JAK
01-05-2005, 04:39 PM
Boy am I saying the serenity prayer to myself over and over again. This morning was going great. My non-talker was back to her normal self. Threw a few fits when she didn't get her way, played, threw some toys and was just herself. I was sitting on the couch feeding the baby and my non-talker was at my feet on one side of the coffee table. My other dck was on the other side of the coffee table. Both girls were quietly looking at books. Without warning, my non-talker picked up a book and threw it at the other little girl (she's 19 months old) and hit her in the forehead. In a matter of seconds she had a huge goose egg on her head. I was so mad I was SHAKING. I love my babies (they are sisters) and I don't want to loose them. I don't know if I posted this already, but yesterday I talked to the babies mom and she said that she had actually considered pulling the girls out of my care because of my non-talker. The 19 month old has started acting like my non-talker at home and the parents don't like that and I don't blame them at all.
After the little one got hurt I realized that would probably be the last straw for her parents and they really would pull them out of my care. I called the 19 mo old's mom and told her what happened and also told her that I was terminating care immeditely (sp? ) with my non-talker. The mom then told me that this morning she thought she saw the non-talker hit her dd in the head but thought that I would just take care of it if I saw it happen again. She then went to her car and sat there for a while before she left wondering what might happen if my non-talker hit her dd in the head with a big toy. She must have had some sort of mother's intuition (sp? ) because it was just a few hours later that it actually happened. The mom was upset and I can understand why.
I then called the non-talkers mom and told her what happened and told her she needed to come get her dd now and that she I was not going to allow her to come back to my home. She was upset and crying on the phone. When she came to get her she told my that just right before I called her she had been on the phone with the lady I had refered her to about testing her dd. She said the lady said it sounded like my non-talker may have sensory perseption (sp? ) disorder. I should have asked her if she had made an appointment to have her tested, but I didn't. I could tell she was upset and I was upset too. Her dd was clueless about what was going on and just thought she was going home for the day. One of her parents has to come back tonight to sign an accident report for the dc office and to p/u her stuff. I am so upset about the whole thing. I really wanted to help her but I can't risk loosing my other kids (especially the babies, who are sisters, that I love). I also can't risk having her hurting anyone ever again and she's consistantly throwing things. I feel really bad, but I know I did what I had to do...
Please pray for this little girl and hope that her parents get her the help that she so desperatly needs.
After the little one got hurt I realized that would probably be the last straw for her parents and they really would pull them out of my care. I called the 19 mo old's mom and told her what happened and also told her that I was terminating care immeditely (sp? ) with my non-talker. The mom then told me that this morning she thought she saw the non-talker hit her dd in the head but thought that I would just take care of it if I saw it happen again. She then went to her car and sat there for a while before she left wondering what might happen if my non-talker hit her dd in the head with a big toy. She must have had some sort of mother's intuition (sp? ) because it was just a few hours later that it actually happened. The mom was upset and I can understand why.
I then called the non-talkers mom and told her what happened and told her she needed to come get her dd now and that she I was not going to allow her to come back to my home. She was upset and crying on the phone. When she came to get her she told my that just right before I called her she had been on the phone with the lady I had refered her to about testing her dd. She said the lady said it sounded like my non-talker may have sensory perseption (sp? ) disorder. I should have asked her if she had made an appointment to have her tested, but I didn't. I could tell she was upset and I was upset too. Her dd was clueless about what was going on and just thought she was going home for the day. One of her parents has to come back tonight to sign an accident report for the dc office and to p/u her stuff. I am so upset about the whole thing. I really wanted to help her but I can't risk loosing my other kids (especially the babies, who are sisters, that I love). I also can't risk having her hurting anyone ever again and she's consistantly throwing things. I feel really bad, but I know I did what I had to do...
Please pray for this little girl and hope that her parents get her the help that she so desperatly needs.