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Our Story
Gavin's Mom,
Our son was born very exposed to numerous things, the main one being cocaine. Almost two pounds of his body weight were drugs.
He has been home with us since he was 17 months old. When he came home his age was 17 months old but developmentally and all he was 9-10 months old. He could walk (did that at 15 months) and he was still eating formula and on a bottle.
After years of services he is now 4 years old he is in a special needs program at school. We have been diagnoised with a list full of conditions. He still is delayed. We have frequent tantrums and hyperventilation meltdowns. He is very structure orientated and we try not to get off schedule it does seem to help.
He looks normal and is big for his age however when people meet him they think he is like 5 and then when he talks and acts around them he is more like 2. He still uses a pacifier (poor suck reflexes and poor tounge muscle tone) he is not yet completely potty trained. He has trouble eating. He is sever ADHD and we are trying to hold off on medication until at least 5 or 6.
Now this is just our son, there are people we know who have a cocaine exposed child and they are pretty much "normal". However this is Our story and i can go on and on about things he does and doesn't do. things we have tried and that.
I worry for his future. However we take it day to day and some times minute to minute.
Hope this has helped.
Jody
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