Wonderful! I am so glad she is seeking help!
I did that to our school diagnostician -- I am sure she was BRACED to tell me, and I beat her to it!
Good job!!! Send her here and we will take excellent care of her and she will get the best advice and find many others that are in her shoes right now and help her find the right road to take:) YOU did good girl! That is Great i am glad you had that meeting.. The early he gets help the better it will all be.. keep us posted on what happens..The world needs more people like you. I know that when a friend brought some of B's behaviors to my attention, I was already very suspicious. I appreciated her concern about my baby. She didn't do it in a confrontational way. She sat me down, made a few snacks, and we had a friendly conversation. I really appreciated the time she took to make that meeting go right. Bless you and keep up the great work.
ETA: I had another friend who tried to do the same thing in a more forceful way. I was not able to see her concern. I just saw her need to be proven right.
Well, I really researched "how to break it to her" both by asking you all back in May when I fist found this forum and by reading other articles on the web. The last thing I wanted to do was sound like a "know- it- all"!!! I knew that wouldn't go over well. So, I just gave her the daily notes that I had written over the last 2 1/2 months documenting the things that concerned me and a list of things that I was noticing every day. I did not mention anything about what I really thought it was but she mentioned Autism, so then I told her that I had been looking at it too. We both sat and cried and sobbed! I think she is relieved and I know I am. I told her positive things and said that everything will be just fine, and we can only go up from here with alot of therapies for him.
I'm very glad it worked out the way it did.
Now we have a long way to go as far as dealing with doctors and stuff, but I'm there for her 100%!!!!!!!!
I had mentioned these forums during our meeting. But at the time I couldn't recall which one I had visited!!! So I expect she may visit one, maybe a different one though.
Well, I will reply to any new posts later on today-- my kids should be here any minute now!!! They actually are usually already here by now!!!
Thanks!
Good job! I'm glad you spoke up...it may very well have given Mom a bit of courage, too. I know I spent some time doubting my own judgement, and it was a bit of a relief to know I wasn't the only one seeing things different about my son.
I know that confronting a parent about your concerns took alot of courage. I had three individuals do this to me in one months time expressing thier concerns about my son. It caused me to really examine things and get him the help that he needed. I cannot thank these individuals enough .( None of these individuals knew each other)
I don't know if any of you remember me or not-- I am the In Home Daycare provider who was very worried about one of the little boys that I keep. I first logged on to this forum back in May, and really haven't been back since then-- I didn't have any new info.
Since then, a lot has happened. I finally had enough courage to have a meeting with the child's mom. To my surprise, it went very well. She actually told me that she had been concerned for a little bit, but like any normal parent, didn't want to believe it. She also mentioned that she had been reading about autism on the internet-- so then I told her that since she mentioned it first, that I had researched autism also.
Of course, there is no official diagnosis yet, but it seems that we have both been thinking the same thing. I hope to have more news after he goes to the doctor ( i don't know when)
I just wanted everyone to know how things are going-- we are making some progress!!! And thank you all for listening to me and giving me all the advice and support. I know your advice is what helped the meeting go as well as it did.
THANKYOU SO MUCH!!!!!