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Miranda and nathan were both exposed to crack cocaine pernatally and are fine now. Like many kids who were cocaine exposed they do both have some language related deficits but nothing out of the norm. Reading and writting slightly below average. Also like amny cocaine exposed kids both seem to have a much more highly developed math/analytical abilities. Nathan at 17 still struggles with writting but can do advanced math easily. He is taking Honors Physics and Calculus this year. Miranda has good language but not so great articulation but she has amazing mechanical intelligence. The girl can tke apart AND put back together all of our remotes. She can unlock nearly every child lock know to man. She is fascinated with all things with moving parts. So neither one of them will win the Pulitzer Prize for literature but I am betting that we have two pretty solid scientists or engineers in the making.
Both are impulsive and have many characteristics of ADHD but again not way out of the norm. They are just squirrelier then most kids but not over the top, out of control. For both of them lots of excercise was very important. The up side of lots of excercise is that sports give them confidence and opportunities that they wouldn't never have had if they weren't jocks. I say if you already have a wiggly one there are nothing but positives to finding ways for them to work out that energy. I am not saying that having an extra loud, extra impulsive, extra wiggly kid around is always easy. They were also both very high needs babies but once out of baby and toddlerhood really didn't see many difference in them and other kids. In short cocaine is not a good thing to do while pregnant but it is not the worst thing you could do.
lisa
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