How much nagging would You have to do?
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| Mon, 03-19-2007 - 6:04pm |
Ok my lovely dd IS unmedicated add-inattentive, but omg the nagging I have to do with this child for every day stuff is driving me insane. It's not the normal - homework, cleaning room, etc it's other EVERYDAY things.
She is on antibiotics for acne - she has to take them twice a day (she chose breakfast and dinner) with food. There has been a couple of times she has taken it on an empty stomach and she's gotten sick on the way to school. I have to nag not only for her to eat, but for her to take the stupid pill. (she has been on these since October)
She is trying to get her iron levels up by her next doctor's appt (she talked the doc out of doing a full blood workup at her last visit and promised to take her vitamins and eat foods with lots of iron....) The antibiotic can't be taken w/in 2 hours of vitamins per the pamphlet, so she decided she would take the vitamins when she came home from school. Guess when she takes them - yes, when I nag enough. (2 weeks now)
She is on bc pills, for both acne and to regulate the periods - those are to be taken at night before she goes to bed. Yup nag factor #3. (almost a year!)
She got her braces off 2 months ago - she is supposed to wear the retainers 24/7 except when eating - uhhhhh doesn't happen - she wears them at home. When I nag her to first find them (2 nag factors right there). (2 months)
She has to wash her face in the mornings and moisturize before she puts her make up on. Idk if she does this, but at night she is supposed to wash her face before she puts her face medicine on - blah nag. (since October)
She has physical therapy exercises that she is supposed to do EVERYDAY - *are you sensing a pattern here yet?* Yup I gotta nag for her to do them. (Since December)
She has Lacrosse starting up next week - lots of running for a child that has pretty much been out of commission for what, 4 or 5 months, between her cheering injuries and her mono. Last week they had their preseason meeting - where the coach flat out said - better get busy before practice starts. She has ran twice - but only because I nagged.
Not only is it driving me insane, the nagging of course leads to blow outs. I've tried just to bite my tongue and let her forget to see if she ever remembers - doesn't happen. I try to gently remind her, over and over again - then it's like OMG child do what I said. I shouldn't have to do this!!!! I've tried calmly having a conversation about the importance of this stuff, to which all of this is VERY important to HER, and this may bring calm to the home for 24-48 hours - then it's let the games begin!
I just had to seriously vent and good grief does anyone share in this misery??


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Maybe since she's otherwise responsible, she is kind of in denial about her health and just doesn't want to deal w/ all these problems and that's why she doesn't remember.
I am in the doghouse now because my DD needs a physical THIS WEEK for her to be able to do track. Of course when I called a couple of weeks ago, the first appt. was the first week of April. I should have done it earlier, but I had a lot of tests myself. Of course, she could have reminded me too. Today she is going to call and beg. I would be disappointed for her if she can't do it since she couldn't do track last year due to her knee injury.
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