting. I took him back and because he grinds his teeth at night, his front teeth were down to the nerve…they had to be pulled out (they are just baby teeth anyways). Jeffery flipped out the second they put the needle in his gums and wouldn’t let them close to him again, he ended up being referred to another dentist that could sedate him. The next week we were at the new dentist preparing for him to be sedated (they fit him in quick since I was so close to having the baby) That day deserves a post of it’s own because he was so funny! Long story short, he is now missing his top 2 teeth and then a few days later one of his front bottom teeth started wiggling!!!! He’s going to make the tooth fairy go broke!!!!
As I type this I am 35 weeks and 4 days pregnant! I’ve been in L & D a few times due to thinking my water was leaking, having contractions and the baby not moving like he should be. But all is good, they give me a shot to stop the contractions and he’s doing great! I have the amniocentesis scheduled for October 4th and the C-section is scheduled for October 6th! I’m so excited!! I can’t wait to meet this baby!
The last thing for me to write about is one that really has me scratching my head and confused. Jaylin had her 5 year checkup and while I expressed a little concern over her shyness and her getting upset so easily, I explained I’ve been saying it’s because Jaylin is a girl and she’s just sensitive…but there was something in me saying it’s a little more. The doctor noted that when she walked in she saw Jaylin bouncing up and down shaking her arms and hands…which was kind of random since just a few minutes before she was screaming her head off because she didn’t want to be there (even though she’s been to the doctor a million times…she still isn’t used to it) After we discussed it a bit, the doctor suggested taking Jaylin to Kluge (same place the boys were seen for their behavior/development issues). Her doctor thinks she may be on the Autism Spectrum (more specifically Asperger’s) It don’t change anything, she’s already getting services at school, but this would kind of give us a idea of how to better help her if need be. I just never expected Jaylin to be diagnosed with anything…especially since Autism isn’t common in girls. It has me baffled how I can spend 3 years fighting to get the proper diagnosis and treatment for Jeffery yet Jaylin gets something without me even thinking there is something going on. It takes a couple months to get into Kluge for the first time so who knows when she’ll get seen there. Maybe it’s the hormones going on in me, but I’m upset we didn’t figure this out sooner…she’s showed some of the signs for awhile now but I just said it was her being a sensitive girl.
That’s been my month in a nutshell…and I’m sure I’m missing something. I feel like all I want to do is sleep and it’s still too early in the morning for my brain to be working lol.
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My son had to have a tooth pulled this year too! He did great although I was terrified! His top front tooth was loose but instead of wiggling it, he pushed it back and up constantly. His adult tooth started coming in and I thought, well dang, he must have swallowed that baby tooth. I didn’t want to say anything because he freaks out so much over the whole losing teeth process. Well one day he was in my face and laughed and I saw that the tooth I thought had fallen out was horizontal in the roof of his mouth right behind the adult tooth that was growing in! Omg, I was freaking out. It had absolutely no wiggle at all. I tried really hard not to make a big deal out of it in front of him, but got him to the dentist immediately. It was a huge relief that it came out super easily. Those injections are so rough on them though!
Poor Jeffrey,bet that hurt!
Wow, sounds like you have a ton going on! Get as much rest as you possibly can, even though I’m sure that’s extremely hard to do, before that baby comes!!
Well, it’s good to have her tested to be sure, especially if you’ve been feeling she is exhibiting other symptoms (her behavior at the dr’s office could be stress over the appt – kids sometimes stress about dr’s, but if there are consistent issues, definitely get it checked out.) It’s always better to know what’s going on for sure!
If you ask me I wouldnt even bother treating her, shes doing just fine in school, has friends and always in a cheery mood and has never shown any worsening conditions or anything else…no reason to fix something that isn’t broke…the doctors are doing nothing but trying to make something wrong that isnt wrong,
I like her randomness, thats what makes Jaylin Jaylin…take that away from her and shes just…every other girl out there.
That’s the thing, she DON’T have friends…her teacher told me she plays by herself in school. The only reason she’s doing good in school is because she’s getting special education services already because they saw that she may need a little extra help with the transition and she has needed it. Getting the diagnosis will keep the school system from yanking her out of that help that she’s getting like they want to because they have too many kids getting services they are trying to test kids out of the program. Getting her treatment isn’t going to change her, she’s always going to be Jaylin…randomness and all…it will just explain some of the behavior that she has (the sitting down and not responding to anything or anyone when she’s pouting…I know that annoys you but that’s something that she can’t quite help if the doctor is right about this)
There honestly isn’t anything that can fix Asperger’s…it’s high functioning Autism and there is nothing to change a child like that…all getting a diagnosis is is so we know why she has certain traits about her and can get the support she needs. It is just how she processes things.