Finally introducing myself...

[DizzyGirl]

Hello and welcome to the forum.
My DS7 has terrible speech problems. He stutters alot and it frustrates him. He also has problems following more than 2 instructions. DH and I think he may have dyslexia as he has alot of trouble reading too.
DS has a slightly turned eye and poor vision. When we saw the Eye Specialist earlier this month, he told us his vision (with the help of his glasses) was fine and not the cause of his poor reading. When I mentioned if he can test for dyslexia he told me there is no test. It is like ADHD. no proven test but a checklist if symptoms.

I hope the grommets help your son. The sooner the better I say. I have been fighting with doctors, paedatritions, psychologists and eye doctors for over 2 years now trying to find out how I can help DS function better as school.

Good luck
DG xxx

[obbie]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

My DS had ear infections last year. We had his hearing tested, it was ok. If he has another ear infection he has to have grommets too.
We had his eyes tested, and found he needed glasses.

I hope all goes well for you and DS.

Us mothers are good at juggling work, study, kids, ect.
Robyn

[astarra]

Hi and Welcome Jakdai - from yet ANOTHER Asthma and grommets mum!!! 
Except mine has the grommets in now, 9 mths ago, not an ear infection since and incredible difference to her hearing!! Tho be warned, when DD couldn't hear properally she got so used to it she got lazy and just basically knew she couldn't hear so didn't bother listening!!! We had to keep reminding her she could hear now the first few days after her surgery!!!! (Only for her to tell us we didn't need to yell at her... - which we weren't!!!-)
We also paid to go private - otherwise we'd probably still be waiting!!!!!!!!
Best of luck at your appnt, and hope you are able to tell us you have your TM soon!! 

[mab19]

Welcome to the forum Jakdai

[jakodai]

Wow, thanks everyone!

I can't believe how many other people in this forum have had similar problems to my DS - it's so hard when they suffer. I just want to go through it all for him, it feels so unfair that he has to go through this at just 2! It's just wrong that we have to fight so hard to get things like this done for them - it's their future, something undetected now could cause learning disabilities later and it just snow balls from there. My younger brother (18) has had big problems for a long time, and because it took so long to find out exactly what was going on, it's caused more problems. We live in such an advanced world, we shouldn't have kids slipping through the cracks the way we do. But anyway, I'll get off my soap box now... lol

You know, it's amazing just how much the prospect of getting a thermomix has motivated me to cook more. I explore things a lot more now, and experiment. It was only because of this forum that I bought a pasta machine yesterday, and I've been experimenting with bread making and that kind of stuff. And I got a 5-in-1 multi cooker a few months ago because of what was mentioned on this forum.

I know these recipes are aimed at thermomix wonders, but I do attempt a lot of them. The I love Bimby chocolate cake is FANTASTIC - it takes me a bit longer using a bench mixer, because I can't just throw it all in, I have to cream the butter and sugar, and then the eggs first then I can add the rest of it. I found if I just throw it all int he bench mixer, the milk makes the butter too firm to blend in properly, so I end up with small lumps of better through it.

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone - it's greatly appreciated!!