http://www.ossweb.com/shannon-oboyle-doesnt-understand-concepts-like-waiting-time-consequences-and-danger.html Writing, editing, photography, technology, and Web development for small businesspeople Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.ossweb.com/shannon-oboyle-doesnt-understand-concepts-like-waiting-time-consequences-and-danger.html#comment-3576 Toni Morris Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:45:05 +0000 http://www.ossweb.com/?p=356#comment-3576 Our grandson, Carter, was recently diagnosed with 22q13 deletion. He is 17 months old, and absolutely precious. Like your sweet baby girl, his smile with melt your heart. Our daughter and son-in-law are still not ready to reach out, but my husband and I are searching for answers and advice, for us and for them when they are ready for the support. "Carter Bear", as I call him, is such a wonderful baby, but we are really having trouble with biting. He can't seem to help himself. Most of the time, if anyone holds him or gets close enough, he will try to bite. He can't put anything in his mouth on his own yet, so he can't chew on a toy. He doesn't like it if we try to put something in his mouth to chew. He wants skin. I usually dodge his bites with kisses, which by the way, I have noticed him smiling-actually smirking just a little-when we play this game. My daughter tries to be firm, sometimes sits him away from her and tells him "no bite", but it doesn't seem to help much. I know it is wearing her out. If you have any advice, we would love to hear from you. Or, if you could just offer a shoulder to lean on. I am learning that we, families of these sweet babies, need one another for support. Our grandson, Carter, was recently diagnosed with 22q13 deletion. He is 17 months old, and absolutely precious. Like your sweet baby girl, his smile with melt your heart. Our daughter and son-in-law are still not ready to reach out, but my husband and I are searching for answers and advice, for us and for them when they are ready for the support. “Carter Bear”, as I call him, is such a wonderful baby, but we are really having trouble with biting. He can’t seem to help himself. Most of the time, if anyone holds him or gets close enough, he will try to bite. He can’t put anything in his mouth on his own yet, so he can’t chew on a toy. He doesn’t like it if we try to put something in his mouth to chew. He wants skin. I usually dodge his bites with kisses, which by the way, I have noticed him smiling-actually smirking just a little-when we play this game. My daughter tries to be firm, sometimes sits him away from her and tells him “no bite”, but it doesn’t seem to help much. I know it is wearing her out. If you have any advice, we would love to hear from you. Or, if you could just offer a shoulder to lean on. I am learning that we, families of these sweet babies, need one another for support.

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