Post by abbismommy on Mar 3, 2008 13:31:19 GMT -5
My name is Charity and I have a daughter almost 2 1/2 named Abbi. She started Daycare 2 weeks ago and the 2nd day the owner called me to let me know that she thinks Abbi may have a hearing problem. Abbi is my only child, so of course I freaked, left work and picked her up.
When I got home I started saying things in all different tones to see if she heard me and she DIDN'T! That night I told my husband this new discovery and we both realized we were BLIND. We had many signs in front of us to let us know, but we NEVER thought her hearing was bad.
She doesn't talk, so I thought she was a slow developer. She is so smart in everything else.
She had a hearing test done today and now I'M LOST!
The Doctor said that YES Abbi has hearing loss and she has signs of "mild autism", well what is that? I now know I need to teach my baby sign language, but I don't know where to start!
I honestly thought I had a brat for a daughter. And at times I thought she truly hated me. She's mean to me. She hits me, bites me, pinches me, kicks me, has ripped my hair out by the handfuls. Spankings never worked, she'd just hit me back. I am now using time-out, but even then she throws herself on the floor, sometimes so hard she hits her head on the floor and gets huge bumps and bruises. She hits herself in the head ALL the time and burst out laughing when there's nothing to laugh about.
I have read all morning about Autism and I see things that she does that say " yes it's autism", so my question is this.....
What do I do??? I have set up an appt with an ENT and a Psychologist ( of course no insurance will cover it ) but in the meantime how do I discipline her? DO I baby her? treat her like everything is fine? or hide in my room and cry?
I know that she is not severe like many other children, so please don't think I am lessening anyones situation. I am just a first time mom with no clue how to help my child or myself. I am torn up inside and feel like it's my fault my daughter has this problem.
When I got home I started saying things in all different tones to see if she heard me and she DIDN'T! That night I told my husband this new discovery and we both realized we were BLIND. We had many signs in front of us to let us know, but we NEVER thought her hearing was bad.
She doesn't talk, so I thought she was a slow developer. She is so smart in everything else.
She had a hearing test done today and now I'M LOST!
The Doctor said that YES Abbi has hearing loss and she has signs of "mild autism", well what is that? I now know I need to teach my baby sign language, but I don't know where to start!
I honestly thought I had a brat for a daughter. And at times I thought she truly hated me. She's mean to me. She hits me, bites me, pinches me, kicks me, has ripped my hair out by the handfuls. Spankings never worked, she'd just hit me back. I am now using time-out, but even then she throws herself on the floor, sometimes so hard she hits her head on the floor and gets huge bumps and bruises. She hits herself in the head ALL the time and burst out laughing when there's nothing to laugh about.
I have read all morning about Autism and I see things that she does that say " yes it's autism", so my question is this.....
What do I do??? I have set up an appt with an ENT and a Psychologist ( of course no insurance will cover it ) but in the meantime how do I discipline her? DO I baby her? treat her like everything is fine? or hide in my room and cry?
I know that she is not severe like many other children, so please don't think I am lessening anyones situation. I am just a first time mom with no clue how to help my child or myself. I am torn up inside and feel like it's my fault my daughter has this problem.