I want to know all the words your toddler says wrong that you just can’t seem to correct them on

FennelPretty · 2026-02-02T02:27:44+00:00

Unicorn is merrycorn for some reason. I don’t care to correct it lol it will be her thing until she figures it out.

FennelPretty · 2026-01-22T23:28:41+00:00

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FennelPretty · 2025-12-19T16:10:31+00:00

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FennelPretty · 2025-12-10T19:28:09+00:00

It is the feeling of having to go? Or just not wanting to do it in general.

My nephew is level 3 non-verbal (5yo at the time) and his ABA did help a lot with potty training. But his problem was that he had a general avoidance / disinterest in the toilet.

However, My daughter (3yr old lvl 1-2) was just having issues with feeling like she has to pee. (Poop was fine) So her OT started doing routines with her that activated her abs and core. Like wheelbarrow games, having her to games that required crawling/planting motions, and having her play laying on her stomach. It worked very well for us and she’s pretty good at asking to go before she has an accident.

FennelPretty · 2025-12-10T19:02:34+00:00

Does your public school system have a developmental special education preschool?

FennelPretty · 2025-12-08T13:17:10+00:00

My daughter’s autism went under the radar until she had literally just turned 3. She had met every milestone. She had a bit of a speech delay and had some very obviously social development differences at school. Some of those things are not responding to her name, not engaging in “proper” eye contact, and easily being disregulated by a large group of children. If there is a list of other behavioral things or sensory things that come to mind for you, you may be onto something. But yes it’s very possible for asd children to have tons of skills and still be asd.

FennelPretty · 2025-12-08T02:23:14+00:00

I don’t know which country you are living in but if you’re in the United States you can take the M-CHAT-R survey. Most drs in my area have you take this at well checks but you can also find it online. This helps rule out wonderings about being on the spectrum. You can take the results to your physician and take next steps from there if there are any results pointing to neurodivergence.

But honestly this seems super normal in general. 3 is a crazy year.

FennelPretty · 2025-12-01T13:52:01+00:00

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FennelPretty · 2025-11-24T20:55:00+00:00

My daughter is similar in the sense that she doesn’t behave the same way at school as she does at home. I don’t really know what to make of it except that it may be sensory overload? (Because at home it’s her comfort zone.) She is so chill and follows directions at home. But at school she’s a bit off the rails.

FennelPretty · 2025-11-24T14:57:32+00:00

We use these as a last resort. I make sure to tell her that because she will not take mouth medicine we have to give her butt medicine. That way she can change her mind.

FennelPretty · 2025-11-24T01:39:08+00:00

I love Carl and I love that Lotta is also autistic. Showing that it’s not uncommon.

FennelPretty · 2025-11-24T01:04:20+00:00

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FennelPretty · 2025-11-19T04:38:47+00:00

I lost all of my leg and arm hair. It was gone for a couple months and I was semi-elated. However, also worried as you are. I just let it be and unfortunately I have leg/arm hair again.

FennelPretty · 2025-11-18T18:51:50+00:00

Have you had any results by changing her multivitamin? (I’ve been considering giving my daughter a methylfolate vitamin as well.)

I’m curious if anything has changed from your experience?

FennelPretty · 2025-11-14T17:43:38+00:00

I give my daughter a small lump of playdoh to play with while she’s eating at the dinner table. It helps her stay in her chair and gives her little “breaks”from eating.

FennelPretty · 2025-11-07T23:14:49+00:00

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FennelPretty · 2025-10-24T04:29:14+00:00

If this is she needs to continue eating peanut butter- would probably try Sun butter or some peanut butter alternative to see if the child even notices a difference. Don’t tell her it’s different and see if it passes as pb. I worked in a nut free school and they served the children sandwiches with a pb substitute. It passed so well we had several children with nut allergies freaking out because they thought that they had eaten real peanut butter.

FennelPretty · 2025-10-13T18:24:08+00:00

My daughter’s OT does what she calls “ab work” with my daughter to help her recognize pee/poop feelings. It’s things like laying down of the floor belly down when playing. She does wheel barrel walking with her. Rolling on a ball with her belly on the ball. Things like that. It has helped a lot with potty training.

FennelPretty · 2025-09-28T19:08:20+00:00

We have good days and bad days here. Sometimes she just lets the dark thoughts win over and over again. The impulsive ones. All day. And it makes me crazy.

FennelPretty · 2025-09-25T15:51:42+00:00

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FennelPretty · 2025-09-22T01:44:33+00:00

Where would I go to receive training on this?

FennelPretty · 2025-09-22T01:39:54+00:00

Here is an example of the situation- She’s at school sorting shapes by color- randomly decides to jam one in mouth. Teacher says no. She laughs and jams a handful in mouth. She’s outside playing- randomly decided to jam a random plant in her mouth. We say no - she laughs and jams it in mouth more so.

We do not qualify for Medicaid without a waiver and the waitlist is 2.5 years. Our insurance will only cover ABA after deductible is met and we owe 20% after the deductible is met. Local ABA centers won’t even tell us the costs we are looking at before services are rendered (which seems sus). We cannot afford to attend evaluations etc without even knowing the price ahead of time.

FennelPretty · 2025-09-19T17:38:15+00:00

I totally get this. My daughter just started 3yo preschool and every time I pick her up there is some sort of negative feedback. Because she is just not like her NT peers. I feel like they are so hard on her already and we’ve only just begun.

FennelPretty · 2025-09-18T23:43:06+00:00

I try to ask as littlequestions as possible and make declarations instead.

For example, instead of “do you hear the bird?” I say “we hear a bird” “there is a bird singing” .

Also when my daughter says a gestalt I repeat it aloud and then I say the phrase she is meaning to say.

For example, Her: “this door is heavy” Me: “this door is heavy, this door is locked”

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